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Jan 29, 2021

Bangladesh sends 3rd group of Rohingya refugees to island

Authorities in Bangladesh have sent a third group of Rohingya refugees to a newly developed island in the Bay of Bengal despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process

Jan 12, 2021

Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision

Aid agencies and some senior Republicans in Washington are warning of a devastating impact on the humanitarian effort in Yemen from the U.S. decision to designate Iranian-backed rebels there as terrorists

Jan 11, 2021

Yemen's rebels defiant as aid agencies fear US terror label

Yemen's Iran-backed rebels are dismissing the Trump administration's move to designate their group a terrorist organization

Jan 11, 2021

Aid group: US terrorism designation for Yemen rebels a blow

A leading aid organization has warned that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s move to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” would deal another “devastating blow” to the impoverished and war-torn nation

Oct 16, 2020

Yemen's rival sides complete war's largest prisoner exchange

Yemen’s warring sides have completed a major U.N.-brokered prisoner swap, the largest-ever in the country's five years of civil war

Sep 30, 2020

Rape and killing of Dalit woman shocks India, draws outrage

The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India’s caste system has sparked outrage across the country with several politicians and activists demanding justice and protesters rallying on the streets

Jul 31, 2020

Final days of hajj and Eid festival impacted by coronavirus

Small groups of pilgrims performed one of the final rites of the Islamic hajj on Friday as Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year’s pilgrimage and celebrations

Jul 21, 2020

Watchdog: Virus stalks Egypt's prisons amid news blackout

A leading human rights group says the coronavirus has struck several Egyptian prisons and killed at least 14 detainees, as authorities seek to stifle news of the virus’ spread behind bars

Jul 6, 2020

American student released after 486 days in Egyptian prison

The U.S. State Department says an American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days has been freed and returned to the United States

Jul 2, 2020

Sudan's bid to ban genital mutilation sparks hope, caution

Sudan's transitional government is preparing to outlaw female genital mutilation