Hundreds of Syrians flee Lebanon camp as tents torched
Lebanon has over one million Syrian refugees and many Syrians have long been migrant workers and a main source of cheap labour
In Christmas message curbed by COVID-19, pope calls on nations to share vaccines
Francis said that profits must not overtake humanity in the scrabble for COVID-19 vaccines as he gave a virtual Xmas service
OPINION: Will migrants and refugees be left out of mass vaccine programs?
Migrants and refugees must not be left behind while the rest of the world recovers: none of us are safe until all of us are safe
OPINION: A 70th birthday wish from the UN refugee agency: ‘make us redundant’
On UNHCR’s 70th anniversary, my challenge to the international community is this: put me out of a job. Make it your goal to build a world in which there is truly no need for a UN refugee agency because nobody is compelled to flee.
OPINION: Big Tech's dominance: only laws can limit its power
Big Tech companies like Facebook have grown so large that the U.S. antitrust authority F.T.C. is considering breaking them up. We need laws that limit the power tech firms wields over our lives
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe
Top U.N. officials warned the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday of humanitarian catastrophe next year
Fleeing Tigray war, Ethiopian children seen at risk of trafficking in Sudan
Hundreds of unaccompanied child refugees vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking, aid agencies warn
Pakistan project wins award for shielding villages from natural disasters
Combining satellite images and mapping tools with local knowledge and community participation have made settlements safer
Winners of 2020 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism announced
Named in honour of the late American war correspondent Kurt Schork, the awards uniquely honour the courageous work of freelance journalists, local reporters and news fixers from around the world.
EU agrees to new sanctions regime for rights abuses
The new regime will allow the EU to impose sanctions on individuals anywhere in the world, freezing their assets in the bloc and banning them from entry