Africa
Faced with a global shortage of oral cholera vaccines (OCV), the United Nations health agency announced today that supply should double this year to six million doses, with further increases later, after it approved a ...
Israeli forces killed at least 178 Palestinians and injured 16,200 others in 2015, the Palestinian Health Ministry says. According to a report released by the ministry on Wednesday, at least 145 of the killings happened ...
Saudi security forces have opened indiscriminate fire on vehicles and buildings in a Shia-populated town in the country’s east, where a contingent of armored vehicles arrived on Tuesday to curb any unrest. The kingdom is ...
Open since October 16, the “Hotspot” of Moria in Lesvos is the largest registration center for refugees in Greece. This center allows migrants to receive a paper with their name, their origin and their fingerprints. ...
At least four Egyptian soldiers have been killed in a shelling attack carried out by militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian sources said the incident took place on Tuesday in the peninsula’s northern region. Meanwhile, ...
For the millions of Syrians displaced by conflict, 2015 was a year of unprecedented misery. For those Syrian refugees exiled in Turkey there is only one wish on their New Year list. Mune Mohammed fled ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the destruction of parts of the ancient Syrian city of Bosra in fighting two days ago, alerting the world art market to potential trafficking ...
One million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, according to the latest data from the United Nations (UN) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In a joint statement on Tuesday, the UN ...
Zuhair Kutbi, Saudi writer, was sentenced to four years in prison and banned from writing for 15 years for having called for political reforms in his country. Zuhair Kutbi “was sentenced to 4 years in ...
Israeli Vice Premier, Silvan Shalom, has resigned after allegations that he sexually harassed a number of women during his career. Shalom was a veteran politician in the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s attorney ...
