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By Talha Ozturk BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday bade farewell to two more victims identified to have been killed in the Prijedor massacre. The two newly identified Bosniak civilians who were killed in the Bosnian war between 1992 and 1995 were buried at the Kamicani Memorial Center. Ferid Sikiric and Izet […]

15th Jul 2023

Every day 2 children drown crossing Mediterranean due to ‘absence of safe, legal routes’: UNICEF

By Beyza Binnur Donmez GENEVA (AA): Two children are drown on average per day while trying to cross Central Mediterranean due to the “absence of safe and legal routes,” the UN Children’s Agency, UNICEF, said on Friday. The number of children that have lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe […]

24th Jun 2023

Pakistan: 281 families knock Pakistani govt over Greek boat tragedy

By Riyaz ul Khaliq ISTANBUL (AA): At least 281 families have reached the Pakistani government over the Greek boat tragedy last week, the nation’s interior minister told the parliament on Friday. Over 300 Pakistani citizens lost their lives, said Rana Sanaulla, “82 deceased Pakistani victims had been recovered” after they lost their lives in the […]

2nd Jun 2023

Afghanistan: Hazara girls turn cave into school, raise hope for children

By Bilal Guler and Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) : Afghan girls who educate the children of poor families living in caves in a classroom in Bamyan, one of Afghanistan’s most deprived provinces, instill hope for the future of the children. Ruya Serferaz (18) and her English class friend Besbegum Havari (19) set off […]

27th May 2023

Greece: 3 dead, 12 missing as migrant boat capsizes in Aegean Sea

By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA: Three migrants were killed and twelve others are still missing after their boat capsized off the Mykonos island in the Aegean Sea on Friday morning, Greek state broadcaster ERT said. The coast guard has been carrying out a search and rescue operation since the early hours of Friday. Two migrants, […]

22nd Apr 2023

India: Court acquits all suspects accused of killing 11 Muslims during communal riots in 2002

By Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI (AA): A special court in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday acquitted 67 accused in a case related to the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre, in which 11 Muslims were killed during communal riots. Maya Kodnani, a former lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Babu Bajrangi, […]

13th Apr 2023

Tunisia: 10 irregular migrants drown, 76 rescued off Tunisia’s coast

By Adel Thabeti TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Tunisia said Wednesday 10 migrants drowned and 76 others were rescued in two illegal attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe. In a statement, National Guard spokesman Hosam Eddin Al-Jababli said the bodies of 10 migrants were recovered after their boat capsized off Tunisia’s coast. He added that […]

14th Mar 2023

Italy: 30 migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya, 17 rescued

By Giada Zampano ROME (AA): Italy rescued at least 17 migrants while 30 others are still missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean. The Italian Coast Guard Command said on Sunday they conducted a rescue operation targeting the boat carrying 47 people about 177 kilometers (110 miles) off the […]

7th Mar 2023

Bangladesh: Fire at Cox’s Bazar leaves 12,000 Rohingya refugees homeless

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): A large fire that swept through a camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar has impacted around 12,000 Rohingya refugees, causing considerable damage at the world’s largest refugee camp, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. Around 2,000 shelters were destroyed in Sunday’s fire while many affected refugees lost all their […]

28th Feb 2023

Italy: Death toll from migrant shipwreck off southern Italy climbs to 63

By Ahmet Gencturk ATHENS (AA): The death toll from the shipwreck off southern Italy of a wooden boat carrying migrants climbed to 63, local media reported Monday. Search and rescue teams recovered four more bodies, including of a 14-year-old girl, said the state-run ANSA news agency. 12 children have died after their wooden boat crashed […]

23rd Feb 2023

Palestine: Israeli forces kill 11, incl a child, injure 102 Palestinians in Nablus

By Safiye Karabacak NABLUS, Palestine (AA) The death toll from a raid carried out by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus rose to 11 late Wednesday. The Palestinian Health released a statement saying that 66-year-old Ana Shawkat Annab, who taught from tear gas inhalation, died in a hospital. The ministry […]

16th Feb 2023

73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libyan coast

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead following a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. The boat, carrying around 80 people, reportedly left Qasr Alkayar, a Libyan coastal town overlooking the Mediterranean Sea located approximately 75 […]

14th Dec 2022

Chad: Bodies of 27 migrants, incl children found in Chadian desert

By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday it was “deeply shocked and saddened” by the recent discovery of the bodies of 27 migrants, including four children, in the Chadian desert. The migrants reportedly left Moussoro, a crossroads town in West-Central Chad, 17 months ago in a pickup truck, the IOM […]

11th Dec 2022

Bangladesh: Opposition party holds massive public rally calling for Govt to quit

By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis from across the country gathered in Dhaka on Saturday to support the main opposition political party’s demand that the present government stands down and elections are held under an apolitical interim framework. All 7 members of Bangladesh Nationalist Party also announce their resignations […]

10th Dec 2022

154 Rohingya drifting in Andaman Sea rescued, handed to Myanmar authorities

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A group of Rohingya refugees, who had been drifting in a boat on the Andaman Sea along the Thailand coast, were rescued by a Vietnamese oil service vessel and handed to the Myanmar military government. The boat was floating in Thai territory. The Thai Navy went to […]

9th Dec 2022

Bangladesh: Police arrest 500 opposition party members on various charges

By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The political situation in Bangladesh became more volatile early Friday after police detained two more senior leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The detective branch of the police picked up the party’s second in command, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and BNP Standing Committee […]

21st Nov 2022

Egypt: Traffic accident kills 12, injures 30

By Ibrahim al-Khazen ISTANBUL , Turkey (AA): At least 12 people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident in eastern Egypt, according to local media. The accident occurred when a bus collided with a heavy transport truck on the Zafarana-Ras Ghareb Road, 40 kilometers north of Ras Ghareb in […]

8th Nov 2022

Rescue ship with 179 migrants on board allowed to enter Italian port

By Baris Seckin ROME (AA): Italy allowed a German-flagged rescue ship to enter a port in Sicily and disembark women, children and ill migrants, according to local media reports on Sunday. Humanity-1, operated by German charity SOS Humanity, entered the port of Catania escorted by an Italian coast guard boat. In line with the latest […]

5th Nov 2022

Greece: 23 dead after boat carrying asylum seekers sinks in Aegean Sea

By Magda Panoutsopoulou ATHENS (AA): At least 23 bodies were pulled out after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank near islands of Evia in the Aegean Sea, Greek officials said Friday. Many are still missing. Five children were among the dead from Tuesday’s boat wreck, according to the Greek coast guard. Twelve people, including a […]

28th Oct 2022

Over 150M children in Africa gripped by poverty, climate disaster

By James Tasamba KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): More than 150 million children across East and Southern Africa are gripped by grinding poverty and climate disaster, a report released Thursday showed. South Sudan topped the list of countries in East and Southern Africa most likely to face the double threat, with 87% of the country’s children […]

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