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According to UNICEF, children represent 25% of migrants in the region, a proportion now as high as in sub-Saharan Africa,
Nazila Maroufian has been repeatedly targeted by Iranian authorities since she published an interview with Amjad Amini, whose daughter died in police custody nearly a year ago, sparking months of protests
Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday displayed four swords and a javelin discovered in the Judean desert, where they had been preserved for nearly 1,900 years
UN agency blames climate change for contributing to the spread of mosquito-borne diseases
Riyadh and Tehran had severed ties in 2016
Burkina Faso, as well as Mali, are currently ruled by military juntas that severed military ties with France — a former colonial power — and bolstered relations with Russia.
Protest is against ‘gender-apartheid’ in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
French authorities were imposing a newly-announced ban Monday on the abaya Muslim dress for women in schools, with over 500 establishments under scrutiny as children across the country returned to class
Fighting broke out at dawn as soldiers were attacked while on patrol in the south-central Andes — a region where armed forces for two decades have been fighting drug trafficking gangs and the remnants of the Shining Path group
Manager of one of the world’s largest water parks says business has been warning visitors about the dress code
The town on the border with Thailand has seen sporadic clashes between the military and anti-junta fighters since a coup in 2021 plunged the country into turmoil
Banning terms such as 'steak' for plant-based products is 'an issue of transparency and honesty,' officials say
Fighting erupted after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces detained Ahmad al-Khabil, head of the Deir el-Zour Military Council, on August 27
A guitar expert and two journalists have launched a global hunt for Paul McCartney's original Höfner bass, bidding to solve what they brand 'the greatest mystery in rock and roll'
One of the world's biggest auto shows opened in Munich Monday, with Tesla ending a 10-year absence as race with Chinese rivals for electric dominance heats up
After taking power on July 26, the coup leaders closed the country's airspace
With power almost exclusively produced from hydro in Norway, the more it rains or snows, the more the reservoirs fill up and the lower the electricity price
Pope Francis' voyage to the Central Asian nation — the first by a pope — has been overshadowed by his overtures to its powerful neighbor China.
Residents of war-torn capital Khartoum reported the city was again pummeled by artillery and rocket fire Sunday, in the fifth month of war between the army and paramilitary fighters
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