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An asylum-seeker enters the ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Refugee centres here have prompted international concern over the harsh conditions and poor levels of protection for those who arrive by boat in Australia and are transferred to the neigbouring island.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Thursday the military is investigating the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger earlier this month at the hands of Islamic jihadists.

The first countries of arrival would no longer automatically be responsible for the asylum seekers

White separatist leader Richard Spencer gave up trying to speak Thursday at the University of Florida in Gainesville when protesters shouted him down.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly defended President Donald Trump's handling of the deaths of U.S. service members, and delivered an intense emotional rebuke to those he accused of politicizing the issue.

Overcrowding, a lack of schooling and widespread desperation among the Rohingya in camps and makeshift settlements in Bangladesh are putting children at an alarming risk of exploitation and abuse, Save the Children has warned.

Secretary General António Guterres speaks to the media about his upcoming trip to Central African Republic

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday he holds the military leadership in Myanmar responsible for the current refugee crisis affecting the country’s Rohingya Muslim population.

A child attending school holds up a stuffed toy he received during a distribution of early childhood development kits and recreational kits from UNICEF in Yei, South Sudan.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, on October 18, expressed his concern about an injunction issued by the Reykjavik District Commissioner on any reporting on leaked documents from the collapsed bank Glitnir. The documents, which have been reported on by international and domestic news media, allegedly include information about the prime minister’s financial interests at the bank.