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A WFP air drop.

Screenshot from a video apparently filmed by youths on March 9, 2016 in Beni Mellal, as they assaulted two men they accused of homosexuality.

Karen Bradley has used a speech at the United Nations to press global representatives for greater action to end modern slavery and free tens of millions of victims worldwide.

A group of refugees from South Sudan at a settlement in Uganda.

The European Commission proposals on European Union asylum policy overwhelmingly reflect the negative political climate in Europe and the trend toward curtailing refugee rights, Human Rights Watch said on April 8.

Child refugees in Idomeni, Greece,

Residents of the besieged city of Fallujah are starving. Iraqi government forces should urgently allow aid to enter the city, and the extremist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which captured the city in early 2014, should allow civilians to leave.

The European Commission proposals on European Union asylum policy overwhelmingly reflect the negative political climate in Europe and the trend toward curtailing refugee rights, Human Rights Watch said on April 8, 2016.

“Noor,”16, said an ISIS fighter raped her multiple times during two months in captivity. Deeply traumatized, she is one of the few Yezidi girls getting regular psychosocial treatment.