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UNHCR resumes life-saving refugee evacuations from Libya

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, evacuated 132 vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers out of Tripoli and flew them to Niamey, the capital city of Niger, on Thursday. This is the first group of refugees airlifted out of Libya since the UNHCR humanitarian...

US Apologizes to Canadian Minister Asked to Remove Turban

The U.S. Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has apologized for the conduct of airport security officials who asked a member of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Cabinet to remove his turban during a search.

Countering the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon requires greater parliamentary involvement, say Ad Hoc Committee members at Rome OSCE conference

Parliaments and international fora such as the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have a vital role to play in shaping innovative legislation and policies to reduce threats posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters, or FTFs, said Chair of the OSCE PA’s...

Israel Attacks Iranian Targets Inside Syria

Israel said Thursday its fighter jets struck dozens of Iranian military targets inside of Syria overnight in response to rockets attacks by Iranian forces on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

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