MUNICH, GENEVA: The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday that a spillover of refugees from Gaza’s Rafah into Egypt’s Sinai would be a disaster and that Egyptian authorities had made clear that Palestinians should be assisted in the enclave. “It would be a disaster for the Palestinians … a disaster for Egypt and … Read more
TUNIS: More than 1,300 irregular migrants died at sea or went missing trying to reach Europe from Tunisia last year, a Tunisian rights group said on Tuesday. Islem Ghaarbi, a migration expert at the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, told a press conference that “1,313 people died or disappeared off the Tunisian coast, … Read more
THE HAGUE: Israel on Friday rejected as “grossly distorted” accusations brought by South Africa at the UN’s top court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign against the Palestinian population.It called on judges to dismiss South Africa’s request to halt its offensive, saying it would leave it defenseless.South Africa, which filed … Read more
NEW DELHI: At a bright workshop in New Delhi, a group of female artisans surrounded by pieces of colorful fabric, stitch dolls and accessories to earn a livelihood from recycled fashion waste. A large map of Afghanistan on the wall behind them acts as a reminder of the homeland they fled and do not know … Read more