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Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that state media reported killed 1,000 people

GENEVA - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened to see the tragic aftermath of this morning’s deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. Reports suggest

Nargis Orakzai now lives in freedom in Germany. But the pain of leaving behind her mother, and the career she loved, is with her every day

Four years since it first opened in the Northside, Goosetown Cafe has embraced its founding vision with seasonal changes that now make the menu evolve every week.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Declaring that the world must deliver sustained support to the people of Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi,

KABUL, Afghanistan – Declaring that the world must deliver sustained support to the people of Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi,

Parents are sacrificing their bodies in order to feed their children

March 08, 2021 08:19 Illegal migrants and refugees in Greece will take a back seat in the nations coronavirus vaccination drive, the government in Athens has said, stoking concerns that more than 70,000 asylum-seekers, stuck in squalid living conditions, may become more vulnerable, according to aid workers and the United Nations. In rolling out the vaccine program last month, the center-right government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to make asylum-seekers eligible for the jab. But Aristotelia...

Take A Trip With The Armchair Travelers Book Club 1 Photo Tony Horowitzs "Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide." Staff Writer on Dec 22, 2020 Since it will be awhile before any of us can do much traveling, The Montauk Library is hosting a virtual “Armchair Travel Book Club.” The club meets the third Tuesday of the month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Zoom and is moderated by Carolyn Balducci, adult programs coordinator. On Tuesday, January 19, the book club discusses it’s...

A mass exodus 60,000 men, women and children walked across the tigris river over a newly built bridge. kurdistan offered a glimmer of survival quickly recognized by the u.n. peter kessler worked for the high commission for refugees for 22 years. >> the kurdistan authorities in iraq extremely supportive from the regions president bardoni on down. kurdish charities have been extremely supportive and we have smaller charities to arrive to offer assistance like samaritans purse. >> they are dealing ...