World News
- Jan- 2018 -10 January
Crumbling DR Congo – The Making of a Humanitarian Emergency
The scale of the humanitarian crisis requires an urgent international response – but the world is yet to step up…
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Belgian Government at Risk of Collapse Over Sudan Migrants Scandal
Belgium’s coalition government is at risk of collapse over a scandal involving the forced repatriation of 100 people to war-torn…
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Hunger Strikes and Protests in Denmark’s Deportation Centres
Reclaiming the Right to Life: Hunger Strikes and Protests in Denmark’s Deportation Centres Farjad and twenty-seven other fellow-residents at the…
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US Secret Evidence Erodes Fair Trial Rights
Evidence suggests US authorities deliberately conceal the facts about how they found information in a criminal case and may be…
Read More » - 4 January
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018
” Over a decade of intensive Western military operations has contributed to a more permissive environment for the use of…
Read More » - 4 January
Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees – January 2018
Deteriorated Situations: Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Honduras, Israel/Palestine, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Libya Improved Situations: None / Resolution Opportunities: None…
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Canadian recovered by Pakistan appears in court on criminal charges
OTTAWA: A Canadian court on Wednesday postponed a bail hearing for former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who was arrested on…
Read More » - 3 January
A Diphtheria Dilemma?
A global shortage of the antitoxin used to treat highly contagious diphtheria could trigger an ethical dilemma for health providers…
Read More » - 3 January
IRIN: E-Book on Climate Change and Food Security
It’s not often we offer up an item of more than 100 pages compiled by IRIN itself. However, 2017 has…
Read More » - 3 January
US Drone Strikes in Somalia Double Under Trump
IRIN reported on this topic in early November, but given Wednesday’s 27/12/2017, announcement that a fresh US drone strike has killed 13…
Read More » - 3 January
The Iran-U.S. Trigger List
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran, as well as between Iran and Saudi Arabia, are reaching a critical level, as…
Read More » - Dec- 2017 -29 December
Urgent: Stop the Removal of Lazia Nabbanja (A Lesbian Woman) To Uganda
The UK Government says, “We don’t deport LGBT asylum seekers and we never will”. Is that a lie? Let’s stop the deportation…
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