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Exclusive-U.N. aims to launch new Afghanistan cash route in February: U.N. note
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations aims to kickstart this month a system to swap millions of...
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U.N. has millions in Afghanistan bank, but cannot use it
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has about $135 million in the bank in Afghanistan but...
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U.S. advice to banks: OK to transfer aid money to Afghanistan
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - International banks can transfer money to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, and aid groups...
Read moreHuman rights groups urge Thailand not to deport Lao activist
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Human rights groups have urged Thailand not to deport a Lao political activist arrested at the weekend,...
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Factbox – Myanmar’s post-coup crisis in numbers
(Reuters) - Myanmar on Tuesday marked one year since the military ousted an elected government and took power in a...
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U.N. chief tells Security Council: Afghanistan ‘hanging by thread’
By Michelle Nichols and Jonathan Landay UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Afghanistan is "hanging by a thread," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...
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Police smash ring smuggling migrants from Turkey to Italy in yachts
ATHENS (Reuters) - European police have dismantled a criminal network that made hundreds of millions of euros smuggling migrants from...
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Hope for Israel’s Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling
By Hannah Confino TEL AVIV (Reuters) - When he was eight, Sabona Mohamed Hassan says men on horseback rode through...
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U.N. chief appeals for release of money to save Afghan lives
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for a suspension of rules preventing the...
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UN seeks record $4.4 billion in aid for Afghanistan’s future
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. agencies on Tuesday asked donors for $4.4 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan...
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Fire tears through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
(Reuters) - A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of homes, according...
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UN: Air strike kills three in Eritrean refugee camp in Ethiopia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - An air strike hit a refugee camp in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing three Eritrean refugees, including...
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Stricken boat with over 100 Rohingya allowed to dock in Indonesia
By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin KRUENG GEUKUH, Indonesia (Reuters) - More than 100 Rohingya refugees who had been adrift on a sinking...
Read moreLatest migrant shipwreck off Greece leaves at least four dead
ATHENS (Reuters) - At least four migrants have died after their boat was wrecked on an islet north of the...
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Clashes in Cameroon’s north displace over 100,000 – U.N. agency
GENEVA (Reuters) - Clashes between herders, fishermen and farmers in the far north of Cameroon have driven at least 100,000...
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Cameroonian refugees cross river to Chad as carnage displaces thousands
By Mahamat Ramadane KOUNDOUL, Chad (Reuters) - Cameroonian farmer Saleh Abderamane was bleeding from a machete wound to his head...
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Germany promises to take in 25,000 Afghans – EU document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany has pledged to admit 25,000 Afghans deemed most at risk following the Taliban takeover in Kabul...
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UN official criticizes migrant deportations from southern U.S. border
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A top United Nations official has criticized the United States' deportation of migrants...
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Don’t use migrants as pawns in political strategies, Pope tells governments
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday that migrants were being exploited as "pawns" on...
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Russian aggression against Ukraine should lead to EU sanctions – Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) -The European Union must be prepared to enact more sanctions against Russia if the situation in and around...
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