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Hundreds of unregistered refugees, many of them Afghans, have been detained in Istanbul by Turkish officials. The crackdown comes as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faces mounting public pressure to halt any influx of Afghans to Turkey following the Taliban’s control of the country
Climate change is high on Germany’s agenda as it prepares to pick a new leader later this month. Hundreds of people were killed by severe floods in July, which scientists blamed on global warming
Russia is gearing up for parliamentary and local elections on Sunday, which the opposition claims will be held in a climate of repression, with a handful of non-aligned candidates barred from running
British Afghan women have gone on hunger strike in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s treatment of women
A dog changed the life of a lawyer and helped thousands of others.A Special Report
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with UN Resident Coordinator in Venezuela Gianluca Rampolla del Tindaro and DCO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Niki Fabiancic
Analysts predict that Lebanon’s newly formed government would eliminate subsidies on basic goods such as fuel by the end of this month. The government has given cash cards to the most needy to replace a bloated subsidy system, but in a country where the UN estimates that 78 percent of the population lives in poverty, there are doubts that this will be enough
Benin introduced an online service to allow people to register their businesses early in the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a United Nations organisation, the E-registration system has worked so successfully that this West African country is now the world’s fastest place to launch a business
United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the situation in Sudan and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, is chaired by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September
As Broadway reopens after 18 months due to COVID-19 Pandemic, theatres implement new safety measures for both audience and cast and crew.Aladin,The Book of Mormon,Come From Away,Diana,Girl From the North Country,Hamilton,The Lion King,Wicked,Chicago all perform in front of fully vaccinated audience