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At the Tagab settlement in Kabul, hundreds of families displaced by conflict and drought live in grinding poverty. The job of bringing home food often falls to the children, who are forced to sift through garbage dumps in search of scraps or anything of value to sell
New York City garbage man Nelson Molina has been seeing value in other people’s garbage for the past three decades. For years he has been saving unique items that their owners threw away…Where does your food come from? Many city dwellers look no further than the local grocery store. But each summer American state fairs give farmers the opportunity to show off their skills and give the rest of us a better idea of the work that happens on the farms where food comes from
Once the epicenter of the self-declared “Islamic State” that ruled over parts of Syria and Iraq, Raqqa is slowly recovering after its liberation even though occasional attacks by extremists are on the rise
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week suggested that the Islamic State or IS is regrouping in Iraq and Syria. His statement comes following a major terrorist attack in Afghanistan, for which IS claimed responsibility
Wildlife advocates have scored a big win in their efforts to protect the African giraffe by having the animal placed on the international endangered species list
Nigeria’s government for years has been seeking a lasting solution to the conflict between farmers and herders over grazing lands, a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. The country’s middle belt region is most affected by the dispute but recently the government introduced a settlement plan for herders aimed at ending the clashes….
More than 300 thousand people currently have Temporary Protected Status or TPS in the United States. The status allows non-citizens to live and work in the U.S. when their home countries are deemed unsafe
In a remote part of Jordan, a first-of-its-kind solar energy plant is powering a Syrian refugee camp and is making a difference in the lives of 40,000 residents, while benefiting the host country and the environment
As summer temperature peaks, tourists head to Kashmir. However, tourism has been badly affected since India revoked the independent status of the autonomous region of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month. Getty Ara-Inis
A team of veterinarians in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy is trying to save the Northern White Rhino from extinction by using in vitro fertilization, or IVF…