Headlines
  • On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
  • US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
  • Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  • The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf ​ is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
  • Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
  • Viktor Orban, the longtime prime minister of Hungary, has conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in the country's legislative election.

Tag: UN Refugee Agency

November 29, 2021

Flights From Libya to Italy For...

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed the evacuation of 93 asylum seekers to Italy from Libya on Thursday (November 25), where they had been living in precarious situations with uncertain futures

June 11, 2021

UNHCR Steps Up its Efforts to...

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday that the onset of winter, along with the disastrous consequences of COVID-19, posed a direct threat to the health and livelihoods of Venezuelans stranded in southern Latin America

June 2, 2021

Assistance to the DRC Volcano Displaced...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners are supporting displaced individuals fleeing the DRC volcano eruption

December 26, 2020

A Story of an Euthopian Refugee

Nigsty was about to become a mother when conflict forced her out of her home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Heavily pregnant, she walked for three days and delivered a baby girl in Sudan, where it was safe. What does the future hold for a young family forced to flee their home?

December 1, 2020

Uncertain Situation in Tigray, Concern for...

According to unconfirmed reports, several refugees have been kidnapped. If confirmed, such treatment of refugees in camps near Tigray’s border with Eritrea “would be a serious violation of international norms” warned Grandi.
The TPLF accuses the Eritrean government of providing military aid to the Addis Ababa government

November 24, 2020

Airlift Emergency Aid to Liberia

UNHCR has airlifted 95 tonnes of emergency supplies to Liberia. The UNHCTR chartered Boeing 747 cargo flight landed in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, carrying blankets, jerry cans, kitchen sets, plastic sheets, and solar lamps for refugees fleeing violence in Côte d’Ivoire

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