Authorities initially blocked the refugees from disembarking to prevent them from escaping and because some local residents ...

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar -- their predominantly Buddhist homeland -- and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia ...

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks near the borders of ...

The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in U.S. foreign funding.

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At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia on Wednesday, but were stopped by ...

A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from ...

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Dhaka topped the list of cities having the worst air quality with an AQI score of 295 at 8:55am this morning (January 27, ...

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score ...

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