World
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International
12/21/2021 4:13:52 PM
The Malaysian military used boats Tuesday to distribute food to desperate people trapped in their homes after massive floods, as the death toll rose to 14 with over 70,000 displaced.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
12/20/2021 10:01:03 PM
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World
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Region
12/19/2021 4:22:51 PM
Six people, including four women, were killed in Syria's Al-Hol camp for displaced persons by the Islamic State group in December, a Britain-based war monitor group said Sunday.
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World
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Region
12/8/2021 1:21:31 PM
Fighting between troops loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels displaced over 25,000 people around a key port city last month, the United Nations said late Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
11/28/2021 10:19:46 PM
A new attack on the Ivo displaced people's camp in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday claimed the lives of 22 civilians, an aid worker said.
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World
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Region
11/15/2021 10:44:31 AM
A recent Houthi rebel advance near Yemen's lifeline port of Hodeida has displaced more than 6,000 people, the United Nations has said.
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World
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International
11/11/2021 3:09:10 PM
The number of people around the world forced to abandon their homes likely increased to more than 84 million in the first half of this year, an increase fueled in particular by conflicts in Africa, the UN refugee agency said Thursday.
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World
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Region
10/10/2021 10:17:00 AM
Iraq's elections on Sunday come with enormous challenges: Iraq's economy has been battered by years of conflict, endemic corruption and more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. State institutions are failing, the country's infrastructure is crumbling. Powerful paramilitary groups increasingly threaten the authority of the state, and hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced from the years of war against the Islamic State group.
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World
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Region
10/7/2021 8:42:52 PM
Fighting over the key Yemeni city of Marib has displaced around 10,000 people in the past month, the U.N. migration agency said Thursday. The clashes escalated as Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified their push to take the provincial capital from government forces.
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World
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International
9/26/2021 7:52:12 PM
Firefighters were gaining the upper hand Sunday on a forest fire that displaced thousands of people and destroyed more than 100 buildings near Shasta Lake in Northern California.
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World
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Africa
9/21/2021 2:43:31 PM
Heavy flooding has affected and displaced about 426,000 people in South Sudan, including 185,000 children, as overflowing rivers deluged homes and farms in the impoverished country
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World
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International
9/11/2021 9:05:00 AM
The number of internally displaced persons is projected to increase, heightening the risk of learning losses among children and generational catastrophe, the UNESCO said
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World
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Africa
8/27/2021 2:59:12 PM
Nigeria's army describes these as mass defections -- the success, it says, of an intensified campaign to end a 12-year conflict that has killed around 40,000 people and displaced around two million more
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World
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Africa
8/10/2021 1:57:37 PM
The United Nations says 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced in the conflict in Darfur, which erupted in the vast western region in 2003
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World
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International
8/3/2021 1:14:22 PM
At least 16 people have been killed and a quarter of a million people displaced from their homes after heavy monsoon rains lashed eastern India
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Egypt
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Politics
7/26/2021 10:32:16 AM
'The recent flooding and record rise in temperatures around the world, which have caused hundreds of deaths and displaced many more, should reinforce the need for serious action'
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World
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Africa
7/25/2021 1:55:33 PM
At least 20 civilians were killed and tens of thousands displaced in fighting in Afar last week, an official said
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World
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International
7/24/2021 3:43:11 PM
Officials said they struggled to open more emergency shelters in order to allow social distancing among the displaced residents and prevent evacuation camps from turning into epicenters of COVID-19 infections
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World
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Africa
7/24/2021 11:07:07 AM
Ethiopia's Afar region called on civilians to take up arms against rebels from neighbouring Tigray, signalling a potential escalation in fighting that has already displaced tens of thousands this week
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World
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Africa
7/22/2021 3:46:31 PM
At least 20 civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in "heavy fighting" between rebels and pro-government forces in Ethiopia's Afar region, which neighbours war-hit Tigray
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