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Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Borno state, the epicenter of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are holding thousands of internally displaced persons by the end of the year, its governor said on Friday, citing improved security in the state. The conflict between the insurgents and Nigeria’s armed forces has also spread (More…)
Exclusive-U.S. hopes to soon relocate Afghan pilots who fled to Tajikistan, official says
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a U.S. official said. The State Department official, who spoke on condition of (More…)
Israel designates Palestinian civil society groups as terrorists, U.N. ‘alarmed’
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel on Friday designated six Palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organizations and accused them of funneling donor aid to militants, a move that drew criticism from the United Nations and human rights watchdogs. Israel’s defense ministry said the groups had ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation (More…)
Truckers in Brazil disband blockade after provoking fuel shortages
Posted October 22, 2021
By Roberto Samora and Gram Slattery
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Truckers blockading a major refinery in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais disbanded on Friday, allowing fuel supplies to normalize in the nation’s (More...)
At least six dead after armed gang attack in Rohingya refugee camp
Posted October 22, 2021
By Ruma Paul
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least six people were killed in an attack at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh’s Cox Bazar on Friday, a police official said – the latest (More...)
Four dead as hurricane-force winds batter Poland
Posted October 22, 2021
WARSAW (Reuters) – Four people were killed and 18 injured in a storm that battered Poland with hurricane-force winds on Thursday night, authorities said, damaging properties and felling trees across western and (More...)
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