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Dozens of Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border into Bangladesh from India in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as New Delhi faces censure for deporting the persecuted minority to Myanmar. Last week India handed a Rohingya family of five to Myanmar

Australia will “carefully consider” the asylum plea of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand over the weekend, an official said Monday. “The Australian Government is pleased that Ms Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is having her claim for protection assessed (by

A Saudi woman who says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia barricaded herself in an airport hotel in the Thai capital on Monday and was sending out desperate pleas for help over social media. Rahaf

At least 27 Afghans, including civilians and security forces, have been killed in two provinces, officials said on Monday. Six civilians were killed and six others injured after a bomb they were carrying blew up in south-eastern Paktika province, the head

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and let them land at a safe port of call. With his comments in an address