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Greek law enforcement officers at the Maritsa (Meriç in Turkish or Evros in Greek) River routinely return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday. The river, which flows from Bulgaria through Greece

All Muslims living in Israel should leave the country for there to peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son Yair suggested on Facebook. “There will not be peace in here until: 1. All the Jews leave the land of Israel.

After two weeks of bruising negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries agreed Saturday on universal, transparent rules that will govern efforts to cut emissions and curb global warming. The deal agreed upon at U.N. climate talks in Poland enables countries to

Sri Lanka’s president has reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister, nearly two months after firing him and setting off weeks of political stalemate. Wickremesinghe’s United National Party says on its official Twitter account that Wickremesinghe took oath before President Maithripala Sirisena

Six children and four adults died in house fires in several Russian cities on Sunday, Russian media reported. Three toddlers died in a house fire in a village in Bashkortostan, a region south of the Ural mountains, news agency RIA Novosti