Refugee from Taliban offers virtual tours of her homeland
Forced to flee by the Taliban, Fatima Haidari now offers virtual tours of Afghanistan from her new home in Italy -- with the proceeds funding secret English classes for women there.
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Mohamed and Israa – when two migrants fell in love in a smuggler's house
Mohamed and Israa, both from Sudan, met in an unlikely place for a romance: the house of their smuggler in Turkey. They got married and crossed the Aegean Sea to the island of Lesbos. While waiting for legal status, they dream of a1
Turkey earthquake: Syrian refugees displaced, again
The search for survivors continues in the Turkish town of Kahramanmaras, the earthquake’s epicenter. Millions of people in Turkey and Syria are displaced. Syrian refugees have particularly been affected and must start their lives an1
German court to decide over phone searches of asylum seekers
Judges could announce this week if authorities broke the law when they combed an asylum seeker's phone to find out where she was from. The searches are common practice — and the ruling could have major consequences.
Time running out for quake victims in northwest Syria
As the death toll from the Syrian and Turkish earthquake keeps climbing, millions of people in Idlib province in northwestern Syria are in desperate need. The UN, and individuals, are doing what they can to help.