As As the fighting between Iraqi forces and the "Islamic State" in western Mosul has intensified, thousands have fled the city. In Iraq, Anna Lekas Miller met Moslawis who recently escaped after enduring years of IS rule.
The crew in rescue organization SOS Mediterranee's ship "Aquarius" was in for a surprise earlier this week. As they rescued migrants traveling to Europe in rubber dinghies, a Nigerian woman gave birth to a baby.
Nigeria's government is worried about clandestine migration. Unlike in Europe, the issue is not people coming in, but Nigerians leaving the country. New rules are being enacted to solve the problem.
Child refugees in Germany often have no space to play and learn and are not adequately protected from abuse, a new UNICEF report says. But Germany still took a leading role tackling the refugee crisis, it added.
The United States has banned large electronic devices in the cabins on some planes flying to the US from the Middle East and Africa, triggering concerns that President Donald Trump could be targeting Muslim countries. A new UN repo1