GENEVA, Sept 18 (UNHCR) – Following yesterday's mayhem on the Serbian border with Croatia, which has closed some entry points, the UN refugee agency today issued a stark warning that time was running out for Europe to resolve the current refugee crisis. UNHCR blamed the continuing absence of a co...

After fleeing violence in north-east Nigeria, Moussa and Zara meet in exile and end up committing to each other.

At least 16,000 foreign nationals are stranded in Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said, adding that it has evacuated 143 people, as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded for the resumption of peace talks in the war-torn country. The IOM said on Sunday it had flown...

Retired civil servants will be at the head of the queue for low-cost housing developments about to go up in Nay Pyi Taw, officials say. A pilot project for the construction of two low-cost buildings will be completed in March. The two 5-storey buildings are going up in Ottarathiri township and each ...

Since November, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has evacuated over 1,000 highly vulnerable refugees out of Libya and is looking for durable solutions for them in third countries. On Tuesday, a flight departed from Tripoli bound for, Niamey, Niger, carrying 128 refugees and on Wednesday, a second plane...

The ongoing under five children registration exercise across the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State is recording a high turnout.‎ Bauchi State‎ state government, the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the National Population Commission (...

A long queue snakes its way through Cacanda reception centre as people wait patiently to receive their monthly food rations of maize meal, cooking oil and beans. An average of 4,500 people queue daily to receive food and other items like blankets, mosquito nets, buckets and solar lamps. The distr...

Skirmishes have broken out between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the KNU Brigade 5 area in the Karen (Kayin) State, Major Saw Ka Leh Doh from the KNU Brigade 5 said to KIC News on September 9. “Skirmishes are still breaking out sporadically. A skirmish broke out i...

A ceremony to present compensation to the farmers was held at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region yesterday morning. At the ceremony, Bago Region Minister for Electricity and Road Transport U Than Win made an opening speech. Afterwards, Bago...