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Human Rights Watch called on Iran Friday to investigate a deadly shooting by Revolutionary Guards against smugglers attempting to transport fuel into neighbouring Pakistan.
Monday's shooting in the border area near the town of Saravan killed at least 10 people and wounded five, HRW said, citing Baluchi activists.
Iran policeman killed amid unrest in southeast
Zahedan county governor Abouzarmahdi Nakahei said the latest violence was fuelled by "fake" reports of deaths in the unrest in Saravan.
Hunger and despair wreak misery in Syria's Rukban camp
In-depth: With humanitarian conditions deteriorating, residents face the impossible choice of returning to regime-held territory and facing ...
Three people killed in clashes in southeast Iran: Lawmaker
Clashes on the border of Iran and Pakistan have left three people dead and put another eight in hospital.
Libyans mark 2011 uprising with eyes on interim government
Tens years after the uprising that removed Qaddafi from power, Libyans are looking to the future with a new interim government.
How human traffickers are exploiting Covid-19 in North Africa
In-depth: Human trafficking has been pushed deeper into the shadows by the pandemic, with criminal gangs exploiting the economic fallout from ...
New Rohingya refugee island is not what it seems
Bhasan Char may be more 'comfortable' than the mainland, but for some it is nothing more than a deceptive facade making survival a life or death ...
Migration in post-Brexit Britain: How will refugees be affected?
In-depth: Britain's departure from the European Union could have serious implications for its migration policy.
Hundreds of Rohingya missing from Indonesian refugee camp
Rohingya refugees have gone missing from an Indonesian refugee camp.
Who will protect Rohingyas sent to remote, flood-prone island?
Comment: The international community must act now to prevent further atrocities against Rohingya refugees, writes CJ Werleman.
Migrant channel crossings, attempts surge in 2020: France
In France nearly 10,000 migrants attempted to cross the border.
Ten hurt in Lebanon gas depot blast
At least 10 people were injured when an explosion rocked a warehouse storing gas canisters near Lebanon's border with Syria, the Lebanese Red ...
In town brutalised by IS, Iraq tests its power
The Iraqi government is attempting to restore control over Sinjar, the Yazidi homeland previously controlled by a web of paramilitary ...
Iraqi refugee family is home at last
From a first date that ended in bloody carnage in Baghdad, to finally entering their new home in The Netherlands, this is an epic tale of ...
At least 11 refugees dead in shipwreck off Libya
At least 11 refugees died when their boat floundered off the coast of Libya.
Libya arrests senior coastguard official over human trafficking
Abd al-Rahman Milad is the first senior coastguard official to be arrested over human trafficking.
16 drown in migrant shipwreck off Libya coast
Nearly two dozen migrants who had been fleeing the war-torn country died after the boat carrying them capsized.
One family's desperate, deadly attempt to flee Lebanon
Smugglers are taking people from Tripoli to Cyprus.
Sudan declares economic emergency as currency plunges
Aiming to avert economic crisis, the ruling includes setting up emergency courts, enacting laws to protect the economy, and imposing harsher ...
In Turkey, lake turns into graveyard for migrants
Migrants who cannot find a boat are forced to walk for days under the blazing sun, cutting across fields to get around checkpoints.
The Iraq Report: Anti-corruption activists assassinated with impunity
A series of prominent figures, from academics to social media influencers and political activists, are once again being targeted for ...
Nearly 100 shipwrecked migrants rescued off Greek coast
Syrians, Iraqis, Somalis and Kurds were among 100 migrants rescued by Greek coastguards, authorities said on Wednesday.
UN migrant return flights take off again from Libya
Most of the 118 passengers on the charter flight from the Libyan capital to Accra were male migrant workers, but seven women, three children and ...
Dozens of migrants were killed last month after a boat capsized in Turkey's Lake Van.
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