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Somalia wants Saudi probe of refugee boat attack

Somalia wants Saudi probe of refugee boat attack

© AFP | The refugees were hit by light weapons fire in waters off the rebel-held Yemeni port city of Hodeida  MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali refugees were shot dead on board a boat. It was not immediately clear […]

Canada to give $119M in aid to Middle East and African countries suffering food crises

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Canada to give $119M in aid to Middle East and African countries suffering food crises

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced aid for Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spoke in Toronto on Friday at the Keele Street Community Hub. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Related Stories 20M people across 4 countries face famine and starvation UN humanitarian chief warns Drought kills 110 in one region of Somalia in […]

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Syrian rebels, families begin leaving Homs district in deal with govt

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Syrian rebels, families begin leaving Homs district in deal with govt

Opposition fighters and their families getting in a bus, following their evacuation from the rebel-held Al-Waer neighborhood in the central city of Homs on Saturday, during the first phase of the Russian-supervised deal to complete the evacuation of fighters and civilians. — AFP  HOMS, Syria/BEIRUT — Rebels and their families began leaving their last bastion […]

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IOM: Attack on Somali refugees ‘unacceptable’

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IOM: Attack on Somali refugees ‘unacceptable’

Condemning deaths on boat off Yemeni port of Hodeidah, NGO official says civilian casualties could have been avoided. The IOM said 80 survivors were taken to hospitals in Hodeidah [STR/AFP] The International Organization for Migration has decried the apparent helicopter attack on a boat off the Yemeni coast that killed dozens of Somali refugees, calling it “unacceptable”. Officials in […]

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Trump says Germany owes ‘vast sums’ to NATO after meeting with Merkel

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Trump says Germany owes ‘vast sums’ to NATO after meeting with Merkel

Less than a day after his first meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Donald Trump took to Twitter, saying Germany must pay the U.S. for providing defence. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on Friday.  (JABIN BOTSFORD / THE WASHINGTON […]

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Houthi missile shot down over Jazan

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Houthi missile shot down over Jazan

JEDDAH: A Yemeni rebel missile was intercepted over the Kingdom late Friday, the Saudi-led Arab coalition said, as the death toll from a Houthi attack on a Yemeni army camp rose to 32. The coalition said the missile, directed at Jazan, caused no casualties. The coalition destroyed the missile launch pad. Meanwhile, coalition troops, supporting […]

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