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21 groups warn US against Palestinian refugee funding cuts

The leaders of 21 international humanitarian groups have urged the U.S. to reconsider its decision to withhold $65 million from the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, warning of "dire consequences" if funding is cut. They say they are alarmed by the Trump administration's link...

Germany’s Turks, Kurds slam ‘importing foreign conflict’

Leading Turkish and Kurdish groups in Germany Wednesday accused each other of “importing” a foreign conflict in the wake of Ankara’s cross-border offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia. Skirmishes have erupted between the two groups in Germany since Turkey launched its operation...

Gang suspected of torturing migrants in Libya

An armed group loyal to Libya’s national unity government said Wednesday it had arrested a gang accused of kidnapping and torturing Sudanese migrants near the northern city of Sirte. The gang, made up of “five Libyans and one Palestinian ... had tortured eight migrants,” said the Sirte...

UK 'old boys' club rocked by sexual misconduct accusations

Britain's financial "old boys" club was rocked by its own sexual harassment scandal Wednesday after a Financial Times investigation found that female hostesses were groped at a men-only charity gala attended by hundreds of senior executives. Last week's event at London's Dorchester...