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UN racism resolution watered down, will no longer mention US

The United States is no longer mentioned in a draft resolution before the UN Human Rights Council condemning systemic racism and police brutality, a revised version of the text showed Friday. The UN's top rights body is due to vote Friday afternoon on a draft resolution initially presented...

Syrian refugees hit harder amid COVID-19: Expert

This is an especially challenging time for Syrian refugees living in Turkey, as most of them work in the service sector, the very front line of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a local sociologist. “Syrians living in Turkey can face much bigger challenges during the pandemic,”...

Last batch of joint aid lands in Yemen amid UN funding cuts

The last of three large shipments of medical supplies landed in Yemen on Friday, organizers of the cargo flights said, following a joint initiative by the world organization and multinational corporations to boost the war-devastated country's health care system as it battles the coronavirus....

Palestinian woman draws surfers to her fishing village

Standing barefoot on an Israeli beach, Hamama Jarban blew her whistle and watched her students race towards the water clutching their colorful surfboards. Each weekend she welcomes enthusiastic would-be surfers to the shore, teaching them how to lie and then stand on their boards. "I am...