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Airbnb's nonprofit makes resettling refugees a core mission

Mousa and Rasha Alkhafaji were already anxious when they emigrated from Iraq to the United States in 2017. Even though Mousa Alkhafaji had finally received a Special Immigrant Visa for his work with the U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq, his family’s original flight had been canceled when the...

Afghans wait and worry at US bases after frantic evacuation

The former interpreter for the U.S. Army counts himself among the lucky as an Afghan who managed to make it through frantic crowds outside the Kabul airport to board a military evacuation flight out of the country with little more than the clothes on his back. Esrar Ahmad Saber now waits,...

UN refugee chief warns of world's inability to restore peace

The growing inability of the international community to restore peace in countries like Yemen, Libya and Ethiopia is forcing humanitarian and refugee organizations to work increasingly during conflicts which they can’t solve despite the expectations of many people caught up in these crises,...

IMF envoy meets Lebanon PM, parliament reconvenes

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met on Tuesday with members of an International Monetary Fund delegation. The delegation was headed by Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo, the International Monetary Fund's head of mission for Pakistan, Middle East and Central Asia. The IMF resumed talks after the...