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'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The first humanitarian workers to arrive after pleading with the Ethiopian government for...

US to block cotton from China region targeted in crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will halt imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Uighur region of China in its most sweeping action yet to pressure the Communist Party over its campaign against ethnic minorities. Officials said Customs and Border...

Jordan begins vaccinating Syrian refugees

Jordan on Thursday began vaccinating the first group of Syrian refugees living in Zaatari camp. 43 elderly refugees received China's Sinopharm vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mafraq city, 70 km east of the capital Amman. 2000 refugees living in Zaatari camp have been...

France repatriates seven children from jihadist camp in Syria

France said on Wednesday it had brought home seven children of French jihadists from northeast Syria, continuing a highly sensitive repatriation process begun after the toppling of the Islamic State (IS) group's self-proclaimed caliphate. The children, aged between two and 11 and...