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UNHCR says Tripoli fighting displaced over 105,000 Libyans

The U.N. refugee agency says fighting over Libya's capital of Tripoli has displaced more than 105,000 people since April, when a Libyan commander launched an offensive to take the city from the U.N.-backed government. The UNHCR tweeted on Friday that its relief aid could only reach about...

French-run rescue ship picks up 80 migrants off Libya

 A ship operated by the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders has rescued 80 migrants from a rubber dinghy off Libya. Doctors Without Borders said on Twitter Friday that the migrants were in distress, and posted pictures showing the migrants being ferried to the Norwegian-flagged...

Brexit turmoil drives UK economy towards recession

Britain's economy unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter of the year on Brexit turmoil, official data showed Friday, placing the country on the verge of a recession. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.2 percent in the April-June period, the first time the economy has contracted in...

Turkish government bears treatment of Syrian baby girl

Turkey's Family Ministry has taken over the treatment expenses of a 17-month-old Syrian baby girl who was abandoned at three months with a birth defect on the Turkey-Syria border.  The abandoned baby girl was found by the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) when she was...