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Iranian refugee who inspired Spielberg’s film ‘The Terminal’ dies inside Paris airport
Culture

Iranian refugee who inspired Spielberg’s film ‘The Terminal’ dies inside Paris airport

CNN  —  Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who had lived inside the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport for years and inspired…
Explosions in Palestinian camp in Lebanon cause casualties
Middle East

Explosions in Palestinian camp in Lebanon cause casualties

BEIRUT (AP) — Arms stored for the Palestinian Hamas group exploded in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Friday…
Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon
Middle East

Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 300 Syrian refugees were forced to flee an informal camp in northern Lebanon as a…
Iraqi refugee sets sights on Paralympics
Middle East

Iraqi refugee sets sights on Paralympics

ATHENS (Reuters) – On his fifth attempt, Iraqi refugee Wisam Sami finally succeeded in reaching Greece with thousands of others…
Australia won’t retrieve refugees in cease-fire: the latest
Middle East

Australia won’t retrieve refugees in cease-fire: the latest

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria (all times local): 03:15 a.m. Australia has ruled out…
Hero refugee chased gunman away from NZealand mosque
World

Hero refugee chased gunman away from NZealand mosque

When Afghan refugee Abdul Aziz saw a man brandishing a gun outside his mosque in Christchurch, he ran towards the…
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home
Middle East

Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home

MOSCOW (Reuters) – In pre-war Syria, Safaa al-Kurdi sold wedding dresses. Fed up with the conflict, the mother-of-three fled Damascus…
Merkel ally drops call for cap on refugees entering Germany
World

Merkel ally drops call for cap on refugees entering Germany

A key ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel says he’s no longer making a cap on refugees a condition for…
Misleading changes to Canada’s asylum policy on Egypt fuel controversy
Egypt

Misleading changes to Canada’s asylum policy on Egypt fuel controversy

The Canadian Embassy in Cairo said on Sunday that recent information regarding changes in Canada’s asylum policy toward Egypt is…
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