Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Heavy rains pummeled southern Gaza on Wednesday, bringing mud, flooding and in some cases disease to the thousands of displaced Palestinians living in makeshift tents in this corner of the besieged enclave. “We didn’t get our winter clothes from Gaza City when we left more than a … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave RIGA, Latvia — Russia has freed up to 100,000 prison inmates and sent them to fight in Ukraine, according to government statistics and rights advocates — a far greater number than was previously known. The sharp drop in the number of inmates is evidence that the Defense … Read more
An elderly man collects fresh cherries in a field on the outskirts of Srinagar on 28 May, 2018. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images India’s elderly population is predicted to double by 2050 and overtake the number of children in the country, according to the United Nations Population Fund. The number of people aged … Read more
YEREVAN, Armenia — More than 70% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s original population has fled to Armenia as the region’s separatist government said it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic inside Azerbaijan will cease to exist by year’s end after a three-decade bid for independence. By Friday morning 84,770 people had left Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Armenian officials, … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment The struggles in Punjab, the birthplace of the Sikh religion that traditionally straddled an space now cut up by the border between Pakistan and India, has been mired in many years of violence, political chaos and migration which have now enmeshed Canada, a nation 1000’s of miles away. Canada’s place in … Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) -The inhabitants of Japanese residents decreased on the quickest tempo ever whereas the variety of international residents rose to a report at practically 3 million folks, authorities knowledge confirmed on Wednesday. The information underscores that international nationals are taking part in a good greater function in Japanese society to make up for a … Read more