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Abuse a stark reality for child migrants

LONDON, Feb 19 (Al Jazeera): Unaccompanied child migrants face dangerous journeys during transit, including abuse and detention, rights organisations have warned, highlighting significant failings in safeguarding unaccompanied minors.A recent report by UNHCR revealed that nearly 140,000 people arrived in Greece, Italy and Spain in search of safety in 2018. Almost...

Amnesty urges India to ensure safety of Kashmiri citizens

Amnesty India has asked Indian government authorities to ensure that "ordinary Kashmiri women and men do not face targeted attacks, harassment and arbitrary arrests" as tensions simmer in the aftermath of last week's attack in occupied Kashmir's Pulwama area, reports the Dawn.The Amnesty India press release, issued on Tuesday, takes...

Syria, Lebanon discuss refugee return issue

DAMASCUS, Feb 19 (Xinhua): Lebanon's State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib visited Syria on Monday, discussing ways for the return of Syrian refugees to their country, according to the state news agency SANA.Al-Gharib met with Syria's Minister of Local Administration Hussain Makhlouf, who stressed that the Syrian government has...

Trump pleads with Venezuelan military to back Guaido

MIAMI, Feb 19 (Agencies): President Donald Trump on Monday pleaded with Venezuela's military to support opposition leader Juan Guaido and issued a dire warning if they continue to stand with President Nicolas Maduro's government."You will find no safe harbor, no easy exit and no way out. You will lose everything,"...

China, Iran meet to preserve N deal

BEIJING, Feb 19 (AP): The Iranian foreign minister's passionate defence of his country's interests at the Munich Security Conference has made him "a famous person" in China, his Chinese counterpart told him on Tuesday, as the sides met amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.Foreign Minister Mohammad...

Scientists find cancer-protective power in shark

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Xinhua): An international team of scientists have decoded the entire genome of white shark and identified their superior cancer-protective abilities.The study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that a plethora of genetic changes might be behind the evolutionary success...

UN hoping for quick pullout of forces from Yemen ports

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (AP): The United Nations says it hopes Yemen's warring parties will immediately carry out an agreement to pull their forces out of the key port of Hodeida and two smaller ports, as well as a UN facility holding enough grain to feed 3.7 million people for...

Pilot dies as Indian military jets collide in rehearsal

BANGALORE, Feb 19 (AFP): Two Indian Air Force jets practising for an aerobatic display collided in midair Tuesday killing one of the pilots, officials said.Witnesses told how the aircraft spiralled out of control after hitting each other and crashed near a residential area outside the Yelahanka air base in the...

News in Brief (20-2-2019)

Four found dead after west Michigan shootingSOLON TOWNSHIP, Feb 19: Authorities say three children and a woman were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds at a home in western Michigan. Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young says authorities responded Monday to a property near Cedar Springs, a community about 30 miles...