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Middle East

Millions of Afghans forced to return to a hellscape the world forgot

Iran and Pakistan are deporting people in en masse back to a country where Taliban revenge and abuse, no jobs or food, and grinding poverty, await

Jordan braces as Israeli annexation of West Bank looms
Middle East

Jordan braces as Israeli annexation of West Bank looms

Tel Aviv seems emboldened now to fully settle the Palestinian territory, setting off a new refugee crisis, and more

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Asia-Pacific

Why are these Afghan refugees still stuck in limbo?

It's been almost two years but political jockeying is making resettlement impossible for many who worked with US forces in Kabul.

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Asia-Pacific

US failure to help Afghans is worse than we thought

A new lawsuit alleges that some NGOs set up to help evacuate those who helped the United States in Afghanistan are just a series of scams.

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Asia-Pacific

Stuck while the world moves on: upwards of 160,000 Afghans remain in limbo

Advocates are angry that the Special Immigrant Visa program is still failing tens of thousands of people who risked their lives for Americans.

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Europe

Human catastrophe, flowing from Ukraine and across the globe

While the war is not causing all of the world's economic crises, ending it is becoming a matter of life and death.