LIFESTORY: RESCUING THE RESCUERS – SYRIAN “WHITE HELMET” BUILDS NEW LIFE IN THE UK
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the life of a Syrian “White Helmet” Amer now living in England…
Negotiations underway for release of kidnapped Orthodox Syrian archbishop, German priest tells Lebanese newspaper
Negotiations for the release of the Orthodox Syrian Metropolitan of Aleppo, Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim – reportedly being held by members of the so-called Islamic State in their last stronghold around the village Baghouz in eastern Syria – are underway, according to a Syrian Orthodox priest in Germany. The priest, Samuel Gümüs, made the comments to […]
Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157
Reuters An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a new model that also crashed in Indonesia in October. Sunday’s flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8:38am local time, […]
India considers giving land rights in Delhi’s illegal settlements
Thomson Reuters Foundation India is considering legalising unauthorised tenements in New Delhi, a move that could give hundreds of thousands of poor migrants land rights in the country’s most populous city. A committee will study nearly 1,700 such settlements in the capital and make recommendations within 90 days on legalising them, authorities said late on […]
Nearly quarter-million Venezuelans sought asylum in 2018, UNHCR says
Reuters More and more Venezuelans are seeking asylum abroad, with nearly a quarter of a million applications lodged in 2018 alone, double that of the previous year, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. In all, 414,570 asylum claims have been filed by Venezuelan nationals abroad since 2014, UNHCR said. Nearly 60 per cent, or 248,669, were […]