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More than 423,000 people displaced in Gaza: UN

More than 423,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, following heavy Israeli bombardments in...

Thousands displaced by floods in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Torrential rains in Malaysia have caused flooding that has driven more than 11,000 people from their homes, closed dozens of roads and...

Record 68.5 million people displaced worldwide: UN

GENEVA: A record 68.5 million people have been displaced from their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and...

40,000 displaced Yemenis stranded without aid in Aden: UN

ADEN, YEMEN: The UN expressed concern on Wednesday for more than 40,000 displaced Yemenis who had sought refuge in second city Aden, only to...

Boko Haram kill 11 in Nigeria displaced civilians camp

ABUJA: Boko Haram militants killed 11 people on Friday in a raid on a camp for civilians displaced by the group's violent insurgency, military and vigilante sources...

More than 800,000 people still displaced from Mosul: UN

GENEVA: More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State group, but nearly...

Record 65.6 million people displaced worldwide: UN

GENEVA: Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes...

Conflict displaces record number of Afghans in 2016, says UN

KABUL: The number of people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan this year has surpassed half a million people, the United Nations reported on Wednesday,...

Million displaced Pakistanis face tough choices before going home

ISLAMABAD: Aid shortfalls, ruined infrastructure and the lingering risk of attack are undermining efforts to return around one million Pakistanis to homes they fled after the military cracked down on militants along the Afghan border.

Family of drowned toddler repeatedly displaced in Syria: journalist

BEIRUT: The family of toddler Aylan whose lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach had been repeatedly displaced by Syria's brutal four-year war, a local journalist said Thursday.

For displaced Pakistanis to return home: fight the Taliban

PESHAWAR: Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis displaced by anti-Taliban military operations in tribal areas wish only to return home -- but first they have to agree to fight the extremists themselves.

South Africa’s Zuma visits immigrants displaced by anti-foreigner violence

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Saturday canceled a state visit to Indonesia to deal with a wave of anti-immigrant violence at home and promised peace to those who wished to remain in Africa's most advanced economy.

45 dead in air strike on Yemen displaced camp

SANAA: An air strike killed dozens of people at a camp for displaced people in northwest Yemen on Monday, aid workers said, as Arab warplanes bombard rebels around the country.

Displaced Pakistanis to start going home to North Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will on Sunday start returning the first batches of nearly a million civilians ordered to leave their homes ahead of an anti-Taliban offensive in North Waziristan on the Afghanistan border, officials told Reuters on Friday.

At least 824,000 displaced by Ukraine conflict: UN

GENEVA: The conflict in Ukraine has driven more than 824,000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, warning that it was having to scramble aid to offset looming harsh winter weather.

Myanmar gives citizenship to 209 displaced Muslims, including Rohingya

YANGON:  Myanmar gave citizenship on Monday to 209 Muslims displaced by sectarian violence, after the first phase of a project aimed at determining the status of about a million Rohingya whose claims to nationality have been rejected in the past.

More than 50 million displaced worldwide, UN says

GENEVA:  More than 50 million people were forcibly uprooted worldwide at the end of last year, the highest level since after World War Two,...

Military operation: Over 4,500 displaced families return to Tirah

PESHAWAR: The internally displaced persons affected by military operation in Tirah Valley have started to return to their native places, ARY News reported Sunday. At...

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