More than 3,400 people have died in the Mediterranean this year trying to reach Europe, the UN's refugee agency said Wednesday, urging governments to take more action to save lives. 　　The UNHCR said at least 348,000 people, including a growing number of asylum seekers, had taken to the seas worldwide... More

　　Tens of thousands of people have died in South Sudan during one year of war and the country's leaders are putting their "personal ambitions" ahead of the young nation's future, the UN secretary-general has said. 　　Ban Ki-moon called on the country's leaders to agree to an inclusive power-sharing arrangement that... More

　　The world has been silent about the killing of millions of people in the Muslim world, Mehmet Gormez, Turkey's head of religious affairs, said Tuesday. 　　"On one hand, (around) 12 million people have been massacred in the Islamic world in the last 10 years, and on the other hand, 12... More

　　Following the release of the film American Sniper in theaters across the US, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has warned of a “significant rise in violent hate rhetoric targeting the Arab and Muslim-American communities.” 　　The Arab-American civil rights organization has asked "American Sniper" director Clint Eastwood and actor Bradley Cooper... More

　　Aid workers in South Sudan are finding it hard to operate because roadblocks are suddenly being erected in some areas, the UN's top official for humanitarian assistance has said. 　　The UN warned two and a half million people are on the brink of famine, and food stocks in some places... More

　　Gaza farmers are being 'particularly badly affected' by Israel's tight restrictions on their movement. 　　Amjad Abu Ayash, 56, stood atop a hill and looked out across a patch of charred agricultural land spotted with busted water pipes. "They call this area the 'land of death' because even the birds that... More

　　The war in Syria has plunged 80 percent of its people into poverty, reduced life expectancy by 20 years and led to massive economic losses estimated at over $200bn since the conflict began in 2011, according to a UN-backed report. 　　The Syrian Center for Policy Research painted a devastating picture... More

　　A Bangladeshi national rescued in the Mediterranean Sea from a capsized migrant boat off the Libyan coast on Sunday has claimed that there had been more than 900 people on board, Italian media reports. 　　According to Italy's La Repubblica newspaper, the Bangladeshi woman -- who is now hospitalized in in... More

　　According to official website statement, The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ CAIR categorizes U.S. Islamophobia network groups. 　　The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) publishes the groups list that spreading anti-islam prejudice in America. According to its official website statement, the Islamophobic Organizations are these: 　　Abstraction Fund 　　The Abstraction Fund is part... More

　　Some of the French soldiers alleged to have sexually abused children in Central African Republic while there on peacekeeping duties have been identified, a French judicial source said on Thursday. 　　The matter came to light this week when Britain's Guardian newspaper said it had acquired a U.N. report that raised... More

　　The UN chief has said he was "shocked" after Hungarian riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at crowds of refugees desperate to cross the border from Serbia. 　　When asked about the border clashes on Wednesday, Ban Ki-moon said the treatment of the refugees by the Hungarian police was... More

　　At a campaign rally in New Hampshire Wednesday night, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump declined to correct a supporter who declared that “Muslims” are “a problem in this country” and urged the candidate to “get rid of ‘em.” 　　Voicing the beliefs of nearly half of U.S. Republicans, the speaker also... More

　　A record number of refugees have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year, breaching the half-a-million mark for the past nine months, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 　　As of Tuesday, the group said 522,124 people had travelled by sea to reach the continent. 　　About 388,000 have entered... More