UN refugee agency

Israeli military evacuation orders were also affecting more than a quarter of Lebanon, according to the UN refugee agency.

UNHCR warns that the number of people forcibly displaced could rise further without major global political changes.

According to UN, huge crowds of tired and frightened people were gathering at registration centres.

There's been less and less people wanting to stay at the border as the situation deteriorates in Darfur, said Raouf Mazou.

Jolie who has been on over 60 field assignments during her 21 years with UNHCR, wants to keep working with refugees outside the global body.

"This includes more than 434,000 displaced from western Mosul since mid-February," Andrej Mahecic, spokesperson for UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), told reporters at the UN''s Geneva headquarters.

The UN refugee agency said the number of deaths at sea had risen sharply this year, with a record 2,814 people drowning since January.

The UN refugee agency believes an estimated 25,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshis have taken to boats in the first three months of this year.

The dramatic developments in Washington came as the UN refugee agency released grim new statistics revealing more than two million people had now fled the violence in the war-torn country.

Before global leaders address plastic pollution, a Japanese manicurist highlights the issue by incorporating it into her nail designs.

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In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.