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On the boat as Doctors Without Borders tries to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean
Wednesday, October 04, 2023
A ship run by the international rescue agency Doctors Without Borders is cruising the Mediterranean in search of migrants who need rescue.
On Lampedusa, there's sympathy for migrants — as long as they don't stay
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month. Islanders showed compassion, but prefer that any newcomers leave as quickly as possible.
It appears abuse by Americans at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison is largely forgotten
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
A new report by Human Rights Watch says the U.S. still hasn't helped Iraqi victims of abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison 20 years ago. That matches a report NPR did with one man this spring.
Desperate people from North Africa landed on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa
Friday, September 22, 2023
Thousands of migrants crossing from Tunisia to the Italian island of Lampedusa are overwhelming the tiny island, and testing the welcome of those who live there.
Italy has no clear plan for 10,000 North African migrants who landed on resort island
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Thousands of migrants from North Africa have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Italy has no clear plan for what happens next to them.
More than 5,000 have been found dead after Libya floods
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
In the coastal city of Derna, dams broke, sending a torrent of water that submerged whole neighborhoods. Rescue efforts are complicated by the fact that Libya is divided between rival governments.
Aid groups rush to Libya after catastrophic flooding
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
More information is emerging about the vast scale and loss of life in Libya as aid groups begin arriving after the storm and catastrophic flooding.
Libya fears a spiraling death toll from powerful storm floods
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
At least hundreds of people have died and thousands are feared missing in eastern Libya after Storm Daniel swept in, destroying dams and unleashing a torrent of muddy water that carried homes away.
Rival factions are making a storm-driven natural disaster in Libya worse
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Officials say hundreds are dead and thousands feared missing after a storm unleashes massive flooding in underserved and war-divided towns in Libya.
Photos: See the aftermath of the earthquake in Morocco
Saturday, September 09, 2023
Rescue efforts are complicated by the fact that the quake struck remote, mountainous villages.
Morocco's most powerful earthquake in over 100 years leaves hundreds dead
Saturday, September 09, 2023
An earthquake in Morocco has killed hundreds, with many more still unaccounted for. The U.S.G.S says it was the area's most powerful quake in more than a century.
A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people
Friday, September 08, 2023
More than 2,000 were also injured after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.
Rights groups say Tunisia expels migrants into the desert, where some have died
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Tunisian is accused of sending African migrants into the desert that borders Libya, without food or water. This is the testimony from migrants from Cameroon, Sudan and other African countries.
3 years after Beirut port blast, an investigation has gone nowhere
Friday, August 04, 2023
Three years after the blast in a port warehouse that devastated Beirut, Lebanon, has still not followed through on the probe of who was responsible.
Libyan man, who says he was tortured, wants to hold Wagner group accountable
Monday, July 31, 2023
A Libyan man who says he escaped execution by the Russian mercenary Wagner group is taking them to court in the U.S. — alleging torture and multiple human rights abuses.
Denmark's latest Quran burning sparks more outrage in Iraq and other Muslim nations
Monday, July 24, 2023
Protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, the latest such incident to draw condemnation from Muslim-majority countries.
Iraq expels Sweden's ambassador over Quran burning, after protests at Swedish Embassy
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Iraq expelled Sweden's ambassador and recalled its diplomat from Sweden, hours after protesters attacked the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to part of the building.
Lebanon is stuck in political deadlock as presidency remains vacant
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
People in Lebanon are pessimistic because their leaders haven't been able to agree on a president, which is an important step needed to address a long economic crisis.
The EU offers aid to an increasingly autocratic Tunisian government to stem migration
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Europe is offering much-needed money to the Tunisian government in an effort to stem a wave of migration. But it means supporting a government that's become increasingly autocratic.
Lebanon is in a political deadlock as leaders struggle to declare the next president
Sunday, July 16, 2023
People in Lebanon are pessimistic because their leaders haven't been able to agree on a president, which is an important step needed to address a long economic crisis.