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REFUGEES

Young Afghan evacuees play soccer in a residential compound in Doha, Qatar. The U.S. is offering Afghan refugees at a camp in the country the choice to emigrate to Congo or returning to their Taliban-ruled homeland, an activist has said.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2026
U.S. tells Afghans to choose Taliban-run homeland or Congo, activist says
More than 1,100 Afghans have been in limbo in a refugee processing camp in Qatar after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a halt to a resettlement program.
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees are stranded on a boat after the nearby community decided not to allow them to land after giving them water and food in Pineung, Aceh province, Indonesia, on Nov. 16, 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2026
Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea
Hundreds die en route, but the numbers keep growing as dwindling international aid pushes yet more to make the treacherous journey to countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.
Akio Fujimoto’s “Lost Land” centers on two displaced Rohingya siblings (Muhammad Shofik Rias Uddin, left, and Shomira Rias Uddin) who undergo a harrowing journey from Bangladesh to Malaysia.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 19, 2026
‘Lost Land’ director captures play and peril on a migrant’s journey
Director Akio Fujimoto avoids exposition and lets moments of childhood wonder deepen the emotional weight of the dangers surrounding his young Rohingya protagonists.
Mohammed Rofique, a survivor from the boat that capsized in the Andaman Sea, speaks on the phone with relatives at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2026
Rohingya survivor recounts ordeal as 250 missing in Andaman Sea tragedy
Before the boat capsized, one ⁠of the survivors said passengers on the boat endured four days and nights at sea as conditions rapidly deteriorated.
Men sit along the seaside near an unofficial camp for displaced people in Beirut on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Apr 16, 2026
Forced displacements to soar by 4.2 million by 2027, aid group warns
The numbers do not include those affected by the war in the Middle East, the agency said.
Mahmoud Ghanem, 89, stands with his daughter Areej, 50, at the entrance to a shack near Tulkarm in the Israeli‑occupied West Bank, on Feb. 16, 2026. Members of the Ghanem family were displaced last year from the Tulkarm refugee camp.
WORLD
Apr 2, 2026
Expelled from camp, Palestinian refugees now face Iranian rockets
Driven from their refugee camp home in the West Bank, Palestinian families now face a new threat: Iranian missiles intercepted overhead.
Amy Yee poses for a photo in Lalibela, Ethiopia. An award-winning journalist and former foreign correspondent for the Financial Times, Yee shifted her focus to the issue of Tibetans in exile for her book, “Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents.”
CULTURE / Books / Longform
Mar 31, 2026
The voices of Tibet, far from home
A conversation with author Amy Yee on exile, identity and the lives of Tibetan refugees across continents.
Smugglers assist migrants boarding a boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on March 4.
WORLD / Society
Mar 20, 2026
Record number of migrant deaths in Mediterranean for early 2026
European officials have blamed the fatalities on “extreme weather conditions,” while humanitarian organizations say border closures and red tape for rescuers are also responsible.
Iranian nationals arrive in northeastern Turkey after passing through the Razi-Kapikoy border crossing on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 5, 2026
Iran war exiles describe terror of daily strikes
The testimonies of those fleeing Iran amid U.S. and Israeli airstrikes offer insight into the scale of the air campaign over the last five days.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House in May last year.
WORLD
Feb 28, 2026
U.S. aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees
The figure is far above U.S. President Donald Trump’s stated cap of 7,500 total refugees from around the world in fiscal year 2026.
A displaced woman looks on as people attend a community health session at a U.N. refugee camp in Bor, Jonglei State in South Sudan, earlier this month.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2026
Civilian death toll in Sudan war more than doubled in 2025, U.N. says
Since April 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces that has killed tens of thousands and displaced 11 million people.
Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces arrive at the Kurdish-held city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane, on Friday after they withdrew from the Al-Aqtan prison in the Raqa province of Syria.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2026
Life-saving aid reaches Kurdish-majority town in Syria: U.N.
The aid came as the Syrian authorities and Kurdish forces extended a ceasefire agreement after the latter relinquished swaths of territory.
Rohingya refugees study in a makeshift learning center at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on Dec. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 15, 2026
Dreams on hold for Rohingya children in Bangladesh camps
The education system at the camps has become severely overstretched — a situation worsened by cuts to U.S. aid that slashed funding and forced sweeping closures or scale-backs.
Federal officers stand guard as protestors gather while ICE operates in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2026
More migrants are dying in ICE detention under Trump
Press releases from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that four people died in custody in the first few days of 2026.
General view taken at the start of the first hearing at the International Court of Justice in which Myanmar is accused of committing genocide against the country’s Muslim minority, the Rohingya, in The Hague on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 14, 2026
ICJ hears gruesome violence against Rohingya in Myanmar genocide case
The accusations say that Myanmar soldiers rampaged door-to-door, systematically killing, raping and burning Rohingya men, women and children.
Rohingya refugees cross the border into Bangladesh in 2017. The charge that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya Muslims went before the World Court on Monday, for three weeks of argument and testimony, in the first case of its kind, with implications for other genocide cases like the one pending against Israel.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2026
Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare, Gambia says in genocide case
Gambia, a predominantly Muslim West African country, filed the case at the International Court of Justice in ‌2019, accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
Rohingya refugees wait outside a distribution center after collecting relief materials at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangledesh, on Dec. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 12, 2026
In grim camps, Rohingya hope U.N. genocide hearing can bring justice
Hope is a fragile but persistent force in Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar, where more than a million refugees forced to flee Myanmar live in squalid conditions.
Sudanese displaced from the Heglig area in western Sudan wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Abu al-Naga displacement Camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on Dec. 30.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2026
Sudanese flee across border and back to escape overrun oil town
Since capturing the army’s last stronghold in Darfur in October, the Rapid Support Forces and its allies have pushed deeper into neighboring Kordofan.
People from Pakistan and Afghanistan’s border-region tribal areas wave white flags and chant slogans during a rally to protest against the militant violence and killings of their elders and political figures, in Karachi on July 13.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2025
Pakistan has deadliest year in decade as Taliban ties worsen
The number of deaths from insurgent attacks climbed to 3,967 nationwide, the highest since 2015.
Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces fighters in the East Nile district of greater Khartoum in 2023
WORLD / Politics
Dec 29, 2025
Sudanese trek through mountains to escape Kordofan fighting
The Rapid Support Forces and their allies have in recent weeks descended in full force on oil-rich Kordofan, which is held by the Sudanese army, forcing tens of thousands to flee.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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