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Nearly 170,000 flee violence in Syria's Afrin: UN
AFP, Published on 23/03/2018
» GENEVA - Nearly 170,000 people have fled after a Turkish-led assault on the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Afrin, the UN said Friday, pointing to the harrowing conditions faced by those displaced.
Migrant construction workers' children exposed to violence: UN
Published on 29/03/2018
» Women migrant construction workers and their children in Thailand are exposed to violence and abuse in hazardous living conditions, the United Nations said on Thursday.
AI chatbot built to help domestic violence victims
Business, Published on 12/07/2018
» A group of tech experts is developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to help victims of domestic violence more easily access the justice system and counselling programmes as the problem balloons in Thailand.
Pakistan violence kills 44 ahead of Sharif return
Published on 13/07/2018
» At least 44 people were killed on Friday in two attacks targeting political rallies in Pakistan ahead of elections later this month, according to authorities
Facebook cracks down on bogus posts inciting violence
AFP, Published on 19/07/2018
» MENLO PARK (UNITED STATES) - Facebook on Wednesday built on its campaign to prevent the platform from being used to spread dangerous misinformation, saying it will remove bogus posts likely to spark violence.
Counting under way after Mali's violence-marred poll
AFP, Published on 30/07/2018
» BAMAKO - Counting was under way Monday in Mali following a key presidential election that saw balloting halted at hundreds of polling stations because of violence in restive regions of the poor Sahel country.
White House holds Ortegas responsible for Nicaragua violence
AFP, Published on 30/07/2018
» WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday said that responsibility for deadly political violence that has destabilized Nicaragua lies with President Daniel Ortega and his wife.
Zimbabwe opposition in court over post-vote violence
AFP, Published on 04/08/2018
» HARARE - Members of Zimbabwe's defeated opposition party were appearing in court Saturday, accused of staging violent protests against alleged rigging in this week's historic elections.
Half 'lost' Rohingya children orphaned by violence: study
AFP, Published on 23/08/2018
» COX'S BAZAR (BANGLADESH) - Half the Rohingya children who crossed into Bangladesh without their parents were actually orphaned by violence in Myanmar and not separated from them during the refugee exodus as previously thought, new research showed Thursday.
Migration truce shatters in Germany after mob violence
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» BERLIN - A tense truce within German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp imploded Thursday after her hardline interior minister defended protests marred by neo-Nazi violence and blasted immigration as "the mother of all political problems".