UN Refugee Agency Alarmed About Rise in People Fleeing Central America

The U.N. refugee agency expresses alarm at what it says is a significant increase in the number of people fleeing violence and persecution in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. The agency reports more than 294,000 asylum seekers and refugees from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador were forced to flee their homes in 2017, a 58 percent increase from the previous year. It says the vast majority have fled to Belize, Mexico, and the United States, and increasingly to Costa Rica and...

Read complete article

~	UNESCO releases final draft of the Internet Universality Indicators

~	First meeting of UNESCO Director-General Azoulay with Prime Minister Abe of Japan

~	General Debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items

~	DRC reporter held for allegedly defaming local bank

~	Vietnam’s Mother Mushroom is freed, leaves for United States

~	West Bank: ‘imminent’ demolition of Palestinian village could be ‘war crime’ – ICC Prosecutor

~	Congo Accuses Angola of Violent Expulsions, Luanda Denies

~	Indian Minister Quits Following #MeToo Allegations

~	Invictus Games Bring Fighting Spirit to Australia

~	US Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Swells to $868 Million