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‘Traumatized’ survivors of Mediterranean rescue say dozens died on trip from Libya

Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European charity’s ship Ocean Viking spotted the dinghy with …

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Escobar worries Kosovo’s dinar ban could cause ‘humanitarian crisis’

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar warned Thursday that Kosovo’s ban on usage of the Serbian dinar could trigger “an emerging humanitarian issue” for the country’s ethnic Serb minority. Escobar stressed that the issue must be addressed “immediately,” and that it “has caused some real hardship for some of …

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Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali extremist group al-Shabab said its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire were heard Thursday night. UNITED STATES INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA IN MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGAINST AL-SHABAB Al-Shabab said on its Telegram channel that its fighters …

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