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June 20 marks the UN-designated World Refugee Day, reminding the world that seeking safety is a universal right grounded in the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol.

Every year, on June 20, we mark World Refugee Day, highlighting the plight of those who are either forced or choose to leave their homes due to conflict, persecution or just to seek a better future. But not all of them are classified as…

World Refugee Day, which falls each year on June 20, celebrates the strength, perseverance, and courage of millions of people, who flee from their home country to escape conflict or persecution. One young former refugee and entrepreneur…

A U.S. federal judge in Florida has set August 14 as an initial date for former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he illegally retained dozens of classified national security documents after he left the White House and…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday the United States and China have an obligation to manage their relationship responsibly, and that he told Chinese leaders during meetings in Beijing that direct engagement is the best way…

Chinese consumers snapped up billions of dollars' worth of items in China's first major online shopping festival after emerging from the pandemic as merchants slashed prices, but analysts say that consumer confidence still remains weak.…

Multinational companies — including Amazon, Marriott and Hilton — pledged Monday to hire more than 13,000 refugees, including Ukrainian women who have fled the war with Russia, over the next three years in Europe. Just ahead of World…

Military and civilian aircraft streaked across the sky as the Paris Air Show returned Monday after a four-year COVID-induced hiatus, with a big crowd including Ukrainian military officials and the French president. Organizers have billed…

A global aid agency warned Monday that a large-scale plague of locusts is ravaging northern Afghanistan and could destroy 1.2 million metric tons of wheat, almost one-quarter of the country's annual harvest. "The escalating situation…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang held “candid” and “direct” talks in Beijing Sunday, the State Department said, as the United States and China seek to stabilize the bilateral relationship amid…