Last week Mahmoud Fathallah arrived with his family and another 10 people in Kirkuk, a city in northern Iraq. The 34 year-old is originally from Hawija, a mostly Sunni Muslim-populated town about 50 kilometres south of Kirkuk, and he and the other people travelled there guided by people smugglers. Continue →
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Yoani Sánchez: Cuban workers recover from flood as officials celebrate May 1
The El Cerro neighborhood is mud and tears right now. One of Havana’s most populous municipalities is trying to recover from the surprise rains [on April 29] that left three dead in the city, more than 1,400 houses affected and 27 partial or total building collapses. Continue →