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GENEVA: The international community must continue aiding Afghanistan or risk “disastrous consequences,” UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi urged on Monday as a donors conference kicked off in Geneva. Grandi’s appeal comes after his visit to the war-torn nation that remains beset by violence and corruption, and is grappling with the imminent withdrawal of thousands of US troops. United Nations High …

ATHENS: The UN refugee agency on Friday said it was deeply concerned by “credible reports” that Greek authorities had towed migrant ships back out to sea or just left them adrift. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement there were testimonies about “people being left adrift at sea for a long time, often on unseaworthy …