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Misc›Ranking21 hours ago

Top 12 Countries Hosting Refugees Worldwide

The world hosts millions of refugees fleeing conflicts and persecution. Turkey leads globally with 3.6 million refugees, followed by Pakistan, Uganda, Colombia, and Germany. Developing nations and neighbors to conflicts bear the heaviest burden of the global refugee crisis.

Number of Refugees (Millions)

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TurkeyWorld's largest refugee host, majority Syrian

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3.6million

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PakistanHosts millions of Afghan refugees

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2.7million

3🇺🇬

UgandaAfrica's largest host, South Sudan and DRC refugees

↑5

2.6million

4🇨🇴

ColombiaPrimarily Venezuelan refugees

↑3

2.5million

5🇩🇪

GermanyEurope's largest host with Ukrainian refugees

↑8

2.1million

6🇯🇴

JordanHosts Syrian and Palestinian refugees

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0.664million

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Misc›Article22 hours ago

160 عالماً يرسمون أدق خريطة لقلب المجرة

In February 2026, over 160 scientists from 70 institutions worldwide published the most detailed map ever of the Milky Way's center. The team used Chile's ALMA telescope to survey a region spanning 650 light-years around the central black hole, revealing turbulent gas clouds and unprecedented structures. The mapped region contains 80 percent of the galaxy's dense gas and is the hottest and most chaotic zone in the Milky Way. This achievement within the ACES project opens a new window into understanding the formation of the first stars after the Big Bang, though analyzing the details may take years. What's been revealed resembles a chaotic scene that could rewrite our understanding of the early universe's origins and stellar deaths.

Misc›Geographic Data23 hours ago

World's Happiest Countries 2026: Finland Leads for 9th Year, UAE Tops Arab Region

The 2026 World Happiness Report released by the University of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre revealed the continued dominance of Nordic countries on the list of happiest nations, with Finland maintaining first place for the ninth consecutive year. The report, based on multiple criteria including social support, life expectancy, freedom levels, and low corruption, showed strong Arab Gulf performance with the UAE ranking 21st globally and first in the Arab world, followed by Saudi Arabia at 22nd place.

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World Happiness Index— Happiness Ranking

🇫🇮Finland1Rank

9th consecutive year

🇮🇸Iceland2Rank

🇩🇰Denmark3Rank

🇨🇷Costa Rica4Rank

First Latin American in top 5

🇸🇪Sweden5Rank

🇳🇴Norway6Rank

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates21Rank

1st Arab country, ahead of USA

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia22Rank

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💡Nordic countries monopolize happiness through strong welfare systems, while UAE and Saudi Arabia surpass America in the new global wellbeing map

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Misc›Articleyesterday

800,000 alerts in one night transform astronomy

On February 24, 2026, the Vera Rubin Observatory released 800,000 astronomical alerts in a single night—a record unprecedented in human observation. The largest digital camera ever built captured everything changing: variable stars, distant supernovae, and suddenly appearing asteroids. The telescope photographs a region of sky every 40 seconds, instantly transmitting data to California for processing. Numbers will climb to 7 million alerts nightly soon. This is not incremental discovery but fundamental rupture: we may remain ignorant of half the universe happening above us until machines tell us what to see.

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Misc›Articleyesterday

Mother's Day and Eid al-Fitr Meet This March

Rare are the moments when religious and cultural celebrations converge on the same date. On March 21, 2026, Mother's Day, falling on the twenty-first of March, coincides with the second day of Eid al-Fitr. This exceptional synchronicity has not been witnessed in Arab society for many years. According to astronomical calculations, Eid al-Fitr begins on March twentieth, making March twenty-first a dual occasion combining the joy of worship following Ramadan with honoring women's fundamental role in family and society. This year presents a rare and extraordinary opportunity, as families gather during an extended official holiday where religious celebrations intertwine with profound appreciation for mothers. Such a moment deserves reflection.

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