Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that his chamber will finally hold a vote this weekend on passing additional foreign aid including support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as $481 million to assist refugees in the U.S.But after releasing text of the funding measures—which are split into three separate bills—Johnson is once against facing pushback from members of his own party, who have withheld authorizing supplemental funding for months.Drafts of the legislation...
A new government in Thailand offers little change for asylum seekers.
After Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones against Israel in retaliation for its killing of two Revolutionary Guards Corps leaders at the beginning of April, hundreds, likely thousands, of pro-Palestine (again, they are really pro-Hamas) protesters began demonstrating en masse in New York, Chicago, and on the Golden Gate Bridge in California.
A refugee advocacy group has raised the alarm over treatment of a growing number of people transferred to the Nauru detention facility. It comes after the third suspected asylum seeker group in five months was found on WA's Kimberley coastline and sent to the remote Micronesian island. There's concern a historical track record of human rights abuses experienced by detainees is continuing.
PHILADELPHIA—Victoria Coates, a national security expert at The Heritage Foundation, traveled Thursday to the City of Brotherly Love with a cadre of security personnel to Read More
(The Center Square) – A pro-Palestine protest led to arrests at the Tempe campus of Arizona State University on Friday. Protesters who set up an encampment were taken into custody by police. There were some pro-Israel counter-protesters as well. “Israel is a terrorist state,” protesters were shouting at one point, according to a video from ABC15. The outlet reported that the list of the protester's demands ranged from cutting any ties between...
Stanford issued letters to approximately 60 protestors violating University policies against overnight camping, warning that they faced possible suspension or arrest.
Dave Zirin A Q&A with the creators of The Occupation of the American Mind, a documentary analyzing media coverage of the occupation of Palestine.
Hundreds of pro-Palestine students reestablished an encampment of tents on White Plaza and demonstrated during Admit Weekend welcome events, amid similar protests on university campuses nationwide.
The long tables are laid with watermelon slices, Middle-Eastern dips and orange candles. The kitchen and bar bustle with life. And – dressed immaculately in red – queen Máxima is officially opening an Amsterdam kitchen about far more than food. A Beautiful Mess, on the ground floor of the multinational Booking, is a social initiative to provide jobs and training for refugees and a melting pot for integration and mutual understanding. The intention, said founder Fleur Bakker of Refugee Company,
The safety and security of Palestinians and Jews are interdependent, so we should use language carefullyIn reporting on the encampments springing up on college campuses across the US, the media seem to have convened a terminology confab and agreed on two descriptions: “pro-Palestinian” and “anti-Israel”. These labels oversimplify Americans’ opinions on Israel’s onslaught against Gaza, which marked its 200th day on Tuesday with no end in sight. But the error is worse than semantic.“Universities...
Turkish media, citing Turkish officials, reported that over the past month, authorities in Edirne have detained 1,096 “illegal migrants,” including Afghan citizens. According to reports, these migrants were detained yesterday, Wednesday, April 24th, and were referred to the Edirne Migration Directorate. Local authorities in Edirne stated that 54 of these individuals have been detained on […]