Mexican officials worked with bulldozers Wednesday to clear out a ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico. Migrants at the encampment in Matamoros, which borders Brownsville, Texas, first moved into the area in late 2022. The encampment once held as many as 1,500 migrants, but …
Read More »Turkey detains 33 accused of spying for Israel's Mossad: report
Turkey is claiming to have arrested dozens of people accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency Tuesday, with an official alleging that they were plotting the “assault and kidnapping” of foreign nationals residing on Turkish soil, reports say. The development is the latest escalation in tensions between the two …
Read More »Human rights watchdog urges world community to make more commitments to refugees
LONDON – Amnesty International is urging world leaders to radically overhaul refugee policies and create a comprehensive global strategy to deal with the crisis. The human rights watchdog issued a report Monday suggesting that world leaders have abandoned millions of refugees to “an unbearable existence” and left thousands more to …
Read More »Travelers crossing English Channel stranded as striking French workers block Calais port
PARIS – Some travelers trying to cross the English Channel are stranded because French workers are blockading the port of Calais. British ferry operator P&O Ferries warned passengers that the blockade began Sunday evening as a result of actions by workers at MyFerryLink, a ferry operator facing job cuts. It’s …
Read More »Trump on what it will take to bring Israeli hostages home: Hamas must be 'confronted and destroyed'
President Donald Trump said Monday that the remaining Israeli hostages will only be returned once Hamas is “confronted and destroyed,” as the Gaza-based terrorist group cited alleged progress in ongoing ceasefire talks. The U.S. and Israel pulled their negotiators from Qatar last month, with Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff saying …
Read More »Wartime letter show Pope Pius XII may have known about Holocaust earlier than previously thought
Newly unearthed wartime correspondence from Pope Pius XII indicates he may have known about the Holocaust earlier than previously believed. Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, on Sunday reproduced a typewritten letter that was recently found in the Vatican archives. The letter, dated Dec. 14, 1942, appears to conflict with the …
Read More »At least 100 dead as Hamas launches unprecedented attack on Israel, Netanyahu says nation is 'at war'
Iranian backed Hamas terrorists invaded areas of southern Israel as rocket barrages launched from the Gaza Strip struck the area on Saturday, killing at least 100 Israelis in an attack the Islamist movement Hamas is taking responsibility for. A senior Hamas military commander, Mohammad Deif, announced the start of the …
Read More »US, Germany, Austria urged to give citizenship to hostages held by Hamas to save their lives
A who’s who of leading American Jewish organizations and one of Israel’s top counterterrorism experts on Sunday appealed to the U.S., Germany and Austria to issue citizenship to the over 200 hostages held by the terrorist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The U.S.- and EU-designated terrorist organization Hamas took …
Read More »The end for flimsy plastic bags? EU moves to reduce their use by 80 percent within 10 years
BRUSSELS – The European Union has approved new rules that clamps down on the use of flimsy plastic bags that are hazardous for the environment. The 28 member nations on Monday gave final approval to the rules that mean consumers may be obliged to use sturdier, re-usable bags or face …
Read More »Thousands of passengers stranded in Scandinavia as pilots' strike at Norwegian expands
HELSINKI – Thousands of passengers have been stranded across Scandinavia as a strike by pilots of Norwegian Air Shuttle continued for a fifth day. Norwegian CEO Bjoern Kjos says it’s “terribly tragic” that 35,000 air travelers were being hit by the strike after several rounds of talks with pilots’ representatives …
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