As candidates for the Republican presidential nomination were blasting each other during their second televised debate, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton took some well-aimed potshots on Twitter, highlighting the GOP’s divisive immigration policies in the Hispanic community’s lingua franca.
Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad took to the Russian airwaves to offer Europe some advice on the refugee crisis—and ended up blaming everyone but himself for the brutal conflict in his country, and the plight of more than 4 million people who were forced out by war.
Pope Francis has issued a stark warning to Roman Catholic religious orders: help alleviate the escalating refugee crisis in Europe by hosting asylum seekers, or pay taxes, like everyone else.
Sir Elton John wanted to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the country’s “ridiculous” gay rights policies, and according to the singer’s Instagram account, his wish was granted today (Sep. 15). But the Kremlin denies that a phone conversation between the singer of “Tiny Dancer” and the Russian leader ever took place.
More than 2,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed in what is called ”the forgotten war” between Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Arab states, according to a new United Nations report. In addition to that bloody sectarian conflict, the US been carrying out a 13-year long campaign of drone airstrikes aimed at Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, and in the year to July, 2015 the strikes killed as many as 40 civilians, including one child, the UN said.
After Ben Carson, candidate for the Republican nomination for president and pediatric neurosurgeon, claimed he had never seen scientific evidence for man-made climate change, California governor Jerry Brown delivered the proof–on a flash drive.
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, returned to work on Monday (Sep. 14), remaining defiant in her stance. She said those that work under her in the Rowan County clerk’s office don’t have the authority to hand out marriage licenses, but she won’t take action against them if they continue to do so, as they did while she was absent.
More than a billion people around the world rely on smartphones and their ubiquitous messaging and social media apps, but none more so than the hundreds of thousands of people who are fleeing war, hunger, and famine in the Middle East and Africa.
Video footage captured at a makeshift refugee camp in Roszke, Hungary, near the Serbian border, shows police throwing food into a chaotic crowd of refugees enclosed within a wire fence.
The United States is preparing to accept “at least” 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, the White House said today (Sept. 10). That’s only a slight increase from the number the US government had floated in August, when the State Department spoke of accepting 5,000 to 8,000 people from the civil war-torn country.
In a new development in Europe’s escalating refugee crisis, Denmark has cut off all rail links to Germany. The country’s government is trying to stop migrants and refugees on their way to Sweden.
The United States has vowed to help its European allies with the influx of migrants and refugees coming in from Middle Eastern and African countries ravaged by war, famine, and poverty. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet today (Sep. 9) with congressional lawmakers behind closed doors to discuss how many refugees the US government is willing to take in.
After a Hungarian camerawoman was caught on film tripping a refugee carrying his child who was running away from Hungarian police, the camerawoman’s employer, N1TV, decided to terminate her contract.
This year’s US delegation to the United Nations is breaking its decades-long tradition of staying at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, but the hotel is filling up with other high profile guests, including Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping.
The Vatican just announced its most sweeping reform of marriage annulments in many centuries, in an attempt to make the process faster and easier.
The coming influx of US tourists and business ties probably won’t change Cuba as much as most Americans think it will, but the restoration of official ties between the two countries already seems to be having a big effect on at least one aspect Cuban life: education, and specifically the teaching of English language skills.
As Europe struggles to cope with an overwhelming migrant crisis, Egyptian telecommunications tycoon Naguib Sawiris as offered to buy an island on the Mediterranean to house the world’s refugees.
What to watch for today
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was found in contempt of court and ordered to jail by a federal judge in Kentucky.
This post has been updated with information on the UK’s plans to accept more refugees.
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A video reportedly released by ISIL appears to feature militants showing off US-made M16 assault rifles, according to US-based security firm Flashpoint Intelligence.
US president Barack Obama has secured the backing of 34 US senators for the Iran nuclear deal, giving him enough votes to pass the agreement through Congress. The 34th, pivotal vote belongs to senator Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland.
Hundreds of migrants are camped by the Keleti station in Budapest, waving their train tickets and chanting “Germany, Germany,” after police blocked them from entering the terminal.
