Israel's ban on UN's Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here's what that looks like
Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory ...
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72 refugee families in Quad-Cities left without funding for rent as federal aid is suspended
More than 70 families newly arrived to the Quad-Cities from refugee camps lost federal aid for rent, utilities and food on ...
‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...
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Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Here's why the idea is rejected
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is being met ...
Migrants were detained at Guantánamo Bay before Trump’s order. Here’s what to know.
Human rights groups have accused U.S. authorities of using Guantánamo Bay for decades to detain migrants fleeing Haiti, Cuba ...
Trump’s Guantanamo migrant plan evokes a dark history
The US has maintained a migrant detention facility there for decades that is separate from the notorious high-security jail ...
World Relief Spokane loses federal funding, must halt resettlement efforts following federal policy changes
The organization says it will no longer receive federal funding and at least 400 people who were scheduled to resettle in Spokane can no longer enter the U.S.
US aid freeze halts hospital care services to 106,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand
BANGKOK—A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by US President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in ...
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Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency
In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their way ...
They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
As President Donald Trump works to limit the number of immigrants in the country, Afghans who fled Taliban rule are adjusting ...
Third round of hostage releases begins as part of Hamas' Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel
Hamas released eight more hostages in Gaza Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire agreement with Israel in exchange for ...
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The ceasefire is essential to restore Lebanon's vital health-care services
Lebanon's people and health-care system have yet again endured devastating attacks as the war on Gaza extended into Lebanon. Since October, 2023, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have resulted in more than ...