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  • Numerous homes have been damaged and people have been injured in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Bafliyeh in southern Lebanon.
  • As Israeli forces step up their attacks on Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected an upcoming talks between the Lebanese government and Israel in the United States, calling such efforts "futile."
  • The blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports by the US military has now started.
  • A new US naval blockade of Iran's ports was denounced by Tehran as "an act of piracy," according to a Monday report from the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
  • Asserting that it is "clear" that "there is no military solution" to the conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the United States and Iran to resume talks in an effort to put an end to the conflict.
  • In response to President Donald Trump's criticism, Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Monday that he had "no fear" of the Trump Administration when visiting Algeria.

Tag: Homelessness in USA

December 6, 2020

Low Income Families Facing Cold, Uneasy...

With COVID-19 still out of control, low-income families in the United States are bracing for a cold and uneasy winter

November 26, 2020

In Los Angeles, Shipping Containers Serve...

With over 60,000 people homeless in Los Angeles, homeless advocates in the city are coming up with new ideas for creating homes for those without one

April 10, 2020

California’s Homeless Struggle to Stay Safe...

California has more than 100,000 homeless residents, and officials are struggling with how best to help them during the COVID-19 pandemic. But they face a dilemma – where should the homeless go? Cram people into shelters and risk more infections? Move them into hotels and trailers? Or leave them in their tents and cars? For the homeless, the pandemic is an additional challenge to a hard life on the streets

September 18, 2019

Expert: LA’s ‘Tent Cities’ Becoming Shantytowns

Homelessness has risen 12% in Los Angeles since last year, despite more spending than ever on housing assistance, and experts say high rents are pushing even more people out of the housing market. President Donald Trump, traveling to California for political fundraisers on Tuesday, said the state’s major cities are destroying themselves by an inadequate response to homelessness

June 8, 2019

Homeless College Students Find Refuge at...

With housing and higher education prices running extremely high, a large number of college students in California find themselves homeless and unable to afford even a room in a dorm. To address the problem, a University of California, Los Angeles organization run by students opened a homeless shelter to help others who have no place to live

April 21, 2019

Volunteers Bring Easter Hope to the...

Easter, which most Christians observe Sunday, is a time of celebration for many American families. Life remains hard for the homeless on the streets of big American cities……

March 17, 2019

Homeless in Seattle Operate Their Own...

Despite decades of effort to fight homelessness in the United States, many people still sleep on the streets or in public shelters

December 28, 2018

Nahid Ayoub: A Woman Who Feeds...

U.S. Census Bureau figures show that more than one-third of the residents of Detroit, Michigan, live below the poverty line, and more than half of children younger than 18 don’t have enough to eat

December 24, 2018

Family Reunites in Home Made of...

This will be a special holiday season for a father who was homeless and his five children

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