Headlines
  • Spain defeats Argentina in the final to win their second World Cup.
  • Bahrain's interior ministry reported that its air raid sirens had sounded overnight on Sunday and Monday.
  • During what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) called "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone" in northern Iraq on Saturday, one American service member was killed and another was injured.
  • Three missiles launched from Iran struck various parts of Jordan, according to a statement posted by the army online on Sunday.
  • On Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that it was "looking into reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of a planned nuclear power plant in Darkhovin, Iran," following allegations of a U.S. strike on the facility made by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
  • Early on Sunday morning, a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, left nine people injured, the alleged gunman was shot by police and sent to a nearby hospital with life-threatening fatal injuries.

Tag: Refugee Camp

December 9, 2021

Hundreds of Migrants Are Still Stuck...

More than a thousand people, many of them young children, are living in a temporary refugee camp in eastern Belarus under cold conditions, in what critics call a political humanitarian disaster. Several European countries accuse Alexander Lukashenko, the disputed president, of exploiting migrants as a weapon against Poland

December 4, 2021

Human Traffickers Are Said to be...

According to the leader of a team that monitors Arabic and Kurdish social media, human traffickers are proposing trips to Russia as a new path for migrants to the European Union. There was “enthusiasm” online about the availability of a mechanism “to avoid the limits” on the Polish-Belarusian border

December 3, 2021

Two South Sudanese Migrants Rescued at...

The story of two South Sudanese brothers who were recently rescued in the Mediterranean Sea is one that many African migrants seeking better lives in Europe have heard. The two brothers  set out from Libya in a rickety boat, but the engine failed, and they were eventually rescued by the Ocean Viking rescue ship

December 2, 2021

A Kurdish Family Grieved the Drowning...

A small inflatable boat capsized last week in the English Channel, killing 27 migrants attempting to cross from France to the UK. From Soran, Iraqi Kurdistan, VOA’s Ahmad Zebari spoke to the family of one of the victims about the tragedy’s consequences

December 1, 2021

African Migrants Rescue in the Mediterranean

Many migrants cross the “deadliest border in the world” from Africa to Europe in pursuit of a better life: The Mediterranean Sea is located in the Mediterranean region. Despite the dangers, the International Organization for Migration reports that the number of people crossing the border has increased to an estimated 77,000 in the first half of this year

November 30, 2021

The Belarusian Migrant Crisis Has Divided...

Thousands of refugees are still waiting in Belarus to enter the European Union through Poland, a crisis that has sharply divided Polish society between those who wish to help migrants and others who refuse to open their borders

November 29, 2021

Flights From Libya to Italy For...

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed the evacuation of 93 asylum seekers to Italy from Libya on Thursday (November 25), where they had been living in precarious situations with uncertain futures

October 22, 2021

Thousands of Afghan Refugees Are Expected...

In the coming months, more than 50,000 Afghan refugees now residing on US military bases will be relocated around the country. California and Texas will see far more people

October 9, 2021

Officials Say Haitian Migrant Crisis is...

According to UN authorities and others, Haitian migrant crisis is far from over,with tens of thousands still stuck along the route from South America, through Panama, and north via Mexico

September 25, 2021

Haitian Migrants in Del Rio, Texas,...

Border patrol agents in Del Rio,Texas have been chastised for their treatment of Haitian migrants as the US attempts to deter more from coming.More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants were removed from an encampment in Del Rio, Texas, according to US officials

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