Headlines- On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
- US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
- Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
- The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
- Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
- Viktor Orban, the longtime prime minister of Hungary, has conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in the country's legislative election.
Tag: Refugee Crisis
Turkish Migrant’s Death in Greece Leads...
There have been demands for Turkey’s foreign ministry to take up the case following the death of a Turkish migrant who died after arriving on a Greek island late last year.
Fears Russia Will Weaponize Migration Pose...
The European Union says it faced “unprecedented challenges” at its borders last year as a result of a substantial increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving on Europe’s southern shores and millions of Ukrainians escaping Russia’s invasion by fleeing to Europe.
Second Boatload of Rohingya Arrives in...
About 185 gaunt and bone-tired Rohingya refugees landed on the coast of Pidie regency in Indonesia’s Aceh province Monday, police said, as reports emerged that another boatload of Rohingya may have sunk at sea.
El Paso Prepares for More Migrants...
Authorities in the Texas border city say they will continue to carry out their emergency declaration contingency plan
Migrant Caravan Arriving Southern US Border
Thousands of migrants are waiting for Title 42, a Trump-era policy allowing the swift expulsion of migrants at the U.S. border, to expire on December 21 in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, which is located just south of El Paso, Texas
Stop Interfering in Malaysia’s Internal Affairs,...
United Nations organizations and other groups should stop meddling in Malaysia’s internal affairs, the country’s home minister said Thursday when asked about these agencies criticizing the deportations of Myanmar nationals, including asylum seekers.
As tensions Between Turkey and Greece...
A photograph of migrants found exposed and naked at the Greece-Turkey border last week shocked the world and raised concerns that the migrants and refugees may be the latest victims of Turkey-Greece tensions
Afghanistan’s Dwindling Sikh Community Flees to...
From Afghanistan, where they had lived for generations, more than 50 Afghan Sikhs recently arrived in India. They were among the Sikh community’s last to leave the conflict-torn country due to the violence that also targeted them
Rohingya Rally for Repatriation on 5th...
Rohingya refugees staged mass demonstrations at camps in southeastern Bangladesh on Thursday to demand the world help repatriate them to Myanmar, as they marked the fifth anniversary of a brutal Burmese military offensive that spurred an unprecedented exodus
Roadblocks in Colombian Migrant’s Journey to...
UnitedAn asylum-seeker from Colombia who had just arrived in Washington, D.C., spoke with VOA about the difficulties he had after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as migrants from Texas and Arizona continue to arrive there. This is the second episode of a two-part series by immigration reporter Aline Barros and VOA’s Divalizď Cash, who also narrates the story