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  • Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
  • At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
  • After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
  • After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
  • Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.

Tag: Venezuelan Refugees

June 17, 2021

Focus on Refugees: Refugees From Venezuela

One of the world’s major external displacement issues is the exodus of refugees and migrants from Venezuela. Over 5.6 million individuals have fled their homeland so far

March 9, 2021

Venezuela Refugee Musicians in Chile

Former choir director Ana Marvez could not stand to see the musical skills of her fellow Venezuelans go to waste in Chile, their host country. To showcase those hidden talents, she started an orchestra

March 31, 2020

Colombian Militias Are Operating Out of...

Colombian paramilitary forces have found a new safe haven to conduct their illegal activities, the western border states of Venezuela~VOA NEWS

January 12, 2020

Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson Visited Venezuelan...

During the third day of the visit, Neeson went to Rondon 3, which is the biggest sheltering facility for Venezuelan migrants in Brazil. More than a thousand people, including 550 children, are currently living at the site

July 6, 2019

Michelle Bachelet on Venezuela at Human Rights...

High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke to the press after presenting her office’s report on Venezuela at Human Rights Council today (5 Jul) in Geneva, which follows her official visit to Venezuela from the 19 to 21 June

June 10, 2019

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie On a...

On a two-day visit to Colombia, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie went to Colombia’s border area with Venezuela to assess the humanitarian response to the exodus of Venezuelan refugees and migrants

February 11, 2019

US Humanitarian Aid Delivered to Colombia...

Many of the Venezuelans who cross the Simon Bolivar bridge each day between the city of Cucuta in Colombia and the state of Tachira in Venezuela ask, “What’s next?”

Social Media: Who is Supporting Guaido...

Soldiers deployed to a bridge connecting Venezuela with Colombia preventing humanitarian aid on the Colombian side, with a tanker and two large trucks getting stuck in the middle of the bridge

November 22, 2018

Venezuela: Numbers Highlight Health Crisis

As the crisis continues to spiral out of control, Human Rights Watch researchers traveled to the Colombian and Brazilian borders to assess the extent of the humanitarian crisis Venezuelans are fleeing

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