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Photo credit: Facebook The authorities in Portugal will expand the capacity of existing immigrant detention centres to 300 places by the summer – adding “temporary modular constructions” to current spaces, the assistant Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration said Sunday.  The Resident reports that the Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration Armindo Freitas told the…

Photo credit: Centcom US military forces starting Monday will guide commercial shipping from “neutral and innocent” countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to  Central Command and a social media post by President Donald Trump. Stars and Stripes reports that on  Monday President Trump wrote on social media, “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the…

Photo credit: The Canadian Press Canada’s initial position supporting Washington’s war on Iran shifted over the subsequent days aqs US President Donald Trump’s objectives became clearer, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. The Canadian Press reports that Carney said in a Friday interview that: “The scale of what the objectives were, or the clarity about…

Photo credit: MSF The number of Nigerian refugees who voluntarily returned home under a tripartite repatriation agreement more than doubled in the first quarter of 2025. The Punch reports that it has risen by 1,805 persons from 1,705 in February to 3,510 by April. However, the number of Internally Displaced Persons has surged by 166,795 in the same period. The data is…

Photo credit: DW Ghana rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. The Associated Press reports that the country would be the latest African country to reject the deal over a similar concern. The deal included provisions that would have…

Photo credit: Global News The Ontario government is protecting Canadian culture and identity by investing $35 million in new capital funding over two years to support the Art Gallery of |Ontario’s (AGO’s) expansion project, the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery, Announced as part of the 2026 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario, this new funding will…

Photo credit: BBC Some  military officers in Mali worked with jihads and separatists who recently launched their biggest round of attacks in over a decade in the conflict-battered country, authorities have said. The Associated Press reports that the separatist fighters had said earlier in the day that they captured a strategic military camp in the northern…