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14 missing, 23 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Malaysia
Photo credit: The Jakarta Post A boat carrying 37 undocumented migrants believed to be from Indonesia sank off Pangkor island on Malaysia’s west coast, leaving 14 people still missing, maritime authorities said. Gulf News reports that the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Perak said it was alerted early Monday by a local fisherman who found the…
Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime
Photo credit: ABC News Indigenous Amazon organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America sent a letter Monday to the United Nations warning that organized crime is driving violence and accelerating environmental destruction in rainforest communities. However, they urged governments to avoid heavily militarized responses in Indigenous territories. The Associated Press reports that the document was signed by…
Netanyahu says war against Iran is “not over”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the war with Iran is “not over” because Tehran still possesses enriched uranium that must be removed. TRT WORLD reports that netanyahu stated that the objectives of the US-Israeli war on Iran inc,ude dismantling enrichment infrastructure and preventing Iran from rebuilding missile and proxy networks. He declined to discuss military plans but noted that if…
1,000 families flee homes as cartel violence rises in central Mexico
Photo credit: BBC Between 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to abandon their homes in the mountains of central Mexico as a criminal mafia has attacked them with handmade explosives launched from drones and powerful weapons, community and human rights groups said on Sunday. The Associated Press reports that the wave of violence in the…
Conveniently forgetting leprosy to treat common ring worm: a tale of two failing African States by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Pulse Nigeria That South Africa has embarked on its disappointing project of Afrophobia is no news. Although the government of the country and various bodies have distanced themselves from the dreadful act which its proponents say is against illegal migrants, since the government has more or less lost its voice and the security…
Portugal to detain migrants in prefabs
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…
CENTCOM ordered to guide commercial shipping through Strait of Hormuz
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…