Photo credit: The Guardian This article contains content some readers may find distressing. Noor Hamman is a clinical nutritional volunteer for Action Against Hunger, an international NGO caring for malnourished children and pregnant women who are slowly wasting away in Gaza.  SBS News reports that she describes the brutal effects of starvation on the body: As…

Photo credit: Daily Mail Foreigners who are legally in the United States should sleep with an eye open because their visas could be subject to deportation. Daily Mail reports that the State Department is reviewing the records of 55 million foreigners who hold visas to see if those residents broke any rules and thus become ineligible…

Photo credit: France 24 Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut off the occupied West Bank from East Jerusalem and divide the territory into two. BBC reports that construction in the E1 area has been frozen for two decades amid fierce international opposition. Critics warn it would put an end to…

Photo credit: Sputnik Africa Uganda has signed a deal with the United States to accept people from other countries who have been refused asylum in America but don’t want to go back to their home countries. Business Day reports that the Ugandan Minister of Foreign Affairs announced the agreement on Thursday. The arrangement comes as…

Photo credit: Toronto Star Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is increasing her campaign to get Ottawa to cover the city’s refugee shelter costs, after the federal government slashed support and left a $107 million hole in the city’s budget. Toronto Today reports that in an August 20 newsletter to councillors, the mayor said the federal government has “arbitrarily”…