Torrential rainfall in Syria displaced thousands of refugees in camps beginning on Wednesday, according to aid groups. “On December 26, an unusually heavy rainfall caused severe flash flooding in northern Syria,” read a statement from the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM), a France-based coalition of non-governmental organizations. “Hundreds of tents were washed […]

Monday marks 70th anniversary of declaration, but with continuing crimes against humanity, just how powerful is it? Monday marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights by countries around the world. The document outlines 30 fundamental rights which should form the basis of democratic societies; the UN […]

A southern Alberta man is facing charges after an RCMP vehicle was rammed in Magrath, Alta., late Thursday afternoon. RCMP were first called around 5:15 p.m. after a stolen truck rammed a vehicle. When Mounties arrived they say the suspect’s vehicle then rammed an RCMP vehicle before fleeing the scene. RCMP say that vehicle was […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday and while both pledged to deepen ties, there was no announcement as some anticipated of Brazil moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Netanyahu, the first Israeli prime minister to visit Brazil, flew in to Rio […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at anti-government protesters in Khartoum and other cities on Friday, the tenth day of demonstrations sparked by an economic crisis. Protests over rising prices, shortages of basic commodities and a cash crunch erupted in the city of Atbara over a week ago and […]

The US military calls parties to respect the ‘integrity of Manbij and the safety of its citizens’. The Syrian army has not entered Manbij, the United States military has said, after Syrian forces claimed they had gone into the key northern city and raised the national flag. “Despite incorrect information about changes to the military […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army deployed forces near Manbij in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor and a U.S. official said, after the Kurdish YPG militia urged Damascus to protect the town, where U.S. forces operate, from the threat of a Turkish offensive. Manbij, which U.S.-backed forces captured from Islamic State in 2016, […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister Sajid Javid has said the fast-growing number of would-be immigrants crossing the English Channel from France in dinghies is a “major incident.” Nearly 70 people have been intercepted in the past three days as they try to reach England by crossing one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Javid […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement released migrants from detention facilities, dropped them in downtown El Paso. Around 200 people seeking asylum in the United States spent some of Christmas in a parking lot in Texas, after being sent there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in El Paso city. Earlier this week Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cash-strapped Cuba plans fresh austerity measures and will pressure the sluggish bureaucracy to tighten its belt and cut red tape to address weak growth, falling export earnings and rising debt. The economy has averaged 1 percent annual growth over the last three years, compared with a 5 percent to 7 percent rate […]