MEE staff (2024-05-17). Hezbollah launches drones at Israel following Thursday assassination. middleeasteye.net Hezbollah launches drones at Israel following Thursday assassination | Israel is expected to present its defence over new hearings ordered by the International Court of Justice | Fri, 05/17/2024 – 07: 20 | Smoke rising above the northern Israeli town of Metula following an attack from Lebanon amid cross-border fighting betwe…

Staff (2024-05-17). Headlines for May 17, 2024. democracynow.org "We Don't Want Ships. We Want Safety": Displaced Gazans Reject U.S. Pier; U.N. Calls for Land Access, Spain Bars Ships with Weapons For Israel; 13 Foreign Ministers Warn Against Israel's Rafah Assault, "Israel's Genocide Has Reached New and Horrific Stage": South Africa Requests Urgent ICJ Intervention, Police Raid and Arrest Students at Gaza Solidarity Encampments at UC Berkeley, DePaul University, WaPo: Billionaires and Execs Urged Eric Adams to Send Police to Columbia's Gaza Encampment, SCOTUS Overrules Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, NYT: Upsi…

Atul Singh (2024-05-17). Ukraine's War and the Fight for Faith. fairobserver.com Unlike the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church does not have a unified global governance structure. Rather, it is a set of regional churches that share the same theology but have independent (or "autocephalous") heads, called patriarchs. Formally, the boundaries of these regional churches are independent of political borders. However, there is a strong tendency…

WSWS (2024-05-17). 8 Mexican farmworkers killed in Florida bus crash. wsws.org Contrary to the anti-immigrant policies of DeSantis and the Republican Party, the site of the crash has been overflowing with flowers from people and families visiting to pay their respects to the farmworkers they never met.

Human Rights Watch (2024-05-17). Tunisia: Deepening Civil Society Crackdown. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Municipal workers clean a makeshift camp outside the International Organization for Migration office after police forces attempt to evacuate the camp in Tunis, Tunisia, April 11, 2023. | © 2023 Hassene Dridi/AP Photo…

newarab (2024-05-17). Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel. newarab.com The Lebanese group The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. | Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across the border with Israel over the past seven months, but the one on Thursday appears to have been the first successful missile airstrike it has launched from wit…

newarab (2024-05-17). Israel strikes on Lebanon kill Hezbollah fighter, 2 children. newarab.com Israeli air strikes on Friday hit an area of southern Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded cross-border fire with Israeli forces almost daily since the Palestinian group's October 7 attack on southern Israel. | The Iran-backed Lebanese movement has

newarab (2024-05-17). US professor praised for Gaza student protest backing. newarab.com A professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has garnered praise across social media, following her rousing speech during her arrest by police forces at a The professor, who was later identified as Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI's associate professor of African American Studies, was among three faculty members arrested during the police raid. | This comes…

presstv.ir (2024-05-17). Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah fighter, 2 children in S Lebanon. presstv.ir Israeli airstrikes kill a Hezbollah fighter and two children, targeting two villages lying far from Lebanon's border with the occupied territories.

hindustantimes (2024-05-17). Putin's Bloody Kharkiv Advance Stuns Zelensky; Russia Grabs 278 Sq Kms Ukraine Land In Just 7 Days. hindustantimes.com Ukrainian forces are struggling to hold back Russian forces in the border town of Vovchanks in Kharkiv region. Within 7 days of its incursion, Russia has reportedly captured over 12 villages in the area and grabbed 278 sq kms of Ukrainian land. On May 16, head of Kharkiv region said Russia had gained ground near Lyptsi border village. But while Ukrainian forces try to stabilise the frontlines, a top nato commander questioned Russia's ability to advance further. He said Russians may not be able to make breakthroughs due to a lack of forces. Watch for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2024-05-16). Gaza genocide cements Israel's status as a pariah. electronicintifada.net Itamar Ben-Gvir champions "voluntary emigration" while his followers attack aid trucks.

Jason Ditz (2024-05-16). Hezbollah Launches Deepest Drone Strike in Israel Since War Began. news.antiwar.com Israel and Hezbollah carried out tit-for-tat airstrikes throughout Wednesday. Scores of Hezbollah missiles were fired at northern Israel and a drone strike against a military site near Golani Junction hit some 21 miles from the border. Israeli military reported damage but no injuries from the explosives-laden drone, but more noteworthy is the fact this is …

Jason Ditz (2024-05-16). Hezbollah Launches Deepest Drone Strike in Israel Since War Began. news.antiwar.com Israel and Hezbollah carried out tit-for-tat airstrikes against one throughout Wednesday. Scores of Hezbollah missiles were fired at northern Israel and a drone strike against a military site near Golani Junction hit some 21 miles from the border. Israeli military reported damage but no injuries from the explosives-laden drone, but more noteworthy is the fact …

ICRC (2024-05-16). Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people. icrc.org News release | While many of the 8,000 people reported to have left have found refuge with host families and relatives, civilians from the border areas continue to arrive at collective shelters in Kharkiv city.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has…

sloiselier (2024-05-16). Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people. icrc.org While many of the 8,000 people reported to have left have found refuge with host families and relatives, civilians from the border areas continue to arrive at collective shelters in Kharkiv city.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided food and hygiene items to support the ongoing efforts of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) to assist those who have fled their homes. In addition, the ICRC is supporting several health facilities in the Kharkiv region with medical items to treat the wounded due to the spike in hostilities.The current influx of displaced people in Kharkiv is one of the l…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-05-16). Chinese immigrants contributed to sugar production in Cuba. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, May 16 (Prensa Latina) One of the distinctive features of sugar production in the 19th century in central Cuba, what is now Sancti Spíritus province, was the Chinese presence in sugarcane cutting.

noemail (2024-05-16). Child Migration Through Darien Gap Reaches Alarming Levels, UNICEF Warns. devdiscourse.com UNICEF analysis reveals a concerning surge in child migration through the perilous Darien Gap, setting the route on course for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration, with more than 30,000 children navigating the treacherous jungle in the first four months of 2024—a staggering 40% increase compared to the same period last year.

Human Rights Watch (2024-05-16). Rwanda: Human Rights Watch Researcher Barred. hrw.org (New York) — Rwandan immigration authorities denied entry to Clémentine de Montjoye, a senior researcher in the Africa division at Human Rights Watch, upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, on May 13, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. De Montjoye traveled to Rwanda for meetings with officials from foreign embassies but was told upon arrival that she was "not welcome in Rwanda" for undisclosed "immigration reasons," and Kenya Airways was instructed to ensure her removal from the country."Rwanda touts itself as an open and welcoming destination, but the treatment reserved for those who may investiga…

noemail (2024-05-16). New Dutch government to look for 'opt out' of EU asylum rules. devdiscourse.com The incoming Dutch government led by nationalist Geert Wilders' PVV party will look to opt out of European Union migration rules, as its says it is facing an asylum crisis.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-05-16). Greece: Acquittal of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org

noemail (2024-05-16). ILO Launches Regional Strategy on Labor Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. devdiscourse.com The International Labour Organization (ILO) has introduced a comprehensive Regional Strategy on Labor Migration and Human Mobility for Latin America and the Caribbean. Developed collaboratively by 37 countries and territories in the region with technical assistance from the ILO, the strategy aims to tackle the complex challenges surrounding labor migration while harnessing its potential for regional development.

newarab (2024-05-16). Progressive Muslim challenges US Congress incumbent on Gaza. newarab.com Imraan Siddiqi, the son of Indian immigrants to the US, has been involved in civil rights most of his life — from seeing racial inequality in the South to…