(2024-05-09). Aid Worker in Gaza: "To Say There's Not an Incursion in Rafah Right Now Is Patently False" democracynow.org 
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are fleeing Rafah as Israeli airstrikes and shelling hammer the eastern part of the city. Fuel, food, medicine and other supplies have been cut off following Israel's seizure and closure of the border crossing with Egypt. The main hospital in the area has also been shut down. Over 1.4 million people are seeking shelter in Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. Tent camps in some parts of Rafah have now vanished, springing up again as displaced families head back north. Over 60 Palestinians were killed across Gaza, many of them in Rafah, over the past 24 h…
(2024-05-09). IDF names Israeli soldier killed by mortar shell near Lebanon border. haaretz.com Staff Sargeant Haim Sabach, 20, initially served in a back-end role in the army, and later requested to be transferred to another position. He received a certificate of excellence for his service during the Gaza war…
(2024-05-09). Canada Regularization Of Undocumented Migrants In Jeopardy. latintimes.com Canada offered hope for thousands of undocumented migrants with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promising a major regularization program.
(2024-05-09). South Gaza Hospitals Have Only Three Days' Fuel Left: WHO. latintimes.com Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
(2024-05-09). Department of Homeland Security pilots new Artificial Intelligence program for immigration process. latintimes.com The program seeks to train officers to review applicants for refugee states in the U.S.. The machine would not make asylum decisions.
(2024-05-09). USAID Carries Out Covert Operations Against Venezuela: Gil. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil denounced that the United States Agency for International Cooperation (USAID) carries out covert operations against his country. | RELATED: | The Bolivian diplomat also pointed out that the U.S. Government uses the issue of migration as an instrument to promote sanctions against the Venezuelan people. | "USAID is an agency of covert political operations. Fakers and…
(2024-05-09). Greece: Acquittal of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org
(2024-05-09). Campesinos paraguayos exigen reforma agraria. telesurtv.net Entre tanto, al Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra (Indert) el gremio reclama avanzar en los procesos de legalización y regularización de los asentamientos.
(2024-05-09). Denuncian a EE.UU. por operaciones políticas encubiertas contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net EE.UU. "instrumentaliza la migración en contra de Venezuela y promueve sanciones contra el pueblo venezolano", manifestó Gil.
(2024-05-09). Israel Rafah attack may be south Gaza famine 'tipping point'. newarab.com 
An Israeli forces seized southern Gaza's Rafah border crossing with
(2024-05-09). Empty streets and 'fear' in Gaza's Rafah since Israeli incursion. newarab.com 
Displaced More than 1.4 million people had crammed into Rafah, a city on the Gaza Strip's southern border with Egypt, as Israeli forces pushed their way southward from the coastal territory's north dur…
(2024-05-09). Israel pounds Gaza as truce talks resume. newarab.com 
Israel bombarded Rafah on Wednesday as the military said ground troops conducted "targeted raids" in the southern Gaza city's east, with negotiations to halt the seven-month war underway in Cairo. | Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, which is crowded with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border, seizing early on Tuesday a crossing that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged territory. | The White House condemned the interruption to humanitarian deliveries, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin later confirming reports that Washington had paused a shi…
(2024-05-09). South Gaza hospitals have only three days' fuel left: WHO. newarab.com 
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. | Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into the overcrowded southern city of Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. | WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fuel that the UN health agency had expected to be allowed in on Wednesday had been blocked. | The Israeli authorities control the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. | "The clo…
(2024-05-09). Lebanon security source says five killed in Israeli strikes on south. newarab.com 
A Lebanese security source said five people including two Hezbollah fighters were killed on Wednesday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, with a Palestinian group reporting three fatalities among its ranks. | Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have stepped up cross-border exchanges that have been ongoing following Israel's onslaught on Gaza on 7 October. | According to the Lebanese security source, "two Hezbollah fighters" were killed in an Israeli air strike on the border town of Adaisseh. | Hezbollah later said two of its fighters had been "martyred on the road to Jerusalem", the phrase it uses to refer…
(2024-05-09). Israel bombs Rafah as Biden threatens arms suspension. newarab.com 
Israel has already defied international objections by sending in tanks and conducting "targeted raids" in the border city, where an estimated 1.4 million displaced Palestinian civilians. | Israel on Thur…
(2024-05-09). Israeli Soldier Killed As Hezbollah Pounds Army HQ With Burkan Missiles, Drones; IDF Fumes | Watch. hindustantimes.com The IDF has announced that an Israeli soldier was killed in Hezbollah's Burkan missile and explosive drone attacks on Army headquarters and Biranit Barracks near the Lebanon border on May 8. The Iran-backed group targeted Israel Army position in 10 different attacks on Wednesday. The IDF hit back with air strikes that left 7 people dead, including Hezbollah and Al-Quds Brigades fighters. Meanwhile, Israel's defence minister warned of a "hot summer" ahead as he met with Israeli troops at the northern border with Lebanon. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…
In Rafah, we speak with Gaza-based journalist Akram al-Satarri about Israel tightening restrictions on humanitarian aid, refusing a ceasefire deal and planning to invade the city where over a million Palestinians are sheltering. Israel's military seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, blocking humanitarian aid from entering the besieged territory, and trapping Palestinians under heavy Israeli bombardment. This comes after Israel also closed the Karem Abu Salem crossing in southern Gaza this weekend after a Hamas attack killed four Israeli soldiers. "Israel is not allo…
Israel seizes 'operational control' of Rafah crossing in Gaza | Israeli military cuts off vital road that connects southern city to Egypt, after major overnight operation | | The tanks of Israel's 401st Brigade entering the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the so…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has changed its guidelines for Ugandans living the diaspora, saying anyone who claims that his or her passport has gotten lost must return home and process the replacement from here. DCIC said some Ugandans in the diaspora sell their passports to …
KIGALI, Rwanda | Xinhua | Rwandan and Ugandan officials gathered in Nyagatare district in eastern Rwanda on Monday for the second cross-border security meeting aimed at addressing shared challenges and fostering collaboration. "Our nations share more than just geographical proximity; we share deep historical, cultural, and economic ties. Along with these ties come many shared …
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli army took full control of the The Gaza-based General Authority for Crossings and Borders said in a press statement sent to The New Arab that the 
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