Refugees

Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to hit India in two decades, made landfall on Friday morning in the eastern state of Odisha — leaving a path of destruction in its wake and impacting an area that tens of millions of people call home. At least seve…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering reversing long-standing policy to make it easier to deport U.S. legal permanent residents who have used public benefits, part of an effort to restrict immigration by low-income people. A Departm…

Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue to dissect the turbulent comic book speculator boom on the 1990s while looking through antique copies of Wizard Magazine. What to expect in this issue: * Malibu’s Ultraverse is announced! * Chris Claremont’s life after X-Men. A…

Actor Ben Stiller Demands Help For Syrian Refugees

Airbnb Donations is an expansion of the company's existing Open Homes initiative, which launched in 2017 and encourages hosts to open their doors for those who need a place to stay. The program started in the wake of President Trump's attempted immigration ba…

Ben Stiller spoke to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday at a hearing dedicated to the humanitarian impact of the war in Syria, which began in March 2011. The actor and Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …

Producer and photojournalist Showkat Shafi, of Al Jazeera English Online, won a prestigious prize for his photography on Tuesday at the Drum Online Media Awards in London. The prize, in the category of Best Use of Photography, was for Showkat's 100 Faces of …

Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN and The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Follow her on Twitter @FridaGhitis. The opinions expressed in …

This Saturday, May 4, at 7:30PM, I'll be presenting at the Ottawa Writers Festival, talking about my novel Radicalized and how it ties into surveillance, monopoly, refugees, climate change, racism and oligarchy -- all the good stuff! From there, I'm heading …

Hundreds of migrants and refugees have been trapped by the fighting in Libya. Schools have been turned into temporary shelters for refugees and migrants displaced in the conflict. Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed met some of those caught in the line of fire.