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By JR Younan This post is part of Global Voices’ August 2026 Spotlight series, “Indigenous Rights.” This series offers insight into the lives and experiences of Indigenous peoples, to build connections across regions, center Indigenous experiences, and share the stories of leaders, activists, and community members, and more. You can…

Trump administration plans to deport more than 300,000 Haitians who just lost their lawful status after a Supreme Court ruling is showing a split screen in U.S. politics, with some Republicans openly rejoicing in the pending removals while others plead for leniency. The high court’s June ruling ended Temporary Protected…

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Flynas, the world’s leading low-cost carrier and the first in the Middle East, celebrated the launch of its first direct flights between Riyadh and Aleppo in Syria, in a step that strengthens its international network and supports air connectivity in line with national goals in the tourism and aviation sectors,…

Boston | Aug. 01, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | 5 min read By now, Amda is closely acquainted with instability. It’s the word that’s often used to describe her native Haiti, which has been all but torn apart by gangs and natural disasters. Although her new home of Massachusetts has…

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NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military was about to launch a nighttime strike on a group of men in southern Syria when the soldiers noticed the long curls dangling from the temples of their targets. The troops held their fire. These were not Syrian militants attempting to breach Israel’s…

The Israel Defense Forces has come out in unusually strong language against the recently increasing phenomenon of settler activists attempting to illegally cross the border into the IDF-held security zone in southern Syria, seemingly to set up outposts in the region. On Thursday, the IDF confirmed another incident, in which…

Twelve years after the Islamic State's "genocide" of Yazidis in Iraq, Nadia Murad, a former sex slave of the jihadist group, said Thursday that progress towards justice remains far too slow. IS jihadists seized large swathes of northern Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, declaring a so-called caliphate. In August…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: ICE is reportedly stepping up plans to arrest and deport Haitians after an estimated 300,000 Haitians just lost their status under TPS,…