More than a million Rohingya Muslims are thought to have fled Myanmar in successive waves, according to U.N. estimates. While most made their way to neighboring Bangladesh,some have taken boats to Indonesia, where authorities are now considering to resettle them on a former refugee island.
Following the first Friday prayers since the start of the Israeli-Hamas war less than a week ago, Jerusalem was explosive on Friday, with clashes outside the Old City near the Palestinian-Israeli border. Yan Boechat has this report from Jerusalem.
Three days before its five-year term formally coming to an end, Pakistan’s parliament was dissolved on the advice of its prime minister. Despite the fact that it was the third successive parliament in the 76-year history of the country to complete its term, some argue that Pakistan’s democracy remains weak in Pakistan as the military continues to be the center of power.
It’s already being called a humanitarian ‘catastrophe,’ and analysts say the fighting in Idlib, Syria is moving closer to more heavily populated areas. And while international aid organizations call for an immediate ceasefire
Mike Stura runs a 230 acre farm about an hour from New York City in the state of New Jersey. He isn’t really a farmer by trade, but he is a rescuer by choice and gives ailing animals a second chance. Anna Nelson visited Stura at Skylands Sanctuary