Colombia remains the number one destination for Venezuelan migrants, with over three million already in the country—a number that could triple by the end of the year. Thousands arrive daily, seeking food, water, shelter, and stability. Many end up homeless, exploited, and trapped in a cycle of addiction and poverty. Douglas Calvano, a missionary…
As the civil war in Sudan approaches its second anniversary on April 15, the hapless country seems hurtling towards a complex and divisive denouement. The next phase of developments in Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by area bordering seven countries and the strategic Red Sea, would have far-reaching consequences for the politically fragile Horn of…
The whole episode was like something from a Wild West movie, complete with a desert landscape and heavily armed fighters. In fact, it was a very professionally managed train hijack—no small task at any time—and executed with military precision, with women and children released immediately, and explicit statements by Pakistani soldiers released as “prisoners of…
“We have gathered here to congratulate ourselves because — in relations with the United States, with its government — dialogue and respect have prevailed,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told the adoring multitudes gathered in the capital’s historic central plaza, or Zócalo, in a mega-event organized by her ruling party. Sheinbaum’s triumphalist exhortations on March 9 dramatized…
BEIRUT — The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago. The clashes, which…
YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill. But the wooded mountain ranges now carry radar sites. A southern cattle ranch has been replaced with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force’s Camp…