On August 24th, Airbnb announced that it would give 20,000 refugees free temporary housing, and 165 refugees have already been placed in housing across the United States. Companies in the U.S. like Texas Medical Technology are using their resources to provide jobs, housing, and accommodations for Afghan refugees. With bipartisan
On August 12 the Taliban seized the southeastern city of Kandahar, the former capital of the jihadist group before 2001. As the 20-year American military presence ended, the country has tragically fallen back into the hands of the Taliban. Al Jazeera reports that Afghans were shocked at the ease with
Vitaly Shishov, head of a Belarusian exile group, was found dead in Kiev, Ukraine on 3 August. Shishov was head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU), a group that criticized the Belarusian government for its recent authoritarian actions. According to CNN, his body was found hanging in a park,
On July 18th, a military jet over Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara territory was shot down by a group of bandits responsible for recent kidnappings in the area. The Alpha Jet was part of the air force mission tasked with flying over the Zamfara, Kaduna, and Katsina regions and countering their escalating
Over the past week, protests have erupted in Cuba following food shortages and blackouts amidst the worsening economic crisis. In an interview with CNN, a resident of San Antonio de Los Banos said that the neighbourhood had been experiencing power outages for a week. Furthermore, according to US News, this
Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Myanmar’s military to release Nobel Laureate and former State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. After Suu Kyi’s party was ousted from government on February 1, the Myanmar military began arresting and detaining political opponents and demonstrators alike. The military justifies its
