Two Afghan nationals who fled Kabul following the Taliban takeover last month have been accused of committing crimes during their stay at Fort McCoy, a military base in Wisconsin. A federal grand jury in Wisconsin indicted the pair in unrelated cases. Bahrullah Noori, 20, is charged with one count of attempting to engage in a…
2 Fort McCoy Afghan Refugees Indicted on Child Sex, Spousal Assault Charges
UK Will Pay to Shelter Refugees in Countries Neighbouring Afghanistan
LONDON—Britain said on Friday it would release £30 million ($41 million) of aid to support nations neighbouring Afghanistan dealing with refugees fleeing the country since the Taliban took control. The British government said £10 million ($13 million) would immediately be made available to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and other humanitarian groups to help with…
500,000 Afghans Likely to Seek Refuge in Other Countries, UN Warns
The United Nations (UN) said on Friday they are estimating up to half a million Afghan nationals could flee a humanitarian crisis in their homeland in a worst-case scenario. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to all neighboring countries to keep their borders open for refugees seeking safety after a Taliban takeover of…
Wisconsin Leaders React to Afghan Refugees Coming to the State
There are more questions than answers about the likely thousands of Afghans who are coming to Wisconsin. The Pentagon on Tuesday said 22,000 Afghan refugees will be sent to military bases in Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Wisconsin base is Fort McCoy. Gov. Evers said he will welcome the Afghans. “Just as they protected us…
Diplomats, Troops and Refugees Arrive in Canada as Flights Resume From Afghanistan
OTTAWA—Flights from Afghanistan to Canada have resumed as two more planes have arrived carrying diplomats and special forces troops as well as an unknown number of refugees fleeing the Taliban. The flights come after order was restored to the Kabul airport following a chaotic two days that saw thousands of desperate Afghans rushing onto the…
Cuban Americans Gather to Support Those Living in Communist Regime
Southern California residents took the streets of Los Angeles July 19, demanding freedom from Cuba’s communist regime. “It was heartwarming to see the support that we had,” Ana Landrian told The Epoch Times. “Some of the kids that were there have never been to Cuba, and yet they were out there with both the Cuban and…
Cuban-American Actress Calls for ‘International Media Attention’ on Cuba
While most Hollywood celebrities remained silent about recent large-scale protests in Cuba, some Cuban-American locals in the entertainment industry spoke up in support of the Cuban people and urged others to do the same. “The Cuban people need international media attention to actually get help,” actor and director Natalie Morales said on Twitter this week….
Mango and Peppercorns: The Unlikely Flavors of the American Dream
Katherine Manning was a graduate student when she began taking in refugees. She had a degree in sociology, but left career social work due to dissatisfaction with what she saw as the government’s wasteful habits. An Iowa-born Miami transplant, she had hosted Vietnamese friends in her Miami home before, but in 1975, when she saw…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 10)
The FBI says hacker group DarkSide is behind the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, fraudulent unemployment claims created thousands of identity theft victims last quarter, and the Health and Human Services secretary is reportedly raising concern over President Joe Biden’s increased cap on refugees entering the country.
Denmark to Become First EU Nation Telling Syrian Refugees to Return Home
Denmark has announced Syrian refugees seeking asylum in the Scandinavian country should return to their home-nation as conditions in the war-torn Western Asian country have improved. “We must give people protection for as long as it is needed,” Danish Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye told The Telegraph. “When conditions in the home country improve, a…
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