February 16th, 20180NEW YORK — Refugee resettlement agencies are preparing to shutter more than 20 offices across the United States and cut back operations in more than 40 others after the State Department told them to pare their operations, according to plans seen by Reuters.
The slated closures, which are being reviewed by the State Department for...
December 22nd, 20170WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department has told refugee agencies it will sharply pare back the number of offices across the country authorized to resettle people in 2018 as President Trump cuts the number of refugees allowed into the United States.
The announcement was made at a Dec. 1 meeting in Washington with State Department...
December 15th, 20170JERUSALEM — Nazareth, the Arab city occupied by Israelis, where Jesus is thought to have been raised, has canceled some Christmas celebrations in protest of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, an official said.
Trump announced the move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel last week, reversing...
