Tue, 21-Oct-2025

EU takes first step on thorny asylum reform

EU

The European Union’s long-stalled efforts to reform its asylum policy. The aim, to shift 10,000 asylum seekers from frontline states such as Greece. Austria expressed hostility to the idea before the ministers’ meeting. The European Union’s long-stalled efforts to reform its asylum policy received a small boost Friday when France announced that “a large majority” … Read more

Israel police demolish Palestinian home in annexed east Jerusalem

Israel

JERUSALEM- Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday, an AFP photographer reported. The looming eviction of other families from Sheikh Jarrah in May last year fuelled an 11-day war between Israel and armed Palestinian factions in Gaza. Before dawn, Israeli officers went … Read more