Hundreds of people marched in the Philippine capital on Saturday protesting what they said was a rising number of extrajudicial killings and other injustices under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The protesters, led by a Philippines-based rights
Editor’s note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com. US Appeals Ruling That Would Lift Asylum Restrictions The U.S. government said Wednesday it is
Rising despair and violence in Bangladesh’s teeming refugee camps are driving what the United Nations calls a “dramatic increase” in ethnic Rohingya risking perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea in search of better lives abroad, refugees and rights groups have
NEW YORK, An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6, jolted two km NE of Pondaguitan, the Philippines, at 20:01:56 GMT yesterday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 73.876 km, was initially determined to be
