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Feb 26, 2026 - World

Mexico’s Supreme Court has started holding sessions in remote towns, opening the effort in an Indigenous community in Chiapas

Feb 26, 2026 - World

A new report revealed Thursday that the U.S. has planned to admit 4,500 applications from white South Africans as refugees, according to Reuters. The Trump administration has limited its refugee applications from other countries. This new target, according to an unreported U.S. State Department document from Jan. 27, showed a push to increase refugees from South Africa, Reuters reported."Trump has said the U.S. would only admit 7,500 total refugees from around the world in fiscal year 2026, while a much higher cap of 40,000 to 60,000 was discussed internally last year," according to Reuters. "Only 2,000 white South Africans had entered the U.S. as refugees as of January 31 under a program launched in May 2025, although the pace has picked up in recent months."More than 67,000 people had expressed interest in moving to America, the South African Chamber of Commerce in the U.S. said in 2025. Trump demanded a stop to refugee admissions after he returned to office in 2025, citing his policy on stopping legal and illegal immigration. "But weeks later, he launched an effort to bring in white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity as refugees, saying they had been violently persecuted in the majority-Black country," Reuters reported. "South Africa's government has rejected that claim, while some refugee advocates have criticized the Trump policy."

Feb 26, 2026 - World

Relatives of a boat captain from the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia tell The Associated Press that he is missing after a recent U.S. strike on a suspected drug vessel in the region

Feb 26, 2026 - World

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured the release of a Columbia University student taken by the Department of Homeland Security after a phone call with President Donald Trump.On Thursday morning, Claire Shipman, acting president of the university, said agents had misled staff about a missing person to gain access to the student, who was later identified as Ellie Aghayeva.“DHS illegally arrested me. Please help," the student said in a one-second video recorded from the back of a vehicle.The New York Times described the incident as a "significant escalation of immigration enforcement on Columbia’s campus."By Thursday afternoon, Mamdani announced that he had spoken with Trump."Just got off the phone with President Trump," the mayor wrote on X. "In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elaina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE this morning.""He has just informed me that she will be released imminently," he added.

Feb 26, 2026 - World

Cuban president says country will ‘defend itself with determination’ after deadly coastal assault by exilesWhat we know so far about the deadly boat shooting off Cuba’s coastCuba has vowed to defend itself against any “terrorist and mercenary aggression”, a day after border guards said they had killed four exiles on a Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on a patrol.Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, wrote on X that the Caribbean country would “defend itself with determination and firmness” after the incident in which six other people on the boat were injured. Continue reading...