Immigration officials announced on Friday that Yiannopoulos was arrested in New Orleans and accused him of overstaying after entering the U.S. in 2019.
Immigration officials announced on Friday that Yiannopoulos was arrested in New Orleans and accused him of overstaying after entering the U.S. in 2019.
A Catholic priest based in the West Bank is asking Christians not to flee.
Father Firas Khoury spoke with Catholic news site Aleteia, saying, “What if all the Christians flee from the Holy Land, if they could not face the terror? What would this land mean for Christians in the West?”
“What would their story mean?”
It would mean, “shrines and history will never tell you the story of the man from Nazareth.”
Khoury, who lives in Zababdeh, a town in the northern part of the West Bank, spoke out because of trouble with Israeli settlers in Taybeh.
According to Khoury, what’s going on there is serious and deserves worldwide attention.
“For the last three years, settlers have attacked the villages near the settlements and burned the olive trees and the fields belonging to the Palestinians.
“These settlers,” he claimed, “want to terrorise the people to flee and leave their homes.
“If they control the city, they could delete the long Christian history of this place.”
This is why he wants Christians to stay. “Their presence keeps alive the story of Jesus in the land where he lived,” Aleteia reported.
Khoury is that concerned, he’s “begging” Christians around the world to “stand for justice and solidarity with the Christian community there.”
His goal is to see “Taybeh survive.”
This is part of a broader series of clashes across the territory between Israelis and Palestinians.
The West Bank priest told Aleteia, “We invite you to pray for us and hear our stories and come to visit; we have many stories to tell you.
“We need you to stand for peace, to listen to the Christian Church in the Holy Land and stand with us, your brothers and sisters.
“Today, we are trying to survive in the middle of the conflict.”
That conflict is due to Israeli settlers violently attacking Taybeh’s residents.
In response, Israel’s military closed Taybeh to non-residents, telling Reuters it was being done “to prevent the attacks.”
This is still in effect and “only applies to Israelis and not to Palestinians,” the IDF said.
In a statement quoted by Reuters, they added, “Upon receiving any report of violations of the order, IDF soldiers are dispatched to the area.”
They then “operate to disperse the gatherings and detain suspects in order to protect the citizens of the area and to maintain order.”
The Times of Israel’s Tom Livny described the town as a “closed military zone,” and it will be so for at least a year, he said.
Two “activists” also told him that the closure “will have a severe economic impact because Taybeh, rich in Christian heritage, relies heavily on its tourism industry.”
Questioning the official military narrative, Livny said, “If the reason for this move truly was the settler attacks, then why should tourists from Brazil be prohibited from entering?
“If,” he added, “residents can’t earn an income, then they’ll leave.”
Appearing to suggest that this could be the real reason for the IDF action, Livny asserted, “they don’t even want Christians to be living there.”
The left-leaning Jewish activist also called the whole experience weird.
“Shoving a camera in their faces and blocking their way from trying to get through a fence around someone’s home is about as aggressive as you are allowed to behave.”
Saying he wasn’t sure what the IDF’s presence had fixed, Livny said, “All of the settlers that I saw had their faces mostly covered with bandanas. That may be a precaution against having their faces appear on camera in a place they aren’t allowed to be.”
The people behind the attacks on Taybeh’s residents tend to be “kids and young men riding their donkeys around people’s property.”
They appeared to be doing this to “make them afraid and uncomfortable, and waging a very patient war of attrition until they finally give up and pack their bags.”
“There is absolutely no logic in closing the road,” Livny remarked.
“The settlers don’t use cars; they travel by donkey.
“So, in other words,” he concluded, “the entire town could have ended up being sealed off as a punishment for being harassed by settlers.”
Livny’s account gives weight to Khoury’s complaints.
Independent Catholic News published a letter from the priest on 25 August, in which he stated that the IDF presence and new settlement in Zababdeh, near Jenin, is making life difficult.
“What we are experiencing,” he said, “should not remain unknown.”
Lawyers say Israel has increased entry bans to U.S. and foreign visitors who plan to meet with Palestinians or for suspicions about their opinions about Israel.
A day before a wall of ice, rock and muddy water tore through Himalayan valleys along the Nepal-China border, Dipesh Chapagain was discussing with a colleague just how devastating such a disaster could be.
A day before a wall of ice, rock and muddy water tore through Himalayan valleys along the Nepal-China border, Dipesh Chapagain was discussing with a colleague just how devastating such a disaster could be.
Following a deadly spate of gang attacks on civilians in Haiti and amid reports of illicit weapons slipping into the Caribbean country, the Security Council has called an emergency meeting at 3pm (local time) to hear and discuss the latest developments. UN News app users can follow our coverage here.
The recent earthquake in Colombia could increase the risk of child recruitment by armed groups in Chocó and Valle del Cauca, where thousands of children remain out of school in areas already affected by conflict, the UN warned on Friday.
Secas severas e calor extremo têm impacto em metade desses territórios; pressionadas por incêndios arrasadores, pragas e doenças, florestas da região enfrentam agora níveis de mortalidade sem precedentes.
With transborder screen passenger traffic down by 8.7 per cent in July, the agency notes this number was 'well below the same month in 2024,' which was 12.5 per cent.
With transborder screen passenger traffic down by 8.7 per cent in July, the agency notes this number was 'well below the same month in 2024,' which was 12.5 per cent.
Este percurso pedestre é um convite para caminhar entre monumentos históricos, praças animadas e a brisa do Rio Arade.
1. O Coração Comercial: Da Rua do Comércio à Praça da República
Alameda da Praça da República
Comece a manhã na Rua do Comércio e Rua Vasco da Gama. Este eixo é o pulmão comercial de Portimão, onde o movimento das lojas tradicionais reflete o quotidiano da cidade. No centro, a Praça da República (Alameda) serve de ponto de união, oferecendo um espaço amplo onde se destaca o monumental Colégio dos Jesuítas (1660), um gigante barroco que guarda o túmulo do seu fundador, D. Diogo Gonçalves.
2. Espiritualidade e Nobreza: Da Matriz ao Largo 1º de Dezembro
Suba até à Igreja Matriz, onde o portal tardo-gótico do século XV resiste como a memória mais antiga da fundação da vila. Desça depois para o Largo 1º de Dezembro, um “livro de história a céu aberto”.
A não perder: Os 10 bancos de azulejo de 1930 que narram a história de Portugal e a imponente fachada do Palacete Sárrea Prado (Teatro TEMPO).
3. Memória Política e Literária: Casa Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Siga em direção ao rio para visitar a casa natal do “Presidente-Escritor”. Esta casa oitocentista de traça simples algarvia é um refúgio de cultura. Espreite o pátio central e imagine a vida da família Gomes, que aliava aqui o negócio da exportação de figos à fruição do jardim nas traseiras.
A poucos metros, entre na Praça Teixeira Gomes. Batizada em 1950, esta praça de raiz oitocentista é a sala de visitas da cidade.
O Coreto: Repare na réplica do coreto original (destruído nos anos 60 e reconstruído em 2010), que devolveu à cidade um símbolo dos antigos bailes sociais. É o local ideal para um café com vista para o Arade.
5. Passeio pela Zona Ribeirinha: Arte e Tradição
Inicie a caminhada pela frente ribeirinha, que funciona como uma galeria de arte ao ar livre graças às esculturas feitas em vários simpósios.
Tradição: Passe pela zona onde o Festival da Sardinha acontece e observe as embarcações de recreio junto ao Clube Naval.
Antiga Lota: Quase a chegar à Ponte Velha, descubra este edifício de 1916. Originalmente uma central elétrica, tornou-se o local icónico onde o peixe era descarregado em cabazes. Hoje, após uma reabilitação profunda, acolhe o posto de turismo e espaços culturais, mantendo viva a alma do cais.
Termine o roteiro na antiga Fábrica de Conservas “São Francisco” (Féu Hermanos), atualmente transformada em museu. No exterior, um enorme guindaste recorda o tempo em que o cais fervilhava com a indústria conserveira. No interior, deixe-se envolver pela premiada exposição “Portimão, Território e Identidade”, o remate perfeito para compreender a simbiose entre a cidade e o rio.
The Trump administration is demanding that Venezuela hand over control of more than a dozen of the country’s vast oil fields, according to reports from Axios. If the deal moves forward, the U.S. federal government would take ownership of the fields and would hand operational control to private oil companies. In response, Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program, issued the following statement:
“President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are demanding Venezuela turn over ownership of more than a dozen Venezuelan oil production fields to the United States federal government. If this comes to pass, Trump will likely transfer operational control to U.S. oil companies, opening the door to Trump’s typical bilateral transactional corruption, bestowing lucrative opportunities for the oil companies he chooses to reward.
“In the nearly eight months since Trump’s illegal January 2026 Venezuelan invasion, the Trump administration has managed a $13 billion slush fund gleaned from its control over Venezuelan oil sales, with zero transparency, and little to no public oversight or accounting. The President has no authority to negotiate a deal where the federal government takes control over foreign oil production facilities, and Congress must intervene and put an end to Trump’s oil fueled imperialism.
“Trump hasn’t been shy about expressing his admiration of Gulf Monarchs’ oil slush funds, and his effort to establish a South American kleptocracy is an outrage. There’s been no improvement in human rights in Venezuela, so Trump’s move is further evidence that his illegal actions in Venezuela are all about controlling oil with no public accounting, transparency or oversight. This is yet another Trump gift for Big Oil.”
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