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Catholics hope Pope Leo’s visit to Europe’s migration hot spots will ease political tensions

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11.

 

Pope will inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain

Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica during his visit to Spain next month.

 

Israeli authorities taking 2 activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla to Israel for questioning

Israeli authorities say they are taking two activists detained in international waters and who led an aid flotilla bound for Gaza to Israel for questioning.

 

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Israeli forces intercept Gaza aid flotilla and plans to drop off activists in Greece

Activists attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza say Israeli forces have intercepted their flotilla near the southern Greek island of Crete.

 

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Flotilla carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza sets sail from Spain

Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona.

 

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Hundreds of migrants are vanishing in the Mediterranean. Authorities are withholding information

The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean. But the true count may be even higher.

 

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Spain offers hundreds of thousands of immigrants a way to stay legally. But who are they?

More than half a million foreigners are believed to live in Spain without legal permission. Like in the United States and much of Europe, these immigrants work jobs that few nationals want.

 

Spain is granting legal status to immigrants lacking authorization — potentially 500,000 people

Spain will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization.

 

In rare ruling, EU’s top court sides with refugee’s appeal in a landmark case against Frontex

The European Union’s highest court has sided with a Syrian refugee in a landmark case against Frontex, the EU border agency.

 

European nations agree to consider weakening protections for migrants dating to WWII

European nations have agreed to consider changes that rights advocates say would weaken migrant protections that have underpinned European law since World War II.

 

EU updates asylum guidance for Syrians a year after Assad’s fall

The European Union’s asylum agency says it is updating its guidance for applications by Syrian nationals one year after the fall of Bashar Assad.

 

Israel says it received the remains of 3 hostages from Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds

Israel says the remains of three hostages have been handed over from Gaza and will be examined by forensic experts as a month-old ceasefire holds. U.S.

 

Israel says the latest remains returned from Gaza by Hamas are not of hostages

Israel says the remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross do not belong to any hostages. It’s the latest setback to the U.S.

 

Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza.

 

Israel’s top diplomat says Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force

Israel’s foreign minister says his government will not allow Turkish troops to take part in a future international peace force in Gaza.

 

Vance calls Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation an ‘insult’

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation. Vance says that the move was an “insult.”

 

Vance is optimistic about Gaza ceasefire but notes ‘very hard’ work to come

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement during a visit to Israel even as they acknowledged significant challenges remain.

 

Lawyers ask ICC to investigate 122 European officials for crimes against humanity in Mediterranean

Human rights lawyers accused 122 European officials of committing crimes against migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

 

US aid cuts deal a massive blow for the small African nation of Lesotho: Takeaways from AP’s report

In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the tiny country of Lesotho in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents.

 

Israeli military intercepts another flotilla heading to Gaza and detains scores of activists

The Israeli military has intercepted a nine-boat flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and detained scores of activists on board.

 

Greta Thunberg is among flotilla activists deported from Israel. Others remain in prison

Israeli authorities say they have deported another 171 activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, including Greta Thunberg.

 

Israel intercepts the last boat from the Gaza flotilla as Israeli minister mocks the activists

Israeli forces have intercepted the last boat from an international flotilla trying to break Israel’s sea blockade of war-ravaged Gaza.

 

Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid in international waters. Can it do that?

The Israeli interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in international waters.

 

Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists

Hundreds of Israeli police officers have been deployed to the port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier.

 

Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted at least 19 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory.

 

UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence.

 

An activist flotilla on a mission to Gaza says it was attacked again in Tunisia

An international activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza says it was attacked for the second night in a row.

 

Flotilla headed to Gaza leaves Barcelona for a second time after storm delay

A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza has left Barcelona’s port for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad weather conditions.

 

Flotilla with Greta Thunberg leaves Barcelona in biggest attempt yet to break Israel’s Gaza blockade

A flotilla of ships has set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid and activists on board.

 

Libya’s coast guard shoots at a vessel seeking to rescue migrants in distress, group says

A humanitarian group says Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.

 

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