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Italy's coast guard said difficult sea conditions were affecting the rescue. The boat is one of two vessels carrying migrants currently being assisted by the Italian coastguard. The second is carrying around 800 people and is said to be overcrowded. The country's coastguard has already rescued around 2,000 people in other operations since Friday, after a number of boats arrived at the Italian island of Lampedusa, one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach Europe, over the weekend. At least two migrants died and around 20 others were missing after their boat sank on Saturday night, German...

TAPACHULA, MEXICO – As the border crisis with Mexico heats up, an (New Haitian caravan heading for U.S. border in 20 days, activist says)...[snip]"And this time, with papers or without papers, we are ready for war..."

An undocumented immigrant from Guatemala begged a judge to be deported after he was arrested for allegedly impregnating a minor in Arizona. Carlos Cobos-Pérez, 20, appeared before the magistrate in Phoenix last week accused of getting the 11-year-old girl pregnant. Through a translator asked if he could sign off on his voluntary exit from the United States so he could get out of the situation. 'If I want to sign my order of deportation, am I allowed to do so or no?' Cobos-Pérez asked. The judge then told him that it was 'something this court doesn't do'.

Between Sept. 14-20, the Russian armed forces will conduct a major exercise, ZAPAD 2017. Employing forces from various Russian commands, the exercise will test the military's ability to conduct a combined arms offensive. That's exactly the kind of operation Russia would use to invade Europe. While there's nothing new in the Russians carrying out a military exercise, this situation is different due to the scale and location of the forces involved. Russia claims under 10,000 personnel will be involved but as many as 100,000 Russian soldiers are actually expected to deploy. Their number will include armored and artillery units, and...