Already this year, the number of non-Mexican apprehensions has far outpaced last year’s total in just eight months. And while they are still a relatively small percentage compared with the number of illegal Mexicans, critics say the federal government’s policy in dealing with them is far more dangerous.

While Lebanon rejects a draft UN Security Council resolution, which aims at ending the Israeli attacks, it demands a resolution bound to the seven-point plan presented by Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.  

LONDON — Thousands of miles away from the Israel-Lebanon conflict, London’s Jews and Arabs are agreed on at least one thing: The Middle East is being radicalised by a US power play in the region.