The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.

Protesters say their anger reflects a lack of economic opportunity on a continent with the world’s youngest population.

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since American and Israeli airstrikes in June, but on a recent visit to the capital, we found that many Iranians seemed to be just trying to get by.

A pivotal political leader who helped usher in multiparty democracy, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times.