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The New Hampshire Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says legislation that has passed the state House and is pending in the Senate would cripple animal cruelty investigations in New Hampshire.

A church in Washington state is suing the federal government for preventing it from practicing its faith. The Episcopal diocese says the refugee ban stops them from welcoming strangers in need.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, for the latest on the migrant crisis.

The United Kingdom plans to admit 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next 5 years. The International Rescue Committee says that's the number of refugees one German city admitted in a single weekend.

Afghans making their way to some California communities have run into a challenge that many residents face — affordable housing. Costs have made it difficult to find long-term places to live.

Photographer Tommy Trenchard spent time in Bangladesh with refugees who have run for their lives.

Today, Israeli troops shelled the headquarters a battalion of U-N peacekeeping troops in South Lebannon. The compound was filled with dozens of refugees. At least seventy-four people are reported dead and many others wounded. Robert Siegel talks with U-N spokesman Timur (TEE-more) Goksel (GOCK-sull) from his office in Southern Lebanon about the shelling. Mr. Goksel describes the compound that was hit and the refugees who were seeking shelter there.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports that the United States and other nations are increasingly concerned that fighting in eastern Zaire will lead to a regional war involving Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi. At the same time, the United Nations is trying to figure out how to care for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have been forced to flee their Zairean camps because of the violence. So far, however, no one has any idea how to end the conflict or help the refugees.

NPR's Deidre Berger reports on the opening of an arson trial in Lubeck, Germany. Last January, ten refugees were killed when someone set fire to the refugee shelter where they were sleeping. A young Lebanese is accused. He denies the charge. His lawyer and other anti-racist groups want authorities to arrest four skin-heads as likely suspects. The four were arrested on other charges near the site of the fire.

The more than 1 million Syrian refugees have placed a tremendous burden on Lebanon, a country of just 4 million people.