HOUSTON -- Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed a highly controversial bill that makes illegal immigration into the second largest U.S. state a state crime.

Under the law, which is expected to take effect in March, state law enforcement officers will be authorized to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally. (U.S.-Immigration)

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HELSINKI -- A volcano erupted Monday night on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.

"The eruption is located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 km northeast of Grindavik, and it can be seen on nearby web cameras," said the office, adding that it began at 22:17 local time (2217 GMT) following the earthquake swarm that started around 21:00 (2100 GMT) Monday. (Iceland-Volcano-Eruption)

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KAMPALA -- The death toll from a rebel attack in the western Uganda district of Kamwenge has climbed to 10, local authorities said Tuesday.

Byarugaba Isaiah Kanyamahane, the resident district commissioner for Kamwenge, told Xinhua over the telephone that five males and five females, all civilians, were killed by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group. (Uganda-Insecurity-ADF Attack)

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GAZA -- The Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli army transformed the "Al Awda" Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip into a "military barracks" and grounded 240 people inside it.

Ashraf Al-Qedra, the ministry spokesman, said in a press statement that 80 medical staff, 40 patients, and 120 displaced people are being forced to stay inside the hospital without water, food, or medicine. (Israel-Gaza Hospital)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi rebels on Tuesday said the new U.S.-led military coalition in the Red Sea would not stop their attacks on Israel-bound commercial ships.

"Our naval operations aim at supporting the Palestinian people in the face of Israeli aggression and siege on Gaza, and are not a show of force or a challenge to anyone," Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said in a statement carried by Houthi-controlled Saba news agency. (Yemen-Houthi Rebels) Enditem

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