Trump Closes Borders To Syria Refugees
President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the issuing of visas to the nationals of six other mainly Muslim countries,...
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Trump Suspends US Refugee Programme and Bans Syrians Indefinitely
President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice, as part of new measures to “keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US”. He signed a...
Trump Bars Door To Refugees, Visitors From Seven Nations
President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the...
Food Crisis Could Become Famine This Year, UN Warns
The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN's humanitarian chief has warned. Two million people need emergency food aid to survive and child...
Iran Actress To Boycott Oscars Over ‘racist’ Visa Ban
The Iranian star of the Oscar-nominated film The Salesman said on Thursday that she would boycott the awards in protest at President Donald Trump's "racist" ban on immigrants from Muslim-majority...
Iranian Actress ‘boycotts’ Oscars Over Trump Visa Plan
An Iranian actress has said she is going to boycott the Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s “racist” visa proposals. Taraneh Alidoosti stars in The Salesman, which is nominated for best foreign...
Actress ‘boycotts’ Oscars Over Trump Visa Plan
An Iranian actress has said she is going to boycott the Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s “racist” visa proposals. Taraneh Alidoosti stars in The Salesman, which is nominated for best foreign...
Mexican President Cancels Trump Summit
His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border. Mr Trump also insisted the US would recoup the costs for the barrier from Mexico,...
We Will Not Pay For Trump Border Wall
Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump's border wall, the country's president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he "lamented" the plans for the barrier, adding that "Mexico...
Trump To Put Limits On Refugees, Immigration
The US president, Donald Trump, will sign executive orders restricting visas and immigration, as well as the entry of refugees, making good on his signature campaign pledges, according to several...
Why TROIKA Can Assassinate Gen. Malong
Today the subject of my pen which Western sympathizers may call it vitriol is the inscrutable TROIKA. I have written before about it and I am still continuing until TRIOKA stop all its ill plans...
Yemen; Obama’s Parting Gift To Terror
Barack Obama saved his parting gift to terror, his worst crime, for last, the War on the Yemeni People. Obama’s last war has institutionalized a failed state and which will continue to inflict...
Death Toll In Yemen Conflict Passes 10,000
The UN ranks the conflict in Yemen as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises The United Nations' humanitarian aid official in Yemen has said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year...
Iran To Expand Military Spending, Develop Missiles
Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including developing the country's long-range missile program which U. S. President-elect Donald...
Israel’s Ambassador Sorry Over ‘take Down’ Sir Alan Duncan Comment
Israel's ambassador to the UK has apologised after a senior member of his staff was secretly filmed saying he wanted to "take down" Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan. Israeli Embassy senior...
Obama Is From Venus, Putin Is From Mars. Obama Is An Idealist, Putin Is A Realist
The current global political, and security environment remains chaotic, dangerous, and unstable. While the Obama Administration has done its best to address them, there is no doubt that the incoming...
Trump Secretary of State Eyes $180m Payout To Cut Exxon Ties
The former Exxon chairman and chief executive chosen by Donald Trump for US secretary of state will receive $180m to cut financial ties with the firm. The arrangement will mean Rex Tillerson meets...
Christian Leaders Urge Calm and Faith In Time of ‘fear’
The power of God can chase away "the fear of terror" and "the economies of despair", the Archbishop of Canterbury will say in his Christmas sermon. The Most Reverend Justin Welby will speak about...
Syria Remains the World’s Most Dangerous Country For Journalists
At least 57 journalists have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday. The press freedom group said 19 were killed in Syria alone, followed...
Guantanamo Revamp Raises Prospect Prison Will Not Shut
Though US President Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo Bay offshore detention centre in Cuba upon taking office, as time runs out on his administration that almost certainly will not happen....