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US Court Blocks Trump Order On Muslim Immigration
A federal court here blocked part of US President Donald Trump's immigration order banning citizens from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the US.....
Boat Carrying 31 Persons Missing In Malaysia
A boat carrying 31 persons aboard has lost contact with the authorities in Malaysia, an official said on Sunday.....
JuD Chief Placed Under House Arrest In Pakistan
Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of Mumbai terror attack, was placed under house arrest in Lahore, media reports said.....
Trump Picks Neil Gorsuch As Supreme Court Justice
US President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch as the new Supreme Court Justice, after the top court was evenly divided between Democrat and Republican appointees since Justice Antonin Scalia died last February.....
US Travel Ban 'not Best Way To Protect' America: UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries "is not the way to best protect the US or any other country," voicing his hope that "this measure should be removed sooner rather than later".....
Israeli Settlements May Not Help In Achieving Peace: US
The US government has said that Israel's construction of new settlements on occupied Palestinian land "may not be helpful" in achieving peace, a White House statement said.....
Indian-origin Doctor Found Guilty In Bribe Case
A suburban Chicago doctor, Neil Sharma, has been convicted of receiving bribes in a deal that he claimed could provide the briber millions of dollars in business, according to federal prosecutors.....
100,000 Visas Revoked Under Trump's Travel Ban
Over 100,000 visas have been revoked since US President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban a week ago, media reports said.....
US Judge Blocks Trump's Travel Ban
A US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven Muslim nations, media reports said.....
US Suspends Travel Ban To Comply With Court Ruling
The Department of Homeland Security on Saturday said it will stop flagging travellers from the countries under the Trump administrations travel ban, following a federal judges ruling to suspend the executive order, even as the President termed the order "ridiculous".....
