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File photo of US President Donald Trump (AP). Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to end separation of immigrant families on the US-Mexico border. Trump signed the executive order following widespread protests against the move of his administration to separate children from their parents who illegally enter the country. In recent weeks, […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Wed. called on Parliament to pass domestic laws on money laundering and combating terrorism instead of signing up to international conventions. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with the chairman, representatives, and a group of staff members from the Iranian Parliament on Wednesday. “These international agreements […]

People wait to disembark from the Diciotti coastguard ship in Sicily. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFP At least 60 migrants died in the Mediterranean sea when their rubber dinghy sank last week, according to survivor testimonies gathered by a rights group in Sicily. The Diciotti, an Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, docked on Tuesday […]

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker promised retaliatory tariffs [Dimitar Dilkoff/Reuters] The European Union (EU) will impose “counter-balancing measures” after the United States announced tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the Canada, Mexico and the EU, the European Commission chief said. The tariffs, which take effect from midnight on Friday, will end a two-month exemption […]

A police sapper digs up a rocket fired from Gaza that landed outside a kindergarten in one of the communities of the Eshkol region on June 20, 2018. (Eshkol region) Head of local government says he supports IDF’s tougher response to Gaza kite attacks, demands ‘no more rockets… no more fires’ Schools in southern Israel […]

Turkey will receive its first two F-35 fighter jets from the U.S. on Thursday during a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas despite facing opposition from the U.S. Congress, the Pentagon said Wednesday. According to Pentagon spokesman Mike Andrews, Lockheed Martin will conduct a rollout ceremony on Thursday in Fort Worth and the jets will move […]

FILE PHOTO: Pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in © Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The young leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has made a good impression on southern president Moon Jae-in and treated his counterpart with respect, Moon has revealed to Russian media. “Despite his [Kim’s] youth, […]

Speaking to the National Federation of Independent Businesses in Washington on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Americans are “treated horribly” by Canadians who return home with U.S.-purchased shoes they have smuggled across the border.  (CHRIS KLEPONIS – POOL / GETTY IMAGES) WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has called Canada “brutal,” accused Canada’s prime minister […]

Haley called the global body a ‘cesspool of political bias’ [Toya Sarno Jordan/Reuters] The United States has withdrawn from the United Nations’ top human rights body accusing it of “chronic bias” against Israel, in a move that was criticised by human rights groups and described as regrettable by foreign leaders. The decision to pull out of the UN […]

President Donald Trump and his allies frequently seek to conflate all undocumented immigrants with gang members, particularly those affiliated with MS-13, a gang with Salvadoran origins. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Trump on Tuesday tweeted that immigrants would “pour into and infest” the United States and questioned parents’ decision to send children unaccompanied to the border. […]