It didn’t take long for the old administration to attack the new administration. Former national security advisor Susan Rice ignited a feud Sunday with the Trump White House by ripping the recent reshuffling of the National Security Council as “stone cold crazy.” White House spokesman Sean Spicer fired back by calling Ms. Rice’s comments “clearly […]
WASHINGTON — Military veterans were dumbfounded and furious when it became clear over the weekend that President Donald Trump’s executive order barring the admission to the United States of people from seven majority-Muslim countries keeps out interpreters who risked their lives helping U.S. forces in Iraq. “They better make a damn exception, because we are
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Middle East, USAScores of refugees and US permanent residents are trapped in airports after Trump signed an executive order barring entry for many foreigners. France 24 spoke to a Houston-based lawyer fighting for her client’s right to enter the United States. In the days leading up to the executive order, Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer based in
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Middle East, USAWashington/Cairo (dpa) – New US restrictions on refugees and travellers are “not a Muslim ban,” President Donald Trump said on Saturday, as a protest was held at John F Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York where travellers were being stopped from entering the United States. “It’s not a Muslim ban. We were totally prepared. It’s
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Middle East, USAHours after landing in New York on Saturday, a doctor at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic was forced to leave the country based on an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that bans visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days. Her flight to Saudi Arabia took off minutes before a federal judge in
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Middle East, USAThe instructions came in a cable from State Department headquarters, just after midnight ET on Friday. Cancel appointments. Halt approvals. Post online “red banner” warnings. These are some of the new operating procedures US foreign service officers had to initiate when dealing with applicants from seven Muslim-majority countries who want a new life in the
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International, Middle East, USAConcerned citizens are protesting the detention of Iraqi visa-holders at JFK International Airport in New York while a Muslim congressman calls for “mass rallies” to protest Donald Trump’s ban on Syrian refugees and all travelers from certain Muslim-majority countries. RELATED: Trump brings shame to U.S. with policy based on fear Demonstrators massed outside the Queens
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Middle East, USARamallah, Tel Aviv – The Palestinian Authority strongly rejected on Thursday a set of conditions presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the resumption of peace talks, including the recognition of Israel as a Jewish State and the continuous security control over areas located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. The Palestinian Authority
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Middle EastFrance and Germany on Saturday criticised US President Donald Trump’s contentious decision to limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim countries, notably Syria. Speaking at a joint press conference in Paris with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said many of Trump’s decisions worried the two US allies, including the new
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International, Middle East, USAPresident Trump is ordering the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a plan within 30 days for how to defeat the Islamic State, and he wants the world to know that obliterating the terrorist army is a top priority for the U.S. said a senior administration official. Mr. Trump is expected to sign executive action
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Middle East, USAIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Iran represents the “greatest danger” to Jewish people and Israel, expressing hope that President Trump would end the world’s “deafening silence” on the matter. “The greatest danger that we face, of hatred for the Jewish people and the Jewish state [referring to Israel] comes from Iran,” Netanyahu
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Middle East, USAPresident Trump’s embrace of Israel poses an unlikely dilemma for leaders of the Jewish state: They have to decide what they want from America, and on that question, there’s sharp disagreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to seize the Trump moment Tuesday by announcing that Israel plans to construct 2,500 housing units in West Bank
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Middle East, USA(Pertinent segment begins at 26:30) The damage caused by eight years of tensions between the White House and Israel has already been repaired, President Donald Trump claimed in a sit-down interview with Fox News Thursday evening. Speaking with Sean Hannity, President Trump said that Israel had been mistreated in the past, but that the US-Israel
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Middle East, USAYossi Chaikin’s tale of hard work, grit and determination took him from Kiryat Yam to the Juilliard School of Dance. Now, he’s made it to the big leagues By Ronit Bezalel CHICAGO — Yossi Chaikin, grew up in Kiryat Yam with immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union. So while he always knew that he
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