I pray they let me in: Asylum seekers face long wait at border
Al Jazeera News :Nogales, Mexico – Guadalupe and her two-year-old daughter have been waiting at the port of entry to the US in Nogales, Mexico...
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Mattis sees positive signs in Afghan talksAFP, United StatesUS Pentagon chief James Mattis said Sunday that there were encouraging signs in Afghanistan for talks between...
86 killed in central Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
AP, Lagos :Scores are dead after vicious weekend clashes in central Nigeria between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report citing police saying...
European countries to formalise EU defence force plan
AFP, Paris :Nine EU nations will on Monday formalise a plan to create a European military intervention force, a French minister said, with Britain backing...
Trump defends policies on border, N Korea
Reuters, Las Vegas :President Donald Trump defended his tough stance on immigrants crossing the U.S. border with Mexico on Saturday, praising his administration for a...
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Trump likely to meet Putin soon AFP, WashingtonUS President Donald Trump is likely to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin “in the not-too-distant future,” Secretary of...
Saudi women take victory laps as driving ban ends
Reuters, Riyadh :Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads early on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world’s last ban on female drivers,...
Deported migrant parents grieve as opposition in US steps up pressure
AFP, Washington :Central American migrants deported from the US without their children spoke of their anguish at seeing their families split under President Donald Trump’s...
Zimbabwe’s President narrowly escapes assassination bid
The Washington Post :Zimbabwe’s election campaign season took a worrying turn Saturday afternoon when a crude bombing at a speech delivered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...
First Russia air strikes hit southern Syria as govt assault looms
AFP, Beirut : Russia bombed rebel-held parts of southern Syria late Saturday for the first time since brokering a ceasefire there nearly a year ago, a...
Kushner rips Abbas, says ME peace plan ‘soon’
AP, Jerusalem :President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser said in an interview published Sunday that the administration will soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan,...
Merkel plays down chances of breakthrough in EU migration talks
Reuters, Beirut :German Chancellor Angela Merkel played down expectations of any major breakthrough at hastily-arranged talks among European Union leaders on Sunday on the migration...