World faces worst humanitarian crisis since WWII: UN
Author: Agence France PresseSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489235127387485800UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with more than 20 million people facing starvation and famine in four countries.The world body’s humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien called Friday for an urgent mobilization of funds — $4.4 […]
Trade war will only bring “pain“: China
Author: AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489231645427325000 BEIJING: China on Saturday warned the US against launching a trade war, saying that both countries would suffer if US President Donald Trump follows through on his threats. The billionaire politician has repeatedly accused China of using unfair trade policies to steal jobs from the US, threatening to retaliate with massive tariffs unless […]
Germany shuts down shopping mall over attack threat
Author: AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489229913597202000 ESSEN: German police ordered a shopping center in the central city of Essen shut on Saturday, citing the threat of an attack, less than a year after a deadly shooting spree in another mall in Munich. “The shopping center will be closed all Saturday due to security concerns. The police has concrete information […]
Afghan official: 8 police killed in an insider attack
Author: Associated PressSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489228973737164800 KABUL: An Afghan official says at least eight members of the security forces have been killed by two other policemen in southern Zabul province. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday that both attackers fled the area after attacking their colleagues late Friday night. He said the two policemen […]
Revised Trump travel ban gets first legal blow
Author: AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489225406457024400 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s revamped travel ban is facing its first major legal setback, after a federal judge halted enforcement of the directive that would deny US entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum. In a preliminary restraining order issued Friday that applies only to the Syrian […]
Muhammad Ali’s son says he was detained again at airport
Author: ERRIN HAINES WHACK | APSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489225142467012800 WASHINGTON: Muhammad Ali Jr. was detained and questioned at a Washington airport before being allowed to board a flight to Fort Lauderdale after meeting with lawmakers to discuss a separate airport detention incident last month, a lawyer for the late heavyweight champion’s son said Friday. Ali and his mother, […]
Modi headed for big win in key India state as counting begins
Author: Abhaya Srivastava | AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489220794126874500NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was heading for a landslide in the key battleground state of Uttar Pradesh, strengthening his grip on power, early counting of votes showed Saturday.The Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in 292 seats out of the total 403 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, […]
Travel ban challenge puts Hawaii’s few Muslims in spotlight
Author: JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER | APFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489211299076626900HONOLULU: Hawaii has 5,000 or so Muslims — less than 1 percent of the state’s population — who are finding themselves thrust into an international spotlight after the state’s top lawyer launched a challenge to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying it contradicts the islands’ welcoming culture that values […]
Attorney general seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys
Author: ERIC TUCKER and SADIE GURMAN | APSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489211299026626500 WASHINGTON: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama administration, the Justice Department said Friday. Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by former President Barack Obama have already left their positions, but the nearly […]
Federal judge not ready to rule on blocking new Trump travel ban
Author: LISA BAUMANN | APSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489211298936625900 SEATTLE, US: A federal judge in Seattle who issued the order temporarily halting nationwide implementation of President Donald Trump’s initial travel ban said Friday that because of procedural reasons he won’t immediately rule on whether his restraining order applies to the new travel ban. US District Judge James Robart said […]
