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UN chief takes aim at ‘blind measures’ in criticism of US travel ban

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday sharpened his criticism of the US ban on travellers…

Trump fires chief US lawyer for defying migrant ban

  by Andrew Beatty / Olivia Hampton WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump on Monday fired the…

Mexican President to continue dialogue with Trump administration

MEXICO VITY, Mexico (Reuters) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday's conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump had left…

S. Korea, US defense chiefs back anti-missile system

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's defense chief and his new US counterpart vowed Tuesday to push ahead with…

Father of Pac-Man’ Masaya Nakamura dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) --Masaya Nakamura, the Japanese video game pioneer known as the "father of Pac-Man", has died aged 91,…

King Abdullah of Jordan the first Arab leader in Washington for talks with Trump administration

VIRGINIA, United States (Reuters) -- Jordan's King Abdullah opened talks at the Pentagon on Monday (January 30), the first Arab…

Quebec mosque shooter charged with six murders: police

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canadian police on Monday charged a political science student who has professed admiration for Donald Trump…

Obama rejects faith-based discrimination amid travel ban uproar

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Former US president Barack Obama expressed his objections Monday to any faith-based discrimination, in an…

Bangladesh pushes on with Rohingya island plan

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) - Bangladesh will push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees…

African Union mulls Morocco membership, Trump fallout

by Fran BLANDY Agence France-Presse ADDIS ADABA, Ethiopia (AFP) - African Union leaders grappled with Morocco's divisive bid to rejoin the…

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