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By Alexander Cornwell | DUBAI DUBAI Emirates airline has changed pilot and flight attendant rosters on flights to the United States following the sudden U.S. travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, highlighting the challenges facing airlines to deal with the new rules. The world’s largest long-haul carrier, which flies daily to 11 U.S. cities, has made “the necessary adjustments to our crewing, to comply with the latest […]

By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump fought back on Sunday amid growing international criticism, outrage from civil rights activists and legal challenges over his abrupt order for a halt on arrivals of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries. He and senior aides sought to defend the policy and play down the chaos sparked by Friday’s order. But confusion persisted […]

ABU DHABI // UAE residents were outraged by the “unfair” travel ban issued on Friday that prevents many of them from travelling to the United States. US president Donald Trump issued an executive order barring citizens from Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Iran and Iraq from entering the country for 90 days. “I really believe this is unfair because there are many Somalis across the world who […]

A day after protesters descended on John F Kennedy airport in New York and a judge stayed the executive order temporarily banning entry into the US for people from seven majority Muslim countries, a number of travellers were still being held in custody on Sunday. There were confused scenes at JFK airport, with immigration officials unclear on how the orders should be implemented, according to lawyers helping […]

Mr. Musa, 60, now shares a blue-and-white tent with nine family members whose only crime was to have a relative who had joined the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh. Continue reading the main story Several women evicted from their homes and trucked to the Shahama camp said Iraqi security forces demolished their houses with explosives after accusing their sons or husbands of joining […]

By Nate Raymond and Mica Rosenberg Federal judges in three states followed one in New York in barring authorities from deporting travelers affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing restrictions on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. The judges in Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington state issued their rulings late on Saturday or early on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in New York […]

CAIRO/ERBIL, Iraq Fuad Sharef and his family waited two years for a visa to settle in the United States, selling their home and quitting jobs and schools in Iraq before setting off on Saturday for a new life they saw as a reward for working with U.S. organisations. But Sharef, his wife and three children were prevented from boarding their connecting flight to New York from Cairo […]

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By Parisa Hafezi | ANKARA ANKARA Duke University professor and Iranian dissident Mohsen Kadivar left his home in North Carolina 10 days ago to attend a fellowship programme in Germany.     Now, stranded in Berlin as a result of new U.S. immigration rules, the longstanding critic of Iran’s ruling clerical establishment does not know whether or when he can rejoin his wife and two children in […]

By Sinead Carew | NEW YORK NEW YORK In an ordinary world, a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, jobs data and a hefty number of earnings reports next week would provide investors with welcome distraction from speculation about the U.S. president’s policy plans. But the current world is less than ordinary. In the second week after Donald Trump’s inauguration, issues such as his controversial immigration policies will likely […]

newslide Iranian director and crew may be banned from attending Oscars The motion picture academy says the possible visa ban of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose feature film The Salesman is nominated for a best foreign language Oscar, is “extremely troubling.” In a statement released over the weekend, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressed concern that Farhadi and his cast and crew may not […]

Emirates has been forced to amend pilot and cabin crew rosters for services to the US following the States’ travel ban on seven countries with majority Muslim populations, while Etihad said it had offered refunds or re-bookings to affected passengers. Emirates also said a “small number” of passengers had been affected by the changes to US immigration rules enforced by President Donald Trump on Saturday. In one […]

Less than 48 hours after announcing his executive order on refugees, global opposition to Trump intensified on Sunday as world leaders, US (mostly tech) companies and civil rights groups condemned the move to temporarily limit entry from predominantly Muslim countries. Here are the latest updates in the ongoing saga as of noon on Sunday: Global government lash out at order. Governments from London and Berlin to Jakarta […]

By Maher Chmaytelli and Lin Noueihed | BAGHDAD/CAIRO BAGHDAD/CAIRO A global backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration curbs gathered pace on Sunday as several countries including long-standing American allies criticised the measures as discriminatory and divisive. Governments from London and Berlin to Jakarta and Tehran spoke out against Trump’s order to put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily ban travellers […]

BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq Iraq plans to lobby against new restrictions on travel to the United States by Iraqis, arguing the two countries need to preserve their alliance against Islamic State (IS), two members of the Iraqi parliament close to the government said on Sunday. Dependent on U.S. military aid against IS, the Iraqi government has so far declined comment on an executive order signed by new U.S. President […]

BAGHDAD An influential Shi’ite cleric said on Sunday American nationals should leave Iraq, in retaliation for the new travel curbs imposed by the U.S. administration on the Iraqis. “It would be arrogance for you to enter freely Iraq and other countries while barring to them the entrance to your country … and therefore you should get your nationals out,” Moqtada al-Sadr said on his website, commenting on […]

By Ahmed Rasheed and Maher Chmaytelli | BAGHDAD BAGHDAD Iraq plans to lobby against new restrictions on travel to the United States by Iraqis, arguing the two countries need to preserve their alliance against Islamic State, two members of the Iraqi parliament, who declined to be identified, said on Sunday. The Iraqi government itself has so far declined to comment on an executive order signed by U.S. […]

BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U.S. President Donald Trump that the global fight against terrorism was no excuse for banning refugees or people from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, her spokesman said on Sunday. “She is convinced that even the necessary, decisive battle against terrorism does not justify putting people of a specific background or faith under general suspicion,” spokesman Steffen Seibert said. He […]

It defines what non-U.S. citizens should believe The United States cannot, and should not, admit those who do not support the Constitution, or those who would place violent ideologies over American law. “There is no statutory requirement that noncitizens entering the United States support the Constitution,” said Peter J. Spiro, a law professor at Temple University. “The executive order seems to suggest that even temporary visitors like […]

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK President Donald Trump’s order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States sparked confusion and anger on Saturday after immigrants and refugees were kept off flights and left stranded in airports. In his most sweeping decision since taking office a week ago, Trump, a Republican, put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from […]

By Mica Rosenberg and David Ingram | NEW YORK NEW YORK A federal judge blocked the deportation on Saturday of dozens of travelers and refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations, stranded at U.S. airports under an order from President Donald Trump, after a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces. In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the […]

A federal judge has blocked the US government from deporting Muslim migrants and refugees who have been detained at US airports after President Donald Trump issued an order to severely restrict immigration from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The New York judge ordered the temporary stay after human rights groups sued Mr Trump on behalf of two Iraqi men who were detained on Friday after landing at New […]

He also called the United States a “haven” for many athletes hoping to train outside their home countries. Continue reading the main story “Most of our athletes from St. Lucia train in the States,” Mr. Peterkin said. “We don’t have an issue because we’re not on that list of seven, but if we were — there go hopes and dreams.” On Saturday evening, a federal judge blocked […]

US President Donald Trump will speak to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and South Korea in separate calls on Sunday, the White House said in a statement. Trump is expected to speak with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman first this afternoon, followed by a conversation with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. The calls come just days after Trump signed an […]

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday, saying now was “not the time to build walls between nations.”“They have forgotten that the Berlin Wall collapsed many years ago. Even if there are walls between nations, they must be removed,” Rouhani said at a tourism convention in Tehran.His remarks came after Trump ordered construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border and […]

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