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The US Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday issued sweeping new rules for border security and deportations as part of President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration.  In a pair of memorandums, homeland security secretary John Kelly detailed steps “designed to stem illegal immigration and facilitate the detection, apprehension, detention and removal of aliens who have no lawful basis to enter or remain in the United States”.  Mr […]

Photo Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi on trial in Zintan, Libya, in 2014. Credit Reuters GENEVA — Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, the son of Libya’s ousted dictator, should be turned over to the International Criminal Court to be tried on war crimes charges, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding that he did not get a fair trial in Libya. But the question is, who will hand him over? A […]

By Lawrence Hurley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday voiced scepticism about extending constitutional rights to non-citizens in a case involving a 15-year-old Mexican shot dead by a U.S. agent from across the border in Texas that could have broad implications. The court’s ruling in the case argued before the eight justices could affect legal claims filed by non-U.S. citizens arising from executive actions […]

By Tom Allard and Liz Lee | KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR Ri Jong Chol, a North Korean arrested in the probe into last week’s murder of the half-brother of the isolated state’s leader, lived in Malaysia for more than three years without working at the company registered on his employment permit or receiving a salary. Ri, 47, had a Malaysian work visa that showed he was an […]

DUBAI // A salesman who threatened to kill his ex-fiancée and show her parents a video of them having sex if she did not marry him has been sentenced to three months in jail. The 32-year-old from Lebanon was convicted of issuing threats by Dubai Criminal Court. The defendant was engaged to the Iranian victim, 27, for three years before they broke up after she discovered he […]

By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA GENEVA The trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the ousted Libyan leader sentenced to death in absentia, did not meet international standards and he should face murder charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United Nations said on Tuesday. Since his father’s toppling in 2011, Saif has been held in Zintan, a mountainous western region, by one of the […]

The apartment comes with three allocated parking spaces, and access to a communal sauna, steam room, barbecue area and gym. Courtesy of Luxhabitat You get high ceilings, smart-home technology, including a Bose and Sonos sound system and Hue smart lights from Philips. Courtesy of Luxhabitat Annual rent for a three-bedroom penthouse in Dorra Bay, Dubai Marina Dh450,000 Courtesy of Luxhabitat This penthouse apartment features a the 2,600-square-foot […]

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By Jibran Ahmad | PESHAWAR, Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least four people, officials said, in the latest incident in a new surge of Islamist violence. A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban’s Jamaat-ur-Ahrar faction claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern town of Charsadda. The district administration said at least four people were killed. A witness […]

NAB submits record of Hudabiya Mills ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) will resume hearing of Panama Papers case today (Tuesday). Five-member larger bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa will hold hearing into the case. It should be remembered that Supreme Court during last hearing ordered NAB and FBR chairmen to appear in person in the court and presented record of the cases of money laundering against […]

Samsung’s standing in the United States plummeted by 42 places, a new reputation poll reveals. Considering how the whole Galaxy Note 7 fiasco — among other things — stirred up the tech world for both consumers and manufacturers alike, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the South Korean brand is taking quite a hit regarding its position in the market. Samsung’s Reputation In The Eyes […]

ABU DHABI // Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed has praised the role of Sudan, under the leadership of President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, in joining the Arab Coalition and its support for the Saudi-led operation to bring hope to Yemen. The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces also praised the performance of Sudanese forces in field operations, alongside other Arab Coalition forces. […]

Trump Is Playing You Note: Soren K is a group of 4 writers to whom I contribute on commodity market posts-Vince Lanci Written by Soren K and MarketSlant.  There is one thing Hillary and Donald agree on. You are idiots. She said it. He thinks it. In fact the voting populace is largely brain damaged. And those who aren’t quite vegetables yet will become pacified with iphones, slot machines, […]

The Panama Papers scandal is the mother of all corruption cases which continues to haunt Joseph Muscat’s Government till this day, Beppe Fenech Adami told the PANA committee today. The PANA committee is in Malta to investigate the Panama Papers scandal, which brought to light the fact that Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM chief of staff opened companies in Panama. The full declaration of […]

Dubai Restaurant Week offers foodies a chance to dine in 15 of the emirate’s most notable restaurants for just Dh199 a ­person, a considerable saving on the usual prices. It runs from Thursday until March 4, and there are two ­sittings a night: 7.30pm and 9.30pm. We sampled the menus for the best dishes. newslide Fagotelli carbonara at Social by Heinz Beck, Waldorf Astoria Palm Jumeirah Heinz […]

In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, a driverless shuttle bus retraces its tracks while on display at the Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, Ga. Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta […]

Submitted by Don Quijones via WolfStreet.com, Untouchable. Inviolable. Immunity. Impunity. These are the sort of words and expressions that are often associated with senior central bankers, who are, by law, able to operate more or less above the law of the jurisdictions in which they operate. Rarely heard in association with senior central bankers are words or expressions like “accused”, “charged” or “under investigation.” But in Spain this […]

Photo Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, with Col. Terry L. Anderson, the military attaché, in Munich on Thursday. Credit Sven Hoppe/DPA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Baghdad on Monday, promising that, despite what President Trump said last month, the administration would not try to seize Iraq’s oil. Nor, he said, would the administration repay Iraqis who have worked […]

New Zealand’s High Court has ruled that Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur accused of masterminding one of the largest copyright infringements in history, and three accomplices can be extradited to face trial in the US.  The judgment is a victory for the US department of Justice, which has fought a near five-year legal battle to have the 43-year-old German stand trial on copyright infringement and money laundering charges […]

New Zealand telecommunications providers Spark, 2degrees, and InternetNZ have filed proceedings with the High Court requesting a 36-hour delay on any merger to occur between Sky TV and Vodafone NZ. The merger is due to be decided by the regulator on Thursday, with the court proceedings set for Wednesday morning. A 36-hour delay would provide Vodafone NZ’s rivals with “breathing space” wherein they can examine and question […]

By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra | BOGOTA BOGOTA An explosion near Bogota’s bullring killed one and injured at least 30 people, most of them police officers as they prepared for anti-bullfighting protests in Colombia’s capital on Sunday, the mayor’s office said. Details of the cause of the blast were not immediately available, but media images showed a police officer in a shredded uniform walking with support […]

In light of the recent flurry of leaks by the so-called “deep state”, which includes such agencies as the NSA and FBI and which last week lead to the resignation of Mike Flynn after a phone recording of his  phone conversation with the Russian ambassador was leaked to the WaPo and other anti-Trump publications, an article published on January 12 by the NYT has generated renewed interest. […]

Donald Trump has closed out the first month of his presidency by returning to his raucous campaign style and lashing out at the media as an agenda-bearing component of a corrupt system determined to undermine his time in office.  A day after dubbing journalists the “enemy of the American people” at the end of the rockiest week so far of this White House’s short existence the new […]

By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The Department of Homeland Security has prepared new guidance for immigration agents aimed at speeding up deportations by denying asylum claims earlier in the process. The new guidelines, contained in a draft memo dated February 17 but not yet sent to field offices, directs agents to only pass applicants who have a good chance of ultimately getting asylum, but does […]

Pakistan stocks exchange (PSX) remained under pressure during the week ended February 17, 2017 as worsening security situation and political uncertainty kept the participants on the sidelines, dealers said. An analyst at Arif Habib Limited (AHL) said mixed trend was witnessed at the local bourse with levels above the psychological 50K mark seemingly untenable. “Resistance became the underlying theme of the market given reservations over the ongoing […]

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