Judge Strikes Blow to US Immigration Enforcement Tactics
A federal judge has prohibited US immigration authorities from relying on databases deemed faulty to ask law enforcement agencies to hold people in custody, a setback for the Trump administration that threatens to hamper how it carries out arrests.
Syria Forces Recapture Strategic Region in Aleppo
Syrian government forces, backed by allied militants from popular defense groups, managed to establish full control over a strategic region in the southern countryside of the country’s northern province of Aleppo from the al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Maldives Police Arrest Three over Hurting Chinese, Australian
Maldives police on Thursday arrested three men over the stabbing of two Chinese nationals and an Australian and were probing their suspected links with ISI.
Cruise Ship Off Japan Has More Coronavirus Patients
Ten more people on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday.
Amnesty: Saudi ‘Anti-Terror’ Court, A Weapon of Repression
Saudi Arabia has used a secretive court established to try what it describes as terrorism cases as "a weapon of repression" to imprison peaceful critics, activists, journalists, and clerics, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Trump acquitted by Senate
GOP-majority US Senate has voted that US President Donald Trump be acquitted of both articles of impeachment.
UNSC resolution draft slams Israel annexation plan
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemned Israel’s plan for annexation of the settlements it has built illegally on occupied Palestinian territories.
Avalanche in Turkey Kills 38
An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche.
Spread of virus shuts more Chinese cities
Millions of more people have been ordered to stay indoors as China battles to curb the spread of a new virus that authorities said Wednesday has already killed nearly 500 people.
UK Ought to Find Stable Trade Partners , Avoid Reliance on Trump
A Lebanese journalist and deputy editor of UNews Agency said the UK government should look for more stable trading partners after withdrawal from the European Union and not pin its hopes on the Trump administration that creates uncertainty in the global economy.