FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP LONDON AFP Photo British Foreign minister Boris Johnson, who was born in New York, has renounced his U.S. citizenship, a United States Treasury Department document said on Wednesday. Alexander Boris Johnson figured in the Treasury list of people who had given up their U.S. citizenship […]
Feb 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen During his presidential election campaign, Donald Trump proclaimed long and loudly that he sees Iran as Washington’s regional enemy. He pledged to “tear up” the agreement providing for the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, reached in […]
Gary Younge Gun deaths – intentional, accidental and self-inflicted – dwarf those related to terror. The talk is of secure borders but within the US many live in a state of fear ‘An American is at least twice as likely to be shot dead by a toddler than killed by […]
Source: The Independent ‘It totally undid me that he could vote for Trump. I felt like I had been fooling myself’ John Whitesides Burning passions over Donald Trump‘s presidency are taking a personal toll on both sides of the political divide. For Gayle McCormick, it is particularly wrenching: she has separated […]
Homepage : Comment : The media is ignoring leaked US-government documents on Syria Ian Sinclair Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaking about US policy in Iraq and Syria [Getty] Date of publication: 6 February, 2017 Comment: Disclosures reported by the media about US policy in Syria were quickly forgotten, […]
The enemy for Bannon is secularism. This, he believes, is responsible for progressively diluting pure Christian ideals with all sorts of modern and postmodern ideologies Russell Razzaque @mindfulrussell At the time of Trump’s unexpected election victory, there was much speculation over who would really run the US Government, given the incoming […]
Feb 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby With a stroke of the pen on a misdirected and, I believe, malicious executive order (EO), President Donald Trump unleashed a dynamic that will, I fear, have consequences as far reaching and damaging to my country and my community as the Bush […]
Reuters International FEB 6, 2017 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply troubled” by the findings of a United Nations report that said soldiers in Myanmar’s Rakhine State had committed atrocities against minority Muslims, the State Department said on Monday. Washington was still studying the report, but […]
Reuters International FEB 7, 2017 Najmia Abdishakur (2nd L), a Somali national who was delayed entry to the U.S. because of the recent travel ban, is greeted by her mother Zahra Warsma (L) at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S. February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (reuters_tickers) By Dan […]
SADIK ÜNAY@sadikunay A storm was already looming on the horizon when President Donald Trump assumed power in the U.S. As one of the least popular American presidents in recent history, citizens have protested against his protectionist, populist, xenophobic and far-right political platform. Indeed, less than one month into his term, […]
© Provided by Albawaba.com Take that, Trump! (File photo) American actress and humanitarian Lindsay Lohan has continued to raise speculations about her conversion to Islam on Monday, after quoting the central figure of Islam, Prophet Muhammad. The 30-year-old starlet shared one of the Prophet’s pearls of wisdom in an Instagram […]
By Mark Hallum Enlarge this image Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Muslim and Sikh communities react to the executive order banning travel from seven predominately Islamic countries. Similar stories Medallion owners organize to fight Uber The travel ban issued by President Donald Trump for Muslims traveling from seven countries has Queens […]
BY THE CONVERSATION February 3, 2017 Editor’s note: In his first week in office, President Donald Trump showed he intends to follow through on his immigration promises. A major focus of his campaign was on removing immigrants who, he said, were increasing crime in American communities. In his acceptance […]
Reuters International FEB 5, 2017 – (Reuters) – Iran will issue visas for a U.S. wrestling team to attend the Freestyle World Cup competition, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Sunday, reversing a decision announced Friday to ban visas for the team in retaliation for an executive order […]
By Jo Fahy FEB 3, 2017 – Switzerland has jumped on board a late-night comedy trend, peddling its ideas of why the country could be an appealing place to the new president of the United States, Donald Trump. Following the lead of a Dutch TV programme, a late night show […]
|Saturday, 02.04.2017 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will stop flagging travelers from certain countries targeted by an executive order from President Donald Trump, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, in order to comply with a federal court ruling. The Justice Department intends to file an emergency stay of the […]
Clinton’s supporters in Michigan knew they had a problem when Bernie Sanders pulled off the electoral primary and beat her by 17,000 votes in March 2016. More important still, Bernie won the Arab-American majority districts by two-to-one Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 19 January 2017 Trump may not have won if […]
Reuters International FEB 3, 2017 – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attends a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that safe zones would not work inside Syria for […]
TRUMP DECLARATION FEB 4, 2017 A protest about the Trump ban was held at the International arrivals of Boston’s Logan International Airport on January 28 (Keystone) A Swiss-based Iranian scientist has arrived in the United States to take up her post at Harvard. The scientist had been stopped from flying […]
Airlines are now allowing people to enter the US from the affected countries Justin Carissimo New York A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked PresidentDonald Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. US District Judge James Robert, who was appointed by President George Bush […]