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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New US claims for jobless benefits continued to fall at the start of February, hitting its lowest level in three months, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The result confirmed the improving health of the US labor market and followed resurgent job creation in January. In the week ending February 4, there were 234,000 new claims for unemployment insurance, seasonally adjusted, marking 101 weeks below 300,000 and the lowest point since […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — After a US appeals court refused to restore President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration order, travelers who had been banned from entering the country trickled in Sunday as the White House vowed to prevail in the high-stakes legal battle. The early-morning ruling from a federal appeals court was the latest chapter in a saga which began on January 27, when Trump issued a […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELS, United States (AFP) — An Iranian student deported in the wake of Donald Trump’s travel ban was back in the United States on Sunday, one of thousands of travellers rushing to enter the country after a judge temporarily blocked the ban. Sara Yarjani was met at Los Angeles airport by her sister — who flew in from nearby Washington state — and several attorneys from the American […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran said Sunday it would allow US wrestlers to compete in an international tournament after President Donald Trump’s travel ban was halted by a federal court. “Following the court ruling suspending #MuslimBan…US Wrestlers’ visa will be granted,” tweeted Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif. Iran had blocked visas for US citizens in response to Trump’s travel ban, preventing the wrestlers from competing in the event on February 16-17. Meanwhile, a group of […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday that his country will “never initiate a war”, despite facing threats, in reference to a series of US warnings over its testing of missiles. Tehran was “unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people. We’ll never initiate war, but we can only rely on our own means of defense,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said on his official Twitter account. “We will never use our […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Any nuclear attack by North Korea would trigger an “effective and overwhelming” response, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in Seoul Friday as he sought to reassure Washington’s Asian allies folllowing President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Mattis, who was in South Korea before going on to Japan, is making the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as concerns rise about the direction of US policy in the region under […]
by Stephane Barbier Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Thursday rejected a warning from President Donald Trump over its latest missile test as unfounded and “provocative”, reflecting growing tensions between Tehran and the new US administration. Trump is a strident critic of the Islamic republic and a vocal opponent of an international deal that saw Iran curb its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief. He said on Thursday that Tehran […]
by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Thursday defended a US special operations raid in Yemen as a “success by all standards,” even though multiple civilians and a Navy SEAL were killed, and the mission was beset with problems. Sunday’s raid — the first authorized by President Donald Trump — saw US special operations forces enter the Yakla region of Baida province and target a compound occupied […]
by Andrew Beatty WASHINTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, seizing an unusual early opportunity to put conservatives back in the majority on America’s top court. In a primetime address late Tuesday that was part jurisprudence, part reality show, Trump tapped the 49-year-old appeals court judge from Denver, Colorado. If confirmed by the Senate, he will fill the seat made vacant by the death of […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will respect and will not comment on policies instituted by the new US President Donald Trump, including his controversial immigration and travel ban on seven Muslim countries, even as the Philippine leader announced that the Philippines would be open to accepting refugees with nowhere to go to. The President cited what the Philippines did when it accepted Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s until early 1990s. The Philippines was then the […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US airports braced for fresh protests Sunday against Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban, which a federal judge partially blocked by ordering authorities not to deport refugees and other travelers detained at US borders. The ruling coincided with a wave of anger and concern abroad, including among US allies, and rallies at major airports across the United States. “Victory!!!!!!” the American Civil Liberties […]
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s order for “extreme vetting” of visitors and legal U.S. residents from seven Muslim-majority countries sparked outrage and protests on Saturday (January 29) with activists arguing in court to try to block deportations of people stranded in U.S. airports. The new Republican president on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria and six other countries. Immigration lawyers, activists and […]
