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Court blocks Trump's latest travel ban
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Oct 18 (ANI): A federal court in Hawaii on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, a day before it was set to take effect.
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US expands travel ban, adds N Korea, Chad to the list
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sep 25 (ANI): The United States has expanded the controversial travel ban by slapping the restrictions on eight countries – North Korea, Iran, Chad, Libya, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Somalia, read a statement released by the White House on Monday.
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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration's ban on refugees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Donald Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees, squashing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that would have eased the travel ban to allow 24,000 refugees to enter the country befo
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Trump's travel ban gets temporary relief from Supreme Court
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington (U.S.) September 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Donald Trump administration's request to temporarily lift restrictions on the president's travel ban.
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People denied entry post Trump travel ban can reapply for visas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 2 (ANI): People, who were denied entry to the United States in spite of carrying valid visas under President Donald Trump's first travel ban, can now reapply for visas to enter the country.
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Saudi led bloc blacklist Qatar, Yemeni organisations, individuals
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], July 25 (ANI): Saudi Arabia and its allies on Tuesday released a new list of 18 organisations and individuals with ties to Yemen, Qatar and Libya branding them as "terrorist" over suspected links to Islamist extremism in Syria.
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Egypt blames Qatar for human suffering in Syria, Libya
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 7 (ANI): Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has blamed Qatar for human suffering in several parts of Syria and Libya.
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Twin terror attacks repulsed by Libyan forces in Sirte
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 6 (ANI):Two terror attacks - one by Daesh fighters and another by forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar were repulsed by the forces loyal to Libya's Tripoli-based UN-backed unity government in the north-central city of Sirte.
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Western Libya: UNSMIL personnel freed after hours of detention by gunmen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Al-Zawiya [Libya], June 29 (ANI): A convoy of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), including four men and two women, was released after being detained by an armed group for hours on Wednesday evening, security sources from Al-Zawiya city reported.
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U.S. SC permits partial travel ban, agrees to hear Trump administration�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday permitted the Trump administration to partially reinstate the travel ban which would affect people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
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Probe launched into release of Gaddafi's son Saif
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China] June 12 (ANI) : An investigation has been initiated into the release of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was released on Sunday by Abu Bakr al-Seddiq Brigade,the Libyan militia group.
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Gaddafi's son released after five years in captivity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 11 (ANI): Son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has been released after five years of captivity.
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