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US lawmakers urge gov’t to halt sales of crowd-control gear to Hong Kong
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers yesterday urged the Trump Administration to suspend future sales of munitions and crowd-control equipment to Hong Kong police which has been accused of using excessive force against anti-government protesters. A Hong Kong democracy
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US to renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programmes
WASHINGTON: The US is set to announce this week it will renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programmes that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue civilian nuclear cooperation with Iran, the Washington Post reported yesterday. President Donald
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Judge blocks Trump’s latest draconian asylum rule
A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the US-Mexico border. US district judge Jon Tigar in the Northern District of California issued
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US crackdown on illegal immigrants, snared only 35
WASHINGTON: A scant 35 people were taken into custody during a long-threatened US enforcement action that targeted more than 2,100 immigrants who had been ordered deported, the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said yesterday. President Donald Trump described
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Trump touches off storm in India with Kashmir mediation offer
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked US President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan in their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said yesterday, after Trump’s comments set off a storm of criticism. Trump told
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Trump goes ahead with immigration crackdown despite legal issues
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY: US President Donald Trump’s administration pushed ahead with its attempts to crack down on migration at the southern border yesterday, defending in court a virtual ban it imposed on asylum seekers and issuing its second sweeping order within
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UK: Iran seized two oil tankers in Gur, Tehran says only one
LONDON/DUBAI: Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf yesterday and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
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Trump disavows ‘send her back’ rally chant, Republicans unnerved
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump tried to distance himself yesterday from supporters’ chants of “send her back” at a rally where he blasted Somalia-born US Representative Ilhan Omar, as Republicans worry the incendiary mantra could set the tone for the
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Unrepentant Trump intensifies attacks on ‘The Squad’
GREENVILLE, N.C./WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump intensified his vilification of four liberal lawmakers as un-American at a raucous rally yesterday, underscoring that the attacks will be a key part of his strategy for winning re-election in 2020. Despite criticism from
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US lawmakers blast racist Trump, the president defiant
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks against four minority US congresswomen yesterday and dismissed concerns that his comments were racist, prompting outrage from Democrats, who moved to condemn him in the House of Representatives. Speaking at
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