After a New York City judge Saturday night put a stay on President Trump’s executive order banning certain refugees and immigrants from entering the United States, about five travelers remained held at Philadelphia International Airport as Philadelphia attorneys scrambled to keep them in the country. The order by Judge Ann M. Donnelly of Brooklyn Federal Court came too late for two Christian Syrian immigrant families who were sent back to Doha, Qatar, after being held at PHL on Saturday morning.
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Christian family, visas in hand, turned back at airport
Two brothers, their wives and children left war-torn Syria with 16 suitcases and crossed the border into Lebanon. They were finally on their way to the United States after working for almost 15 years to join their family members stateside.
Bank Mergers Spread in Mideast as Low Oil Signals Boom Days Over
Oil’s more than 50 percent plunge over the past two years is forcing countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to cut state spending, tap reserves and combine some of their largest banks to reduce costs and duplication. International Bank of Qatar QSC said this week they are in talks to create the country’s largest sharia-compliant bank and the third-largest such lender in the Middle East, with assets worth more than 160 billion riyals . Talks are at an early stage, according to the banks, which didn’t give details on the structure of the possible deal.