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The Latest: Priebus defends swift action to bar refugees

The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions : 10:50 a.m. The White House chief of staff says President Donald Trump acted early on in his term to impose a travel ban on refugees to block “people who want to do bad things to America.” Reince Priebus says there’s nothing to apologize for after Friday’s executive order drew widespread protests.

The Latest: Priebus defends swift action to bar refugees

The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions : 10:50 a.m. The White House chief of staff says President Donald Trump acted early on in his term to impose a travel ban on refugees to block “people who want to do bad things to America.” Reince Priebus says there’s nothing to apologize for after Friday’s executive order drew widespread protests.

Donald Trump’s ban threatens us all

For the first time in my life, I strangely found myself agreeing with a statement issued by Iran’s foreign ministry. The statement, in response to US President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from travelling to the United States, read: “The US decision to restrict travel for Muslims to the US, even if for a temporary period of three months, is an obvious insult to the Islamic world…Despite the claims of combating terrorism and keeping American people safe, it will be recorded in history as a big gift to extremists and their supporters.”

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Merkel said there’s no solution yet to the problem of how to fairly … . President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.

Top Muslim lawyer gunned down in Myanmar

A prominent Muslim lawyer and member of Myanmar’s ruling party was shot dead along with a taxi driver outside Yangon’s international airport on Sunday, officials said. Ko Ni, a legal advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, was gunned down as he got into a taxi outside arrivals around 5pm by an assassin who also killed the driver.

Trump to honour refugee swap deal with Australia – source

U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that his administration will honour a refugee resettlement deal with Australia, a source close to the Australian government said on Sunday. Trump spoke by telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull earlier on Sunday, officials in both countries said, one of a number of conversations the new U.S. president held with world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Trump to honor refugee swap deal with Australia: source

U.S. President Donald Trump , seated at his desk with National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and senior advisor Steve Bannon , speaks by phone with Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January… President Donald Trump has confirmed that his administration will honor a refugee resettlement deal with Australia, a source close to the Australian government said on Sunday.

Mexico Rebukes Israel over Netanyahu Wall Tweet

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Trump talks to Putin, other world leaders about security threats

President Donald Trump discussed Syria and the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Jan. 28 in one of several calls with world leaders that the new U.S. president used to put his stamp on international affairs. Trump’s call with Putin was their first since the New York businessman took office and came as officials said he was considering lifting sanctions on Moscow despite opposition from Democrats and Republicans at home and European allies abroad.

The Latest: Official says ruling will not affect travel ban

President Donald Trump bars all refugees from entering the United States for four months _ and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely _ declaring the ban necessary to prevent “radical Islamic terrorists” from… A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban President Donald Trump’s first conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin since taking office is sparking concern among European allies and fellow Republicans about the future of U.S. sanctions on Moscow.

The Latest: Anguished relatives of detainees at NY airport

The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump and his ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries : New York City’s Kennedy Airport became a scene of anguish Saturday for relatives of people detained after arriving in the U.S. from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Lawyers and advocates working at the airport say they didn’t have a hard count on the number of people taken into custody after getting off their flights.

At Phila. airport, protest, detentions, anger, and hope15 minutes ago

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.

Trump orders ISIS plan, gives Bannon national security role

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull, with National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, center, and chief strategist Steve Bannon, right, in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the Pentagon to devise a strategy to defeat the Islamic State and restructured the National Security Council to include his controversial top political adviser, as he forged a partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first official phone call.

Trump says immigration order not a ‘Muslim ban’ as protests, detainments hit airports

The fallout from President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees to the U.S. struck with full force Saturday, blocking some travelers from boarding their planes overseas, compelling others to turn around upon arrival in the U.S., and prompting customs agents at New York’s JFK Airport to detain at least a dozen people, including a former Iraqi translator for the U.S. military in Baghdad. Speaking to hundreds of demonstrators at JFK Airport, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., called the ban ineffective, discriminatory, “disgusting,” and said it “goes against every ounce of our traditions from George Washington onward.”

Anger erupts over Trump’s order banning refugees from US

In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 photo, released by the French Foreign ministry, French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, left, greets his newly appointed German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, before… . In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 photo, released by the French Foreign ministry, French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, left, greets his newly appointed German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, before… LONDON – Anger erupted on Saturday – along with some praise from the far-right – about U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees entering the United States.

Netanyahu wall tweet angers Mexico

Mexico’s government has rebuked Israel for a tweet by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that appeared to applaud US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants. Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: “President Trump is right.

When America was great

A Syrian woman gestures through her tent window at an informal refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj on Jan. 28, the day after President Trump temporarily banned entry of refugees from Syria and six other predominantly Muslim countries. Daoud Kuttab, an award-winning Palestinian journalist, is a former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University, a columnist for Al-Monitor and the director of the Community Media Network in Amman, Jordan.

PM has strong message for SA

State Liberal leader Steven Marshall, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with the Worlds Strongest Man Luke Reynolds in Port Lincoln. Picture: Ivon Perrin PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull was in SA on Saturday where he met one of Australia’s strongest men – but despite his optimism, it might not help him in his dealings with the world’s most powerful bloke.

The USPS will pay tribute to fashion designer Oscar de la Renta with an unusual 11-stamp pane.

The United States Postal Service will pay tribute to fashion designer Oscar de la Renta with an unusual 11-stamp pane that will be issued Feb. 16. The stamp pane includes a large background photograph of de la Renta with a single nondenominated forever stamp that duplicates the black-and-white portrait for its vignette. The remaining 10 forever stamps in the set are grouped together in the lower half of the pane as two horizontal rows of five, showing “details from several of his most exquisite gowns,” according to the Postal Service.

ASG leader Hapilon – wounded’ in Butig airstrike

Abu Sayyaf group leader Isnilon Hapilon, said to be the head of the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s elements in Southeast Asia, was seriously wounded in an airstrike in Butig, Lanao del Sur, the Armed Forces of the Philippines announced on Saturday, January 28. “[Hapilon] is still being carried by four men in a makeshift stretcher moving northeast of Butig,” defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters in a briefing in Quezon City. “Troops are in hot pursuit supported by ground artillery and air support.”

Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Roman Catholic St. Thomas Aquinas in 1225; Canadian Prime Minister and statesman Alexander MacKenzie in 1822; British explorer Henry Morton Stanley in 1841; Cuban revolutionary and poet Jose Marti in 1853; French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in 1873; concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein in 1887; abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock in 1912; musician Acker Bilk in 1929; sculptor Claes Oldenburg in 1929 ; actor Alan Alda in 1936 ; actor Susan Howard in 1944 ; former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in 1948 ; ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1948 ; former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 1955 ; singer Sarah McLachlan in 1968 ; comedian Mo Rocca in 1969 ; actor Elijah Wood in 1981 ; singer Joey Fatone in 1977 ; singer Nick Carter in 1980 .

On a busy Saturday, Trump to call world leaders and sign more orders

On a busy Saturday, Trump to call world leaders and sign more orders The Saturday schedule follows a dizzying nine days of action from the new president. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jHSEje WASHINGTON – Saturday is a full working day in the White House, with President Trump scheduled to make a round of phone calls to world leaders and sign more executive orders.

Trump faces media after Theresa May meeting

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that US President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth to make a state visit to the UK. May made the announcement at the White House, where she became the first foreign leader to meet… British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that US President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth to make a state visit to the UK.

Hungary set on closer ties with Russia, U.S. – foreign minister

Hungary favours closer ties with Russia and also expects links with the United States to improve markedly under President Donald Trump, whose criticism of NATO’s strategy on terrorism it endorses, its foreign minister said on Friday. In an interview with Reuters days before Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Budapest to discuss closer energy ties, Peter Szijjarto also said the European Union’s sanctions regime against Moscow was ineffective and should be scrapped.

Donald Trump and Theresa May: Another ‘special relationship’?

The close relationship between US and British leaders dates back to Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, but how the long-standing “special relationship” will fare under US President Donald Trump’s isolationist administration and UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Britain is still in question. May will be the first foreign leader to meet with President Trump on Friday.

Ex-Rep. Dennis Kucinich discusses his latest trip to Syria and…

Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich and his wife, Elizabeth, along with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with Syrian religious leaders in Aleppo, led by Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda of the Syrian Catholic Church of Aleppo, and joined by Archbishop Joseph Tabji of Maronite Church of Aleppo, Rev. Ibrahim Nseir of the Arab Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Aleppo, and others.

Week One of Trump drama features Mexico

The first week of Donald Trump’s presidency promised Canada two bridges, one oil pipeline and a set of locks. America’s two neighbours had vastly different experiences in Week 1 of the reality-TV-star’s presidency – Canada away from the spotlight, quietly hoping for the best, while Mexico featured in tension-filled plot twists.

The Latest: Jonson: Assad should run in vote to resolve war

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini speaks during a press conference with Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. A senior European Union official says it is too early to comment on reports of U.S. plans for safe zones in Syria.