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Anti-Abortion, Pro-Family Groups Are MIA On Family Separations At The Border
WASHINGTON ― Conservative groups that promote themselves as "pro-life" and
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Meghan McCain Calls Out Ivanka Trump's Silence On Family Separation Policy
Meghan McCain blasted Ivanka Trump on Tuesday for remaining silent on the
NewsReutersSaudi-led coalition seizes large areas of Yemen's Hodeidah airport - UAE
Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen's main port Hodeidah on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency and local residents said. Residents of the strategic Red Sea city said battles were also
NewsReutersMerkel, Macron back euro zone budget in 'new chapter' for bloc
The leaders of Germany and France agreed on Tuesday to create a budget for the euro zone and hailed a "new chapter" for the currency union, but they left the details to be worked out later with other members of the 19-country bloc. After meeting at Chancellor Angela Merkel's Meseberg retreat
NewsAFP NewsTo prosecute migrants, 'you have to take the children away': Trump
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the "zero tolerance" policy leading to thousands of migrant families being split on the US border as the only effective way to fight illegal immigration. "I don't want children taken away from parents," he told a gathering of small business
FinanceReutersSenate backers of ZTE measure ready to battle Trump over Chinese firm
U.S. senators who back a clampdown on China's ZTE Corp said on Tuesday they intend to fight for the measure, and urged fellow lawmakers not to give in to White House pressure to give up on the legislation. In a rare break with President Donald Trump's policy, the Republican-led Senate voted
TechReutersVerizon to stop selling phone location data to third parties
Verizon Communications Inc will stop selling its customers' phone location data to third parties after an investigation by a U.S. Senator found law enforcement agencies were able to use the data to track people without their consent. The move by Verizon comes as consumers and lawmakers are increasingly
NewsAFP NewsMacron backs EU partner Merkel in immigration crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday jumped to the aid of his core European partner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is under mounting domestic pressure over the divisive issue of immigration. Macron said Paris and Berlin agreed that EU countries must be able to turn back at their borders
NewsAFP NewsHead of Brazil's Workers' Party goes on trial for corruption
The head of Brazil's once dominant leftist Workers' Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, went on trial Tuesday for corruption and money laundering. Hoffmann, a senator, is the latest in a long string of high-ranking politicians, including many from the Workers' Party, caught up in Brazil's sprawling
NewsAFP NewsUS to withdraw from UN rights council: UN officials
The United States will announce on Tuesday that it is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, which it accuses of bias against Israel, UN officials said. US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make the announcement at a press conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington at 5:00 pm (2100
NewsAFP NewsMexico condemns 'inhuman' US separation of migrant families
Mexico strongly condemned US President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday for its policy of separating immigrant children and parents detained after crossing the US-Mexican border, calling it "inhuman." "In the name of the Mexican government and people, I want to express our most
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George Takei: Trump Immigration Policy Worse Than Japanese Prison Camps
Actor George Takei, who was sent to a Japanese prison camp with his family
NewsReutersEU tries to ease German and Italian concerns over migration
European Union leaders will try to reassure Germany and Italy over migration at a summit next week as a stand-off in Berlin threatens Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition. The EU could take steps to stop asylum seekers moving on from the country in which they are registered and start deciding
NewsAFP NewsUS slaps anti-dumping duties on Chinese alloy aluminum sheet
The United States on Tuesday said it was imposing steep import duties on Chinese imports of alloy aluminum sheet valued at nearly $1 billion which Washington says have been dumped on the US market. Trade relations between the world's two top economies on Tuesday were at the brink of all-out conflict
NewsAFP NewsRussia seeks to force out foreign rabbis as 'national security threat'
For the past three months, Asher Krichevsky, Siberia's chief rabbi, has been battling to stay in the country after the Russian authorities accused the Israeli citizen of attempting to overthrow the state. Russia has recently stepped up expulsions of believers and missionaries from Christian denominations
NewsAFP NewsNicaraguan security forces move on opposition bastion
Nicaraguan police and pro-government paramilitaries moved to reassert control over the city of Masaya by force Tuesday after residents of the opposition bastion declared themselves in rebellion against President Daniel Ortega. Bursts of gun fire resounded in three neighborhoods, including the main entrance
NewsAFP NewsMacron wins Merkel's backing on budget for eurozone
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday won German Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing for reforms aimed at bolstering the eurozone against crises, including a vaunted budget for the bloc. "We are beginning today a second step in the life of our common currency," said Macron,
NewsReutersExclusive: Sanctioned Libya coastguard commander says hits migrants to protect them
A Libyan coastguard commander sanctioned by the United Nations for alleged human trafficking and migrant smuggling said he hits migrants but does so for their own safety to prevent them from capsizing. Abdalrahman al-Milad, who heads a coastguard unit in Zawiya, just west of Tripoli, was one of six
NewsAFP NewsEU considering 'disembarkation platforms' to end migrant row
The EU is considering setting up "disembarkation platforms" outside the bloc to process migrants, according to draft summit conclusions seen Tuesday by AFP, as Brussels tries to solve a political crisis over immigration. European Union leaders meeting in Brussels next week will be asked to
NewsAFP NewsMacron, Merkel urge 'European response' to migrant crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for a joint European response to the EU's flashpoint challenge of immigration amid deep divisions in the bloc. Macron said the EU needs "a European response to the migration challenge," with more capacity
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Methodists Bring Church Charges Against Jeff Sessions For Border Policy
More than 600 clergy and lay members of the United Methodist Church have
NewsReutersMerkel to Trump: Falling German crime stats 'speak for themselves'
Chancellor Angela Merkel coolly rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that migrants were behind a surge in crime in Germany, pointing to statistics that showed crime was in fact down. "My answer is that the interior minister presented the crime statistics a short while ago and they
NewsAFP NewsTrump heads to Congress, defiant on family separations
An intensifying battle over the splitting of immigrant families shifted Tuesday to Congress, where a defiant President Donald Trump will face Republican lawmakers deeply uncomfortable with the mushrooming crisis on America's southern border. While top administration officials have stood by Trump
