SOCIETY Former US President Barack Obama is “heartened” by protests against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, says his spokesman in a rare statement, rejecting Trump's likening of the measure to one of Obama's in 2011.
9 YEARS AGO PAKISTAN Pakistan puts Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, under house arrest.
9 YEARS AGO INTERVIEWS Donald Trump’s lobbying ban is a publicity stunt since he has put “the worst people” in charge.
9 YEARS AGO SYRIA The Syrian FM warns that the creation of safe zones in Syria without Damascus consent would be dangerous.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says France will double the number of visas for Iranians in 2017.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS Democrats are set to introduce two bills that they hope would limit Trump’s powers in imposing immigration bans.
9 YEARS AGO YEMEN Yemeni army soldiers and their allied fighters hit a Saudi warship off the country’s western coast.
9 YEARS AGO EU Medical sources say poor conditions at the camp pose 'serious risk' to the life and health of refugees held there.
9 YEARS AGO RUSSIA Moscow is ready to help Baghdad in its fight against Daesh, the Russian foreign minister says.
9 YEARS AGO IRAQ A charity group says about 350,000 children are currently trapped in the western part of Iraq's Mosul controlled by Daesh terrorists.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS The French foreign minister arrives in Tehran for talks with senior Iranian officials on leading economic and political issues.
9 YEARS AGO MORE Italian police say they have broken up a human trafficking network after two years of investigation.
9 YEARS AGO NORTH AFRICA Turkey announces the reopening of its embassy in Libya’s capital.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS Trump has accused Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of shedding "fake tears" over his ban on Muslims.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS A senior Iranian lawmaker says Britain’s hostile stance against Iran stems from its passivity and failures in the Middle East.
9 YEARS AGO ECONOMY Reports are emerging that international airlines are preventing passengers from countries that are subject of a recent travel ban approved by Donald Trump from getting on board US-bound planes.
9 YEARS AGO FOREIGN POLICY Thousands of people in London are going to take part in one of the greatest rallies against Trump’s immigration policies.
9 YEARS AGO MORE Mourners attend the funeral ceremony of prominent Myanmarese Muslim attorney Ko Ni shot dead at airport.
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