Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling
In a court filing, the administration asked the justices to overturn Thursday's decision by a US district judge in Hawaii, which limited the scope of the administration's temporary ban on refugees and travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.
Jul 15, 2017, 09:52 AM IST
Sudan may return to war if US keeps sanctions: Foreign Minister
Sudan could fall back into war if Washington fails to lift decades-old sanctions, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour has said, insisting that Khartoum sees the embargo as "unacceptable".
Jul 11, 2017, 21:29 PM ISTTrump administration reverses policy on fiancés as travel ban takes effect
The Supreme Court exempted from the ban travelers and refugees with a "bona fide relationship" with a person or entity in the United States.
Jun 30, 2017, 08:42 AM ISTUS six-country travel ban takes effect with few exceptions for relatives
The 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will allow exceptions for people with "close family relationships" in the US.
Jun 30, 2017, 08:15 AM ISTDonald Trump travel ban to take partial effect
The court said that Trump could only ban travelers from the targeted countries "who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.
Jun 29, 2017, 11:23 AM ISTDonald Trump travel ban: What comes next?
The court ruled that the president's executive order targeting citizens from six mainly Muslim countries could go into partial effect.
Jun 29, 2017, 11:10 AM ISTDeal reached on cuts to UN peacekeeping: Diplomat
Washington pays 28.5 percent of the $7.9 billion budget for peacekeeping and 22 percent of the UN`s core budget of $5.4 billion.
Jun 28, 2017, 19:43 PM ISTUS lists China among worst human trafficking offenders
The State Department downgraded China in its annual "Trafficking in Persons Report," saying Beijing is doing little to combat the phenomenon or protect its victims.
Jun 28, 2017, 08:50 AM ISTSuspected diarrhoea kills 279 people in Sudan: UN
Hundreds of people suffer from water-borne diseases every year across Sudan given the lack of access to clean drinking water.
Jun 12, 2017, 23:34 PM ISTTrump admin asks Supreme Court to reinstate its travel ban on citizens from 6 Muslim-majority countries
Suspended by US courts, Trump in his executive order had banned visa issuance to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Jun 02, 2017, 10:37 AM ISTHow the 1967 Arab-Israeli war began
The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War erupted early on Monday, June 5, 1967, a morning that saw heavy Israeli bombing of Egyptian air bases near Cairo and in the Suez desert.
May 31, 2017, 09:42 AM ISTSudan president will not attend Saudi summit with Donald Trump
Washington had shunned al-Bashir, who has been Sudan's leader since 1989, and is wanted by the ICC on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan's Darfur region.
May 19, 2017, 18:09 PM ISTParis police clear hundreds of migrants from tent camp
Police in northern Paris Tuesday evacuated a tent camp where some 1,000 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Sudan, were living in squalid conditions.
May 09, 2017, 13:16 PM ISTFrench hostage freed in Sudan: Paris
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in captivity.
May 07, 2017, 17:49 PM ISTDesperate for a mate, world’s last male northern white rhino 'Sudan' seeks help from Tinder
Seeing the animal's deperation for a mate, Ol Pejeta conservancy has teamed up with dating app Tinder to raise awareness of how Sudan’s species is facing extinction.
Apr 26, 2017, 14:31 PM ISTCourt to hear revised Donald Trump travel ban in May
A federal appeals court said it will hear arguments next month on the legality of US President Donald Trump`s revised travel ban executive order.
Apr 04, 2017, 13:56 PM ISTFederal judge blocks Donald Trump's new immigration ban
The executive order signed by US President Donald Trump also reduces from 110,000 to 50,000 the number of refugees the US would take in during 2017.
Mar 16, 2017, 09:01 AM ISTDonald Trump weighs revised travel ban, Supreme Court test still possible
US President Donald Trump announced the possibility of a "brand new order" that could be issued as soon as Monday or Tuesday.
Feb 11, 2017, 08:42 AM ISTIn blow to Donald Trump, US judges reject travel ban
US President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow on Thursday when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a temporary travel ban he had ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Feb 10, 2017, 07:59 AM ISTForeigner raped by e-rickshaw driver in Delhi's Jasola area
A 30-year-old Sudanese woman was allegedly raped by an e-rickshaw driver in south Delhi and has been admitted to a private hospital here, the city police said on Wednesday.
Feb 08, 2017, 23:30 PM IST