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By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials. How many judges...

Defence secretary Mattis says Qatar 'moving in the right direction' but common ground needs to be found in crisis. The blockade against Qatar by Gulf states was a "very complex situation" and an area where common ground had to be found, US defence secretary Jim Mattis...

By:Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom United Kingdom comes joint-fourth, behind Germany in top position, while countries on Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' list rank among worst for ability to travel freely A German passport remains the most powerful across the globe, while its British equivalent is growing weaker, according to the 2017...

The US is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a "sonic attack". Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a decision whether to shut to the mission in Havana was "under evaluation". More than 20 staff suffered...

By: Reuters Moscow recognizes the new authorities in Sudan after President Omar al-Bashir was ousted, Russia's RIA news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Tuesday. The Sudanese group that led protests against the deposed president called on Monday for the transitional military...

By: Trend News Agency Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia Abshir Omar Jama as part of a ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau...

The UN's refugee agency says at least 164,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh over the past few weeks. What's Myanmar government doing to end Rohingya crisis? The UN's refugee agency says at least 164,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh over the past few weeks. Inside Story07 Sep...

A social media campaign to raise $2 million for starving Somalis reached its goal yesterday after Turkish Airlines (THY) pledged to fill a plane with humanitarian aid as campaigners demanded. Social media sensation Jerome Jarre launched the campaign that called for filling a Turkish Airlines...

Prosecutors have indicted Samsung's de facto chief Lee Jae-yong on embezzlement linked to massive South Korean scandal. The heir to the Samsung empire and four other top executives from the world's biggest smartphone maker have been indicted on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, South...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 28 September 2020 – On the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) bemoan and strongly reject President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo's comments on Saturday night 26 September, when he linked journalists critical to...