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Judge considering national freeze on Iraqi deportations
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has defended the detainees, who were identified by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) due to their past criminal records. Nationwide, ICE has said, 1,444 Iraqi nationals are facing final orders for removal, though not all have been detained . For Christians, as long as they agree to pay the jizya tax and follow the rules, they've mostly left them alone (not the case in Egypt, however, where they have murdered Coptic Christians in ...
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Tensions rise between India, China: PLA enters India, jostles with Indian Army
China said that the Indian side has no right to interfere in the construction of road in its "own territory". The Nathu La Pass sits 4,545 meters above the sea level and is wedged between Yadong County in Xigaze Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, and India's Sikkim State.
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Number of global displaced up to 65.6 million last year
Pakistan comes second with a total refugee population of 1,505,525, followed by Lebanon, which hosts 1,154,040 refugees mainly from Syria . The statistics reflect dire situations in countries such as Syria, which has been ravaged by a six-year civil war, and South Sudan , which, the United Nations report states, has suffered from a "disastrous breakdown of peace efforts".
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Trump urges India to relax trade barriers
He said he had invited Trump to India but no time was given for a visit. "We consider the United States as our primary partner in India's socio-economic transformation in all of our flagship programs and schemes", said Modi. The US and India have a mutual need to strengthen their bilateral ties to address the growing threat of terrorism worldwide. We agreed to work closely on boosting maritime trade and cooperation.
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Trump, Modi seek rapport despite friction on trade, immigration
Trump will later host the Indian delegation for dinner, making Modi the first world leader to receive a White House dinner in his honor. Their White House session promises less pomp than Modi's previous visits to Washington , which included former President Barack Obama taking him to the Martin Luther King Jr.
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Brazil leader defiant in face of possible charges
Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot filed the charges accusing Temer of accepting bribes, including a $150,00 payoff from the former chairman of JBS , a Brazilian meatpacking company. But Temer, in his first comments since arriving back from a trip to Russian Federation and Norway, said that he had no intention to step down. "Nothing will destroy us - not me and not our ministers".