Pompeo speaks amid tensions with Iran
KABUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The Taliban’s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials said on Tuesday. The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said…
Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legallyand track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state’s clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even…
800 of the BLA’s fighters reportedly took part in the bombings and shootings A separatist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan’s Balochistan and warned that “even more intense and widespread” attacks were coming, while the prime minister declared there would not be peace talks with the insurgents who also have…
President Donald Trump issued a travel ban that will bar or partially restrict foreign nationals from nearly 20 countries from entering the United States, citing national security concerns. In videotaped remarks from the Oval Office released Wednesday, June 4, Trump pointed to last weekend’s attack on a group of demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado. The FBI has said it…
The government of Ontario on Tuesday backed off its threat to impose a surcharge on electricity to three U.S. states amid broader trade talks. In a joint statement from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the two leaders said they had a “productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada.”…
Twelve more Hamas hostages were released Tuesday as part of an extended cease-fire deal with Israel — which has reportedly vowed not to extend the shaky peace pause past Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Hamas has freed 10 Israelis — all women ranging in age from 17 to 84 — and two Thai nationals. No…