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US President Donald Trump is promising new executive action on immigration as he returns to the defining issue of his administration. But Trump has offered contradictory and confusing statements about his plans in recent days. His comments come after the Supreme Court rejected his efforts to end the Obama-era Deferred …

Oil prices dropped on Monday, amid concerns that a recovery in fuel demand could be derailed by a rise in the pace of coronavirus infections around the world. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 36 cents, or 0.8%, at $42.78 a barrel by 0653 GMT, after dropping slightly last week. U.S. …

Three people were killed and 24 others were injured when their sightseeing bus rolled over in Canada’s Jasper National Park, authorities and tour officials said Sunday. The all-terrain Ice Explorer was on its way to Athabasca Glacier, the most visited glacier in North America, in the remote Columbia Icefield of …

EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned the discussions could still fall apart. EU summit chairman Charles Michel urged the 27 leaders of the European Union to …

Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, state news agency SPA said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and close U.S. ally since 2015, is undergoing medical …

 Twitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late Saturday with the notification: “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the …

The Ministry of Health and Environment announced the registration of 2310 new infections in Coronavirus, 2036 cases of recovery and 90 deaths today. The ministry said in a statement that AlghdeerTV  received a copy of it that “(15737) samples were examined in all the specialized laboratories in Iraq today, thus …

A medical officer in Brigade 31 of the Popular Mobilization Brigade and his associate was martyred on Sunday, while four others were injured while performing duty on Salahuddin . Our delegate said that the official of the Department of Medicine in the 31st Brigade of the Popular Mobilization, Nasser Saber …

The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo’s northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives. There have been 54 confirmed cases since June 1 in Mbandaka, a transport hub in …

Iraqi sources reported a rocket attack around the US embassy in Baghdad on Sunday, media reported. According to the report, three rockets were fired around the US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone. The US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, was targeted by three Katyusha rockets. Two rockets were fired …

An EU summit to agree a huge coronavirus economic rescue package could collapse without a deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Sunday, as bickering leaders began a third day of talks. The 27 leaders have argued for two days over the scale and rules for the package, with the …

Britain on Sunday, July 19, accused Beijing of “gross, egregious human rights abuses” over its “deeply troubling” treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region. Rights groups and experts estimate that more than one million ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking minorities have been rounded up into a …

Several pe broke into the office of the Portland police union and set a small fire to the building amid growing hostility between demonstrators and law enforcement in the city. The blaze was later put out as officers cleared the area. A group of demonstrators targeted the Portland Police Association …

Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, boosting Biden – along with other measures – in the race for the White House. Three and a half months ago the two candidates …

The Libyan army dispatched several military vehicles Saturday to the west of Sirte province, while the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) said clashes took place at the facilities over the weekend. A large number of military vehicles reached Abugrein as part of Operation Paths to Victory, which was launched to …

Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler underwent a “successful” surgery Sunday that required the oil-rich nation’s crown prince to be temporarily empowered to serve in his place, its state-run news agency reported. Kuwait has yet to elaborate what required Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to seek a previously unannounced medical treatment beginning …

A man has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into a series of fires, which are believed to have been started deliberately, at the Cathedral of St. Pierre and St. Paul in the western French city of Nantes. The 39-year-old man was arrested at his home on …

Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose reaching at least 189. The overflowing Brahmaputra River, which flows through China’s Tibet, India and Bangladesh, has damaged crops and triggered mudslides, …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Iraqi capital on Sunday morning. Heading a political delegation, Zarif arraived in Baghdad to hold separate talks with senior Iraqi officials. Upon arrival in Baghdad, he is set to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein and will then attend a joint …

The British government asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei Technologies, the Nikkei said on Sunday, a further step in a global technology and security war between the United States and China. Britain named NEC Corp (6701.T) and Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T) as potential alternative suppliers to …