SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — A federal judge Tuesday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump can not coerce “sanctuary cities” to cooperate with immigration officers by withdrawing federal funds. The temporary ruling by Judge William Orrick, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, followed a 70-minute hearing on April 14 […]

SEOUL, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Tuesday arrived at the southern port of Busan, South Korea, amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula, YTN television reported. The USS Michigan guided-missile submarine has already arrived at Busan, the South Korean military was quoted as saying. The broadcaster did not elaborate on the exact […]

ANKARA, April 26 (Xinhua) — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted on Tuesday to reopen its monitoring procedure against Turkey, a decision that can potentially jeopardize Turkey’s European Union bid amid deteriorating relations between Ankara and Brussels. Ankara immediately reacted to the decision, announcing that “such a decision leaves no choice […]

AMMAN, April 25 (Xinhua) — A law which used to protect rapists from punishment if they married their victims has been scrapped in Jordan, marking a major victory of women’s rights activists after years of campaigning. The Jordanian cabinet on Sunday revoked Article 308 of the Penal Code, which states that rapists are spared from […]

MOSUL, Iraq, April 25 (Xinhua) — Iraqi government forces on Tuesday freed a new neighborhood after heavy clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in the western side of Mosul, the Iraqi military said. The elite forces, known as Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), drove out IS militants from the neighborhood of al-Tanak in western edge of […]

MOSCOW, April 25 (Xinhua) — About 6,900 Russians with tick bites have been admitted to hospitals since March 16, the Russian news agency TASS reported Tuesday. “Rospotrebnadzor believes that such dynamics corresponds to the average level”, TASS quoted Russian federal health and epidemic watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying. Since March 16, the department has begun to […]