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US weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban
US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the US, according to an internal State Department cable seen by...

Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries, including Zimbabwe, to travel ban, memo says
By Humeyra Pamuk I Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an...

Over 30 More Countries Could Be Put on Travel Ban by US—Reports
The Trump administration is floating the idea of adding 36 more countries to its travel ban that began earlier this month, according to an internal State Department cable reviewed by The Washington Post and Reuters. A spokesperson for the State...

State Dept. memo says US travel bans could total four dozen countries: Report
The Trump administration is considering adding 36 more countries to its list of full and partial bans on entry into the U.S., a State Department cable seen by Reuters details. The additional countries would be a significant expansion of Trump’s...

Donald Trump may take BIG decision, plans to extend US travel ban to 36 more countries; check full list here
United States President Donald Trump's govt is considering extending its travel restrictions to nationals from 36 more countries, according to a report by Reuters. Authorities in the US have raised a range of issues concerning the three dozen...

BAJI Condemns Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Muslim Travel Ban, ICE Raids in Los Angeles, and Escalating Authoritarianism
An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation. Credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive escalation of anti-Black,...
We cannot continue to spend $15m annually on rent - President tasks new envoys to reverse trend
Ghana cannot continue spending a staggering $15 million or more every year on renting properties abroad for our diplomatic use. “I have tasked the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance to work urgently to resolve this long-standing challenge,”...

US could add to travel ban
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel ban by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable. Earlier...

Four CARICOM countries on proposed expansion of US travel ban – report
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an...
US Scrutiny on Caribbean CBI Programs: A Diplomatic Tightrope Walk; SKN Issues Statement On Alleged Travel Ban/Restriction
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—A recently leaked United States State Department memo has placed four Eastern Caribbean nations, including St. Kitts and Nevis, under new scrutiny, raising concerns over the future mobility of their...

How Trump's travel ban could disrupt the way knowledge about health is shared
Abdul-Rahman Edward Koroma was supposed to be in New York last week. For months, the disability rights activist from Sierra Leone had been looking forward to his trip to the United Nations session. He had a busy schedule of meetings and official...

Trump administration mulls expansion of travel ban to 36 more countries: memo
US President Donald Trump's is reportedly considering a major expansion of its travel ban policy, with a confidential State Department memo suggesting that citizens from 36 additional countries could face entry restrictions into the United States,...

Trump weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban: memo
US President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable...

USA weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban
US President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable...

Trump administration may add 25 more African countries to travel ban
Most (25) of the countries that could face a full or a partial ban if they do not address these concerns within the next 60 days are African: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Cameroon, Ivory Coast,...

Trump considers expanding travel ban by 36 countries, including Syria and Egypt
The Trump administration is considering a dramatic expansion of its travel ban to include citizens by 36 countries, including Syria and Egypt, according to a US State Department cable seen by The Washington Post. The internal cable, signed by US...

Trump administration mulls expanding travel ban to 36 more countries
The administration of US President Donald Trump is weighing a sweeping expansion of its travel ban with a potential prohibition on entry for citizens of 36 additional countries, according to an internal State Department cable reviewed by Reuters....

US issues travel ban, restricts entry from 19 countries
The United States government has issued a travel ban that would restrict citizens of 19 countries from entering the U.S., citing national security reasons and visa overstays. The ban will enter into effect on 9 June at 12:01 am EDT. It will...

Trump’s latest travel ban is as misguided as his last one
US President Donald Trump has resurrected the travel ban from his first term. This time, it’s more expansive and better designed to withstand a judicial challenge. But it’s still a solution in search of a problem—and likely to cause massive...
Cuba and Equatorial Guinea sign cooperation agreements
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 25 (ACN) Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and Prime Minister, participated on Monday in the signing of cooperation agreements with Equatorial Guinea, along with his counterpart,...