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• Trump's Revised Executive Order Bans Visa Applications From 6 Muslim-Majority Countries

  President Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that imposes a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.

• Trump's Immigration Ban Draws Mixed Reactions From The World Of Sports

  President Trump tries protecting the American people with his Immigration Ban. Learning from what is happening in Europe, the ordinance will see its effect on a 90-day temporary implementation period.

• Muslim world leaders unite for Palestine's decade-long call for independence

  Indonesian government spearheaded the special summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which highlighted the Palentine's call for independence.

• U.S. Tightens Visa Rules European with dual citizenship from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria

  The US government imposed immediate and radical changes to the visa-waiver program making it harder for Europeans with dual citizenships from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria to enter the United States.

• President Obama signs changes in Visa Waver Program (VWP)

  President Obama signs changes in Visa Waver Program (VWP). The bill includes a requirement for individuals to get a visa for U.S., especially those who visited Syria, Sudan, and Iraq since March 2011.

• Government militia guilty of atrocities in Darfur: rights group

  A government militia in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region has been guilty of killings and mass rapes of civilians over the past year and a half in two military campaigns, Human Rights Watch said in a new report published on Wednesday.

• South Sudan rebels, army again accuse each other of attacks after pact

  South Sudanese rebels and the army have accused each other for the second time this week of attacks, this time barely a day after President Salva Kiir signed a peace deal that looks increasingly fragile.

• South Sudan president signs peace deal despite concerns

  South Sudan's president signed a peace deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month conflict with rebels, but he told regional African leaders at the ceremony that he still had "serious reservations".

• In Sudan, an unlikely path to jihad for students

  Tasneem Hussein was a soft-spoken university student in Khartoum when the transformation slowly began. After returning to Sudan from Britain to study pharmacology, she swapped her jeans for the head-to-toe niqab covering. But no one expected to hear reports of her abandoning her studies and a privileged life to help Islamic State wage jihad in Syria.

• UniCredit in 'constant talks' with U.S. authorities over Iran probe: CEO

  UniCredit is in discussions with U.S. authorities investigating the Italian bank for possible violations of sanctions on Iran, its chief said after news Commerzbank had agreed to a settlement in a related probe.

• EU accuses Syrian man of buying IS oil for govt; he denies charge

  The European Union has imposed sanctions on a Syrian businessman who it says bought oil for the Syrian government from Islamic State militants who have seized wide areas of the country including its oil-producing regions.

• U.S. judge rejects deferred prosecution deal for Fokker

  A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected an agreement by Dutch company Fokker Services B.V. to pay $10.5 million to resolve criminal charges it illegally shipped aircraft parts to Iran, Sudan and Myanmar, describing it as "grossly disproportionate" given the seriousness of the company's actions.

• U.S. pressing Cuba to restore diplomatic ties before April - officials

  The United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, U.S. officials told Reuters, despite the Communist island's demand that it first be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

• International court's prosecutor shelves Darfur case for lack of U.N. support

  The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Friday that she had shelved an investigation into war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region for lack of action by the United Nations Security Council to push for arrests.

• Central African militia says to lay down arms, become political party

  The 'anti-balaka' militia in Central African Republic, formed in response to abuses by mostly Muslim rebels who seized power last year, said it would lay down its weapons and become a political movement.

• U.N. probing alleged Eritrea rights abuses blamed for migrant exodus

  The United Nations has begun to investigate suspected human rights abuses in Eritrea blamed for an exodus of migrants from the Horn of Africa country, U.N. officials said on Thursday.

• New York demands another $300 million from Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

  New York's banking regulator has demanded $300 million from Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as part of a potential agreement over sanctions-related violations, according to people familiar with the matter.

• Israeli high court orders closure of detention center for African migrants

  Israel's high court on Monday outlawed a detention center where African migrants are held without trial and ordered some 2,000 inmates there released over the next three months.