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New US directive for visa applicants turns social media feeds into political documents

In recent weeks, the US State Department implemented a policy requiring all university, technical training, or exchange program visa applicants to disclose their social media handles used over the past five years. The policy also requires these applicants to set their profiles to public.

The Conversation

US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning far beyond Israel’s strikes on Tehran

Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S. then supported the long, repressive reign of the Shah of Iran, whose security services brutalized Iranian citizens for decades.

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Josi Cuen and Jorge Medina Added to the List of Mexican Artists Facing U.S. Immigration Barriers

More and more Mexican artists are having to cancel their professional activities in the United States due to issues with immigration authorities. Josi Cuen and Jorge Medina have been affected.

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Tanzanian politician's lawyers ask UN to declare his detention arbitrary

Lawyers for Tanzania's jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a bid to ramp up international pressure for his release.

Radio France Internationale

‘Real motive to demolish free thought’: Editorials on Trump’s witchhunt against global students

The Donald Trump administration’s escalating conflict with American universities has entered a new and troubling phase. This week, the US State Department instructed embassies to pause new student visa interviews as it mulls expanding social media surveillance of applicants – a move widely interpreted as political retribution cloaked in security…

Newslaundry

Trump Admin Accused Of Dismissing Charges Against Another MS-13 Leader To Prevent Him From Revealing Pact Between Bukele And The Gang

Critics are accusing the Trump administration of trying to dismiss charges against a MS-13 leader to deport him and prevent him from revealing dealings between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and the gang

Latin Times

US pauses new student visas: What it means and who it will affect

The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities.

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'Kisses From Prague': The Fall Of A Russian Ransomware Giant

The sudden fall of a ransomware supplier once described as the world's most harmful cybercrime group has raised questions about Moscow's role in its development and the fate of its founder.

International Business Times

Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Report

Osiris Luna, El Salvador's prison director, has been reportedly sanctioned by the U.S. for secretly negotiating with gangs

Latin Times

State Dept Says Chevron Must Leave Venezuela, Even As American Freed

The US State Department said Thursday that Chevron must wrap up operations in Venezuela next week as scheduled, contradicting an envoy who told a podcast differently after Caracas freed an American.

International Business Times

Threat of enslavement hangs over reported plans to deport migrants from US to Libya

Human rights organisations have expressed alarm at possible US plans to send a group of migrants from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines to Libya on a military flight. They have pointed to the appalling conditions migrants face there, which the US State Department described as “harsh and life-threatening” in its…

The Conversation

Trump says bombing of Yemen to stop as Oman confirms US-Houthi ceasefire

Oman says it brokers truce between Washington and Houthis, says neither side will target the other.

Al Jazeera

Gang Leader Reveals Deal With Salvadoran President Bukele To Help Him Gain Power

A gang leader revealed to a Salvadoran outlet the agreements reached with President Nayib Bukele to help propel him to power and keep him there

Latin Times

US State Department To Cut Positions, Rights Offices

President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale back human rights offices, saying the "bloated" organization was ideologically out of sync with the administration.

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Rubio To Cut Positions, Rights Offices At US State Department

International Business Times

Trump Eyes Near 50 Percent Cut In State Dept Budget: US Media

The US State Department is expected to propose an unprecedented scaling back of Washington's diplomatic reach, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, shuttering programs and embassies worldwide to slash the budget by almost 50 percent.

Radio France Internationale

US to revoke all visas for South Sudanese amid row over repatriations

Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, the US State Department said, accusing the African nation of not accepting its nationals expelled from the United States.

The Independent UK

Ex-Costa Rica president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa

Former Costa Rica President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias says the U.S. government’s unexplained cancelation of his visa won’t stop his public criticism

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The Independent UK

US should recognise UK is a free country, Badenoch says, amid free speech row

The Tory leader said ‘we need to respect what Parliament votes for’.

Evening Standard

What are UK laws on abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’ and what has US been saying?

US vice president JD Vance and now the US State Department have drawn attention to legal cases in the UK.

The Independent UK

Former top judge condemns ‘unjustifiable interference’ by Trump over UK free speech

Lord Sumption, the former head of the UK Supreme Court, has lashed out after it was revealed the US State Department had attacked Britain, citing concerns about ‘freedom of expression’ in the UK

The National (Scotland)

US state department 'monitoring’ UK woman's buffer zone prosecution

A woman who is being prosecuted for the alleged breach of a “buffer zone” outside a UK abortion clinic has said she is “grateful” after the…

Evening Standard

Pro-life campaigner says she's been 'dragged through the court' as US intervenes in abortion clinic case

Livia Tossici-Bolt is awaiting the verdict after being accused of breaching the buffer zone outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic

The Independent UK

Campaigner ‘grateful’ for US intervention in abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ case

Livia Tossici-Bolt is awaiting the verdict after being accused of breaching the buffer zone outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic,

The Independent UK

France 'deeply shocked' by US demand to drop diversity initiatives

A French minister says France won’t compromise after the U.S. State Department reportedly demanded that French companies drop diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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