World, Americas, 1st Feb 2017, News & Stories from India

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World Americas 01 Feb 2017

World, Americas, 01 Feb 2017

The boy reunited with his mom after he was detained for hours at the airport. (Photo: YouTube)

US: After hours at airport, 5-year-old Iranian origin boy reunites with mom

The boy is a US citizen from Maryland while his mother is from Iran.

01 Feb 2017 7:56 PM

Jurors found Timothy Ciboro and his 28-year-old son, Esten Ciboro, guilty on charges of rape, kidnapping and child endangering. (Photo: Lucas COunty Corrections Centre)

US: Father-son duo who raped, enslaved teen sentenced to life in prison

Officers found leg irons in the basement along with a bucket the girl said she used as a toilet, according to a police report.

01 Feb 2017 12:46 PM

Noor Salman's attorneys said on Tuesday in court filings arguing for her release from jail that she had no involvement or knowledge of her husband Omar Mateen's plan to attack the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on June 12. (Photo: Twitter)

Orlando shooter's widow seeks jail release

Mateen shot to death 49 people and wounded 53 others before police killed him.

01 Feb 2017 9:41 AM

US Vice President Mike Pence watches at left as President Donald Trump prepares to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump's order on immigration: Is it legal?

The declaration triggered an international uproar as immigrants and legal US residents were ensnared in a web of detention in airports.

01 Feb 2017 9:33 AM

US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington to announce Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. Gorsuch stands with his wife Louise. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for US Supreme Court

Gorsuch is the youngest nominee to the nation's highest court in more than a quarter century.

01 Feb 2017 9:00 AM

Student charged with murder in Canada mosque slayings

Attack by Bissonnette sent terrified worshippers fleeing barefoot in the snow.

01 Feb 2017 6:30 AM

Women protest against the immigration ban at the Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 30. (Photo: AFP)

US government: 872 refugees get relief amid outcry

The document did not give the nationalities of the refugees who will be admitted into the US.

01 Feb 2017 6:29 AM

Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bilawal Zardari warns US of banning Pakistanis

White House chief of staff Priebus had said the visa ban might be extended to Pakistan.

01 Feb 2017 6:27 AM

Thousands of people protest against the US immigration policy of President Donald Trump, at the United States embassy in Ottawa. (Photo: AP)

A promise that must not be fulfilled

Trump’s measures will do little to make America safer.

01 Feb 2017 5:55 AM

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