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Top of The World
Brazil struggles with new COVID-19 strain; Entire Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal; Deadly earthquake hits Indonesia
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Education
Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools
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Community
Nigerian couple ‘heartbroken’ as families face indefinite visa ban
A woman in a hijab smiles and poses with three boys ranging in age
Global Nation Education
Campus housing takes on new meaning as US considers more caps on refugee resettlement
A mother and son embrace in a library.
Immigration
For some Iranian families separated by the travel ban, this border library offers brief moments of reunion
Family or four, two girls, man and woman sit together on boardwalk at sunset
Immigration
‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., April 25, 2018, while the court justices consider case regarding presidential powers as it weighs the legality of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban.
Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Trump’s travel ban
International travelers (reflected in a closed door) arrive on the day that US President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the US Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, June 29, 2017
Conflict
Supreme Court lets Trump’s latest travel ban go into full effect
Zarfishan Zahid (L) smiles as Sana Tahir (R) holds Malaika Noman, 3, as the child arrives in the United States after a federal judge ruled in July that President Trump's temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries cannot stop grandparent
Global Politics
Two US judges order a freeze on Trump’s third travel ban
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Global Politics
Another time in history that the US created travel bans — against Italians
19-year-old Amir Darabi at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Music
An Iranian piano prodigy. A big dream. And an arduous visa process.
International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Conflict
The Trump administration expands the US travel ban, restricting visitors from eight countries
A protester holds a sign reading "No Ban, No Wall" at a protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Global Politics
A judge in Hawaii has ruled grandparents are exempt from Trump’s travel ban
The main entrance to Boston Children's Hospital.
Conflict
An Iranian cancer researcher has been denied entry to US
International passengers embrace family members as they arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the Trump administration's travel ban was allowed back into effect pending further judicial review, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., June 29, 2017.
Global Politics
The story behind ‘Banned Grandmas’ of Instagram
Wisam Albaiedhani (left) interpreting for US troops in Iraq.
Conflict
Trump’s travel ban sows confusion and fear, even among those eligible for visas
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Global Politics
US Supreme Court partially reinstates travel ban, will hear arguments in October
A group of women react as they talk about family members seized on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a rally outside the Mother of God Catholic Chaldean church in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., June 12, 2017.
Global Politics
Iraqis are rounded up and deported from the US. What’s behind it all?
Sharlee Mullins Glenn speaks to demonstrators outside the Office of Homeland Security in West Valley City, Utah in May.
Global Politics
Trump’s policies have turned some Mormon women in Utah into political activists
Tehran mural
Arts
Mr. Trump, lovers of Iran would like to thank you for helping our cause
Hawaii
Global Politics
Trump’s travel ban has been blocked twice but the president is still fighting for it
Attendees of SXSW Interactive pass through the halls inside the Austin Convention Center.
Technology
There’s a buzz in the air at SXSW — but it’s not just about the technology
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Music
Contrabanned: #MusicUnites — a SXSW music showcase highlighting artists from banned nations
Anousheh Ansari and Firouz Naderi pose with the Oscar they accepted on behalf of Asghar Farhadi, who won the Best Foreign Language Film for "The Salesman".
Arts
Iranian scientist who accepted Oscar says US is turning away the best and brightest
Iraqi fiction writer Anoud recently moved to New York.
Books
2017 feels almost as strange as this writer’s dystopian vision of Iraq in 2103
Dr. Chalak Berzingi poses with his wife, Dr. Mayada Issa, and his daughter, Seher Berzingi.
Global Politics
This Iraqi doctor made his home in Trump country
Man in front of courthouse with #NoBan sign
Justice
Court keeps hold on Trump’s immigration ban as lawsuits move ahead
Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during a protest against President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban.
Justice
Why this Muslim American, who fled Iran in 1979, backs Trump’s travel ban
Asma Abdinasir (L), a Somali national who was initially denied entry to the US because of the recent travel ban, is greeted by her mother Zahra Warsma
Global Politics
Court expresses skepticism of government arguments in favor of Trump’s immigration ban
Airport
Conflict
Here’s what we know so far about Trump’s immigration order
Seven year old Teija's father is stuck in Iran due to the travel ban. She holds a sign during a protest at Los Angeles International Airport.
Conflict
Two brothers, one in Iran and another in California, say the US travel ban has thrown their family for a loop
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Global Politics
Trump’s immigration order forces complicated calculations for some Sudanese immigrants
Global Politics
The State Department has given Syria’s UN Ambassador a very tight virtual leash