NEW YORK -- The U.S. State Department on Friday night instructed consulates worldwide to resume processing visa applications for international students admitted to Harvard University, reversing guidance issued a day earlier ordering such requests to be rejected, The Washington Post reported.
The report, citing a cable sent by the department, said the new directive rescinded one issued Thursday, less than an hour before a judge blocked the Trump administration from restricting international students from entering the country to attend Harvard.
"Consular sections must resume processing of Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas," the report quoted the cable as saying.
The cable came after the Trump administration's second attempt to block visas for foreign students who plan to study at Harvard. (US-Harvard-Visa)
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MOSCOW -- Russia has delivered the first batch of 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to the border exchange point pursuant to the Istanbul accords, said Lieutenant General Alexander Zorin on Sunday.
Zorin, also a representative of the Russian negotiating group, said that Ukraine has not made contact, therefore the transfer of the bodies and the exchange of prisoners did not take place yet.
Some foreign media representatives waiting at the agreed upon place of exchange have checked some of the refrigerated trucks transporting the bodies. (Russia-Ukaine-Transfer)
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LOS ANGELES -- The White House said on Saturday that at least 2,000 National Guard personnel will be deployed in response to protests over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, California.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that "violent mobs" have attacked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and other federal law enforcement agents carrying out deportation operations in Los Angeles.
"In the wake of this violence, California's feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens. That is why (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump has signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester," said Leavitt. (US-Immigration Raids-Protests)
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TEHRAN -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday a recent U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal with Tehran was "contradictory and insincere" because it did not mention lifting sanctions.
Speaking at an open session of parliament in Tehran, Qalibaf criticized the proposal, delivered via Oman in late May, during ongoing indirect talks between Tehran and Washington.
Qalibaf said Iran remained ready to take steps to demonstrate the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, in line with a 2020 law passed to counter U.S. sanctions. In return, he said, Iran expected the removal of sanctions, guarantees for economic benefits, and the continued right to enrich uranium domestically. (Iran-US-Nuclear Talks)
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