Acting attorney general tells Justice Department not to defend Trump's order

Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday ordered attorneys at the Department of Justice not to defend President Donald Trump's executive order barring US entry to refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations.

UN says US visa ban does not affect its employees

The United Nations has received assurances from Washington that its employees from Muslim countries hit by the US visa ban will be able to travel to New York to work at UN headquarters, the spokesman said Monday.

UN: Trump's visa ban is illegal, mean, a waste of counter-terror resources

The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights on Monday denounced the United States' travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries as illegal and mean-spirited.

Israel bars all Palestinians after Tel Aviv attack

The Israeli army said Friday that it was temporarily barring all Palestinians from entering Israel, stepping up already tough restrictions announced after Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis in Tel Aviv.

Israel boosts troops in West Bank after Tel Aviv attack (video al jazeera)

Israel has deployed hundreds of additional troops to the occupied West Bank in response to an attack that killed four people at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot.

Trucks carrying Turkish exports blocked at Russian border

Around 1,250 trucks carrying Turkish exports have been blocked from entering Russia and are stranded at border posts awaiting clearance, a senior shipping industry representative told Reuters on Nov. 30.

Turkish trucks face hurdles at Russia’s customs

Turkish passengers and trucks have started to face hurdles at Russia’s customs after the downing of the Russian jet by Turkish F-16s near the Syrian border on Nov. 24, with Turkish trucks now being subjected to “full examination,” according to Turkish officials.

First Hungarian bus with refugees arrives at Austrian border

A bus carrying a few refugees from Hungary arrived at the Austrian border, media reported early Saturday.

Germany and Austria agreed to allow refugees to enter their countries from Hungary.

Migrants allowed into Austria, Germany: Refugees begin arriving at Hungary-Austria border.(video Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of refugees have begun arriving at Hungary's border crossing with Austria after spending days stranded at Budapest's main railway terminus.

Russia likely to extend counter sanctions against EU

Moscow is expected to extend its retaliatory measures against the EU and lifting the 28-member bloc’s sanctions "will yield little to the country," a senior Russian lawmaker, first deputy chairman of the lower house’s foreign affairs committee said on Monday.

New Russian Travel Ban Shows Western Sanctions Working (Britain)

Former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind says Russia's entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders shows Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its March 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula are working.

Russian Travel Ban Damaging to Ukraine Peace Efforts (Frank-Walter Steinmeier)

Germany's foreign minister said Saturday that a Russian travel ban on 89 top European Union officials could damage peace efforts in Ukraine.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticized the ban and called on Russia to be more transparent.