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The Syrian government has denied rumours that President Bashar al-Assad is suffering from ill health, saying he was "carrying out his duties quite normally".

Israel's parliament is widely expected to vote into law on Monday a bill retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately-owned Palestinian land, a measure the attorney-general has said is unconstitutional.

Several world leaders and governments have hit out at the immigration restrictions imposed by US President Donald Trump.

Throngs of noisy demonstrators -- and scores of lawyers -- poured into Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Sunday to show support for immigrants impacted by President Donald Trump's contentious travel restrictions.

US President Donald Trump's order on halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations and a ban on refugees, apart from measures cracking down of immigration has been met by a range of reactions from various quarters.

Iraq's Popular Mobilization on Sunday called on the Iraqi government to ban U.S. nationals from entering Iraq and to expel those who are already in the country, in a reaction to the new U.S. travel curbs on Iraqis.

Princess Diana's sculpture will be erected in the public grounds of her former residence, Kensington Palace in central London.

Air strikes killed 10 civilians including seven children in areas near a town held by the Islamic State group in north Syria on Saturday, a monitor said.

Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways said on Sunday they would enforce the new rules governing entry to the United States following President Donald Trump's temporary order restricting arrivals from seven Muslim countries.

Mexico is willing to talk with the US in order to maintain good relations, but paying for President Donald Trump's border wall "is not negotiable," Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has said.

“The President’s actions demonise and stigmatise groups of people and further the divisions in our country, while reinforcing the fear and distrust permeating our communities,” said Vichal Kumar, president of SABA.

Donald Trump will get his first shot at face-to-face diplomacy on Friday when he welcomes his first foreign visitor to the Oval Office, British Prime Minister Theresa May.

The chief of the Border Patrol has left the agency that's in charge of securing America's borders with Mexico and Canada.

In his first daily White House press briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Donald Trump has been "very clear" that he will "work with any country committed to defeating ISIS."

If Hadi's forces manage to seize the ports, the rebels known as Houthis will be largely cut off from the outside world; the Saudi-led coalition has enforced a no-fly zone that has kept the Sanaa airport closed.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday talked about trade and security on the first stop of an African tour, urging Tanzania's leader to shut institutions linked to a Muslim cleric who is accused by Turkey of leading a failed coup.