Several thousand Venezuelans, desperate for food and medicine, packed a border crossing to Colombia on Saturday, hours after President Nicolas Maduro partially reopened it. Maduro had the day prior ordered the reopening of the Venezuelan border in the western state of Tachira, near the location in Colombia where the international community had massed humanitarian aid […]
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US judge denies Democrats’ lawsuit to stop border wall funds
A US federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit by Democrats in the House of Representatives that sought to block President Donald Trump’s plan to divert funds to help build a border wall. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden of the District of Columbia ruled that the House lacked legal standing to sue Trump for using […]
Qureshi says Pakistan wants to keep border with Iran peaceful
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan had a long border of 905 kilometers with Iran, and Islamabad want to keep it peaceful and stable. Responding to the points raised by the opposition members in the National Assembly, Qureshi said Pakistan had positively engaged with Iran to curb cross-border movement of militant elements. […]
Pentagon to send 320 more troops to US-Mexico border
The US Defense Department announced Monday it would deploy around 320 additional troops to the southern border with Mexico to support immigration officials. The troops, set to deploy until the end of September, will add to around 2,900 active duty military and 2,000 National Guard members currently posted to the border. Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel […]
PAJCCI lauded across the border for action against delayed clearance of containers and trucks
The continuous efforts of PAJCCI across the border ultimately realized in clarifying back log of trucks and containers alongside Torkham border, which was intermittently pending since eight months. This unlawful detention not only devastated trust but has led to a shortage of containers and trucks in Pakistan leading to exorbitant rates imposed by shipping lines […]
India vs. Pakistan “The Pressure Game”
As India’s elections are going on the pressure between the two neighboring countries is increasing day by day. Although these two countries are Nuclear power so there is clearly no chance of war between them. On February 14, somewhere around 40 Indian security staff were executed in a suicide assault in Kashmir’s Pulwama — India […]
Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border
Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught. Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something – anything – to stem the tide. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, has […]
Lebanon-Syria border crossing to reopen
Lebanon and Syria said Thursday they will reopen a border crossing closed five years ago, in another sign of the Syrian government’s increasing control over its territory. The crossing, called Al-Qaa in Lebanon and Jussiyeh in Syria, was closed in 2012 as fighting raged between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebel fighters seeking his overthrow. […]