Trump administration orders Gaza-linked social media vetting for visa applicants

The Trump administration on Thursday ordered a social media vetting for all U.S. visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after January 1, 2007, an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters showed, in the latest push to tighten screening of foreign travellers.

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Iran, US to hold second round of high-stakes nuclear talks in Rome
ROME - The United States and Iran are set to resume high-stakes talks Saturday on Tehran's nuclear programme, a week after an initial round of discussions that both sides described as "constructive".

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Cryotherapy session turns fatal at Paris gym
PARIS - A woman injured during a fatal cryotherapy session at a gym in France&s capital earlier this week is now brain-dead, the prosecutor&s office said on Friday.

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58 killed in deadliest US strike on Yemen
HODEIDA, Yemen - US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 58 people, Huthi rebels said on Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington&s campaign against the Iran-backed group.

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US VP Vance meets Italian PM in Rome
ROME - US Vice President JD Vance met with Italy&s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday, ahead of celebrating Easter at the Vatican and a meeting with the pope&s right-hand man.

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Philippine devotees nailed to crosses in Good Friday ritual
CUTID, Philippines - Christian devotees from the Philippines were nailed to a cross on Friday in an annual re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation.

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