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11:55pm, 12th May, 2019

Sri Lanka blocks social media after worst anti-Muslim unrest since Easter bombings

Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, it said on Monday after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst unrest since Easter bombings by Islamist militants.

Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after Muslim shops, mosques attacked

9:51pm, 12th May, 2019

World

Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after Muslim shops, mosques attacked

Sri Lanka said on Monday it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after mosques and Muslim-owned businesses were attacked in the wake of Easter bombings by Islamist militants.

Albanian opposition blocks roads in push for snap polls

5:35pm, 2nd May, 2019

World

Albanian opposition blocks roads in push for snap polls

Several thousand supporters of Albania's opposition parties blocked national roads in a dozen towns on Thursday evening, the latest in three months of protests to try to push the government to accept snap elections.

U.S. judge blocks new Trump abortion rule for health clinics

7:24pm, 25th April, 2019

US

U.S. judge blocks new Trump abortion rule for health clinics

A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked a Trump administration rule that would prohibit taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers, according to the state attorney general.

U.S. judge blocks Trump's cutoff of family planning subsidies: plaintiffs

5:40pm, 25th April, 2019

Politics

U.S. judge blocks Trump's cutoff of family planning subsidies: plaintiffs

A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked a Trump administration cutoff of U.S. subsidies for poor women obtaining birth control from Planned Parenthood and other clinics that offer abortion services or information to patients, accordin...

Florida judge blocks release of video in Patriots owner prostitution case

9:27pm, 17th April, 2019

US

Florida judge blocks release of video in Patriots owner prostitution case

A Florida judge on Wednesday blocked prosecutors from releasing surveillance video from inside the massage parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and dozens of other men have been accused of soliciting prostitution.

U.S. judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky, Arkansas

4:56pm, 27th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky, Arkansas

A federal judge on Wednesday overturned the Trump administration's approval of plans by the states of Kentucky and Arkansas to impose new work requirements on people seeking to obtain benefits from the Medicaid health insurance program.

Second Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor's powers

6:54pm, 26th March, 2019

Politics

Second Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor's powers

A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday blocked several laws passed by Republican state lawmakers during a December lame-duck session intended to curb the powers of newly elected Democratic Governor Tony Evers, the second such ruling in the past week.

10:30am, 22nd March, 2019

US

Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor's powers

A Wisconsin judge on Thursday blocked legislation passed by Republican lawmakers during a December lame-duck session intended to curb the powers of newly elected Democratic Governor Tony Evers, calling the measures unconstitutionally approved.

Sudan says Egyptian Red Sea oil and gas blocks are on its territory

12:23pm, 20th March, 2019

World

Sudan says Egyptian Red Sea oil and gas blocks are on its territory

Sudan considers oil and gas exploration blocks offered by Egypt in the Red Sea's Halayeb area as a direct intrusion into Sudanese territory, Saad al-Deen Hussein al-Bishri, minister of state at Khartoum's oil ministry, was cited as saying.

Amazon's second headquarters faces new blocks in Virginia funding vote

5:48am, 16th March, 2019

Business

Amazon's second headquarters faces new blocks in Virginia funding vote

Amazon.com Inc's plan to set up a second headquarters in northern Virginia, after being rebuffed in New York, will face its first test when local officials vote on Saturday on a proposed financial package worth an estimated $51 million.

Venezuela's Guaido says 'all options open' after Maduro blocks aid

11:45pm, 23rd February, 2019

World

Venezuela's Guaido says 'all options open' after Maduro blocks aid

Troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro violently drove back foreign aid convoys from Venezuela's border on Saturday, killing two protesters and prompting opposition leader Juan Guaido to propose that Washington consider "all options" to oust h...

Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law

6:58am, 8th February, 2019

US

Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped a Louisiana law imposing strict regulations on abortion clinics from going into effect in its first major test on abortion since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy last summer.

4:06am, 8th February, 2019

US

U.S. Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped a Louisiana law imposing strict regulations on abortion clinics from going into effect in its first major test on abortion since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy last summer.

French protesters rail against Macron's fuel taxes with road blocks

1:34am, 18th November, 2018

World

French protesters rail against Macron's fuel taxes with road blocks

Thousands of French protesters hit out at higher fuel taxes and President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies in demonstrations across motorways on Saturday, sparking major logjams and several accidents, including a fatality at one road blockade...

Supreme Court blocks Ross questioning in census suit

7:55pm, 22nd October, 2018

Politics

Supreme Court blocks Ross questioning in census suit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked a judge's order forcing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to give a deposition in a lawsuit by 18 states challenging a controversial citizenship question being added to the 2020 national census.

Missouri judge blocks parts of state's voter photo ID law

8:49pm, 9th October, 2018

US

Missouri judge blocks parts of state's voter photo ID law

A Missouri state judge ordered on Tuesday that state election authorities could no longer tell voters that they are required to show a photo identification card in order to cast a ballot, blocking parts of Missouri's voter identification law.

U.S. judge blocks Texas fetal tissue burial laws

2:51pm, 5th September, 2018

US

U.S. judge blocks Texas fetal tissue burial laws

A federal judge in Austin blocked Texas laws requiring the burial or cremation of aborted fetal tissue, saying in a decision on Wednesday the measures placed substantial and unconstitutional obstacles in the path of a woman's right to choose an...

Canada to ask allies to help cool Saudi dispute as kingdom blocks its grain

2:39pm, 7th August, 2018

World

Canada to ask allies to help cool Saudi dispute as kingdom blocks its grain

Canada plans to seek help from United Arab Emirates and Britain to defuse an escalating diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia, sources said on Tuesday, as traders revealed the Arab state would no longer buy Canadian wheat and barley.

Iran plans to respond in kind if U.S. blocks oil exports

7:58am, 24th July, 2018

World

Iran plans to respond in kind if U.S. blocks oil exports

Iran will react with equal countermeasures if Washington tries to block its oil exports, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, while the Islamic Republic's armed forces chief said U.S. threats would draw an "unimaginable and regrettable" reactio...

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Sri Lanka blocks social media after worst anti-Muslim unrest since Easter bombings

Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after Muslim shops, mosques attacked

Albanian opposition blocks roads in push for snap polls

U.S. judge blocks new Trump abortion rule for health clinics

U.S. judge blocks Trump's cutoff of family planning subsidies: plaintiffs

Florida judge blocks release of video in Patriots owner prostitution case

U.S. judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky, Arkansas

Second Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor's powers

Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor's powers

Sudan says Egyptian Red Sea oil and gas blocks are on its territory

Amazon's second headquarters faces new blocks in Virginia funding vote

Venezuela's Guaido says 'all options open' after Maduro blocks aid

Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law

U.S. Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law

French protesters rail against Macron's fuel taxes with road blocks

Supreme Court blocks Ross questioning in census suit

Missouri judge blocks parts of state's voter photo ID law

U.S. judge blocks Texas fetal tissue burial laws

Canada to ask allies to help cool Saudi dispute as kingdom blocks its grain

Iran plans to respond in kind if U.S. blocks oil exports

After election threat, MPs begin no-deal Brexit showdown

Divers search for last bodies in California boat fire, investigations begin

Hungary charges Syrian accused of beheading, killing for IS

Executive's flight to PSA highlights Renault-Nissan alliance tensions

Democrats plan to probe Trump's role in hush-money payments: report