Eritrea

US to sanction visas for citizens of four countries

The new policies, laid out in US State Department cables sent on Tuesday, are the latest example of President Donald Trump's effort to crack down on immigrants who are in the country illegally.

In each case, there are exceptions for those who apply for visas from outside their countries, as well as exceptions on humanitarian grounds or for travel "deemed in the interest of the United States".

The new rules, which go into effect on Wednesday, do not affect visas that have already been granted.

Ethiopia police: 30 armed people killed on Eritrea border

Ethiopian forces have taken measures against the forces that are believed to be trained and supported by Eritrea, Assefa Abiyu of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission told the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation. He added that a number of them have been arrested.

He did not say when the killings took place and the nationalities of the victims remained unclear.

"The forces tried to enter into Ethiopia from the western part of the Tigray Region. We have managed to control their movement and attack them without letting a single one of them escape," Abiyu said.