Egypt Today's world news brief

CAIRO – 24 June 2018: Egypt Today brings you the latest top of the hour news from around the world over the past 24 hours in this round-up.

U.S. high court poised to rule on Trump travel ban, other cases

The U.S. Supreme Court, winding down its nine-month term, will issue rulings this week in its few remaining cases including a major one on the legality of President Donald Trump's ban on people from five Muslim-majority nations entering the country.

Trump has said the ban is needed to protect the United States from attacks by Islamic militants. Conservative justices indicated an unwillingness to second-guess Trump on his national security rationale.


PILLARS OF JUSTICE: Although the U.S. Supreme Court is the most diverse it has ever been – three of the nine justices are women and two are minorities – the elite bar that comes before it is strikingly homogeneous: Of the 66 top lawyers, 63 are white. Onl

49 people injured in Saturday's blast at president's rally: Zimbabwe police

On Sunday morningm the Zimbabwe police said that about 49 people were injured in the explosion at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's a political rally on Saturday, with the number expected to change.

"We expect the number to rise as some victims might come forward during the course of the day," national police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told journalists,adding that the "comprehensive investigations" were underway at Bulawayo's White City stadium where the incidence occurred.


Soldiers stand guard beside President Robert Mugabe's car during the opening of Zimbabwe's parliament in Harare, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Philimon

Mauritania hosts upcoming African summit in July

The 31st summit of the African Union will take place in July in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott for the first time, reported Mauritania Radio.

The summit will adopt an African media strategy to face terrorism and extremism, according to the Radio. The radio made it clear that the summit convocation in the Mauritanian capital comes as a success of the Mauritanian diplomacy two years after hosting the Arab Summit.

The 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union will convene under the theme: “Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation.”

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has chaired the African Union in 2014. It will be the first time for Mauritanian to host the African Summit since its independent on November 28, 1960.


African heads of states pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of an African Union session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 3, 2017 [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

In pics: Turks begin voting in presidential and parliamentary elections

Turks began voting on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept to power more than a decade and a half ago.


Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu wave Turkish and AK Party flags during an election rally for Turkey's June 7 parliamentary elections in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal


A supporter of the ruling AK Party holds a scarf with a slogan that reads, “Man of the nation – Ahmet Davutoglu”, in reference to the prime minister, during an election rally in the central Anatolian city of Konya, on Friday. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Trump defends policies on border, North Korea in visit to Las Vegas

President Donald Trump defended his tough stance on immigrants crossing the U.S. border with Mexico on Saturday, praising his administration for a job well done and saying his approach will make the United States stronger.


Trump defends policies on border, North Korea in visit to Las Vegas - Reuters