"What in the World?" - Week of February 5-11, 2017

President Trump’s January 27th immigration and refugee admission restrictions have run afoul of Federal courts with a San Francisco U.S. Court denying the government’s request to stay the Friday order from a Seattle judge blocking the Executive Order. The Trump EO called for:

In her first appearance at the UN Security Council US Ambassador Nikki Haley condemned Russia over its actions in Ukraine just as violence in the east of the country surged. Her comments were notable considering her boss, President Trump, said as a candidate in August that Putin and Russia had no plans to act in Ukraine despite having already annexed this region:

This Trump Administration official is on travel in the Western Pacific region where he reaffirmed the U.S. Alliance with Japan “for years to come.”

Romanian protesters, up to 200,000 at one rally, took to the streets this week to oppose a decree passed Tuesday that would have:

The Trump Administration announced last week that it did not consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank as obstacles to peace but that “expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal.” The Obama Administration’s policy was that settlements hindered achievement of what goal:

National Security Advisor Michael Flynn announced the United States had “put Iran on notice” concerning their behavior in the region especially in response to this particular activity:

The heads of European Union countries discussed how to engage the Trump Administration during the first meeting since the new president took office. One leader who recently met with President Trump offered to serve as a bridge between the EU and Washington. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, said the EU didn’t need a “bridge” that it could communicate via:

The new Secretary of State was called a “complete amateur” by the Chinese government over remarks he made about being open for a meeting with the Dalai Lama, representing the Tibetan government in exile. The new Secretary of State is:

The leader of the Yemen branch of a terrorist organization was targeted in a U.S. Commando attack last week that resulted in one Navy SEAL dead, other team members wounded and a number of bystanders killed, was a “painful blow” to President Trump at the “beginning of his journey.” That group is:

Pope Francis ended a spat with a Roman Catholic religious order and church dissidents last week when he called for the resignation of the leader of this group and installation of a papal delegate in his place.