However the order on international funding cuts, titled Auditing and Reducing US Funding of International Organisations, would reduce congressional expenditure and is likely to attract only limited opposition in Congress. US allies have reacted with a mix of alarm and scepticism to reports that the Trump administration is preparing to order sweeping cuts in funding to the UN and other international organisations, while potentially walking away from some treaties. Many of the flurry of executive orders produced by the incoming administration will have little meaning without a congressional vote on funding. According to one draft executive order leaked to US media outlets, there is to be a 40% cut to US voluntary contributions to international bodies. ?It would potentially be brutal but as with all these executive orders we have to wait to see what happens in practice,? the diplomat said.

Some Vatican observers have seen the Knights of Malta drama as a proxy battle between Francis and Burke. He is naturally inclined to support the reformers, and seized the opportunity to encourage them.?Andrew Chesnut, professor of Catholic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, said the row could be ?read as a proxy battle between Burke and Pope Francis. The Rome-based chivalric and charity institution said Grand Master Matthew Festing, 67, resigned after the pope asked him to step down on Tuesday. Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein will act as the order?s interim Grand Master until an election can take place. ?Historically, the Knights have mixed ecclesiastical policy and high finance in a way which is repugnant to Francis.

?The border wall is about political theater at the expense of civil liberties,? said Christian Ramirez, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition immigrant advocacy group. US is paying for border wall because Mexico will pay `later`, Trump says Read moreThe order drew swift criticism. ?A physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job,? said Kelly, who will oversee border security. Donald Trump faced a fresh torrent of criticism on Wednesday as he moved ahead with plans to build a wall on the Mexican border via executive order. Border communities are among the safest in the nation and patrolling them with tens of thousands of heavily armed, poorly trained, unaccountable agents puts lives at risk.

In 2006, the Congressional General Accountability Office concluded that the global gag rule, coupled with abstinence promotion, was impeding the global fight against HIV. And in 2011, researchers from Stanford University published striking evidence that the global gag rule had, perversely, increased abortion rates. All the failures, bureaucratic nightmares and -- yes -- increases in abortion rates will now follow the gag rule reinstatement. Laurie Garrett is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. We have been here twice before -- under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush -- and we know that this order often backfires, leading to increased abortion rates.

Travel ban a `massive success`, Trump official says, as protests continue ? live Read morePresident Donald Trump on Friday suspended the entry of people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Both carriers said they would continue to comply with the new rules on US immigration but where possible would offer to refund or rebook affected passengers. Emirates airline has changed pilot and flight attendant rosters on flights to the United States following the sudden US travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, highlighting the challenges facing airlines trying to deal with the new rules. Mo Farah calls Trump`s travel ban `ignorant and prejudiced` Read moreBaublies said airlines were usually among the first affected by global crises. Emirates and Etihad have also said that passengers were affected by the ban over the weekend but their flight crews had not been impacted.

Leaders in Iran and Iraq, two of the countries targeted by Mr. Trump?s order, issued furious denunciations on Sunday and vowed to take retaliatory measures. Pakistan, another country whose citizens have carried out attacks in the United States, also ducked Mr. Trump?s list. In a Facebook post on Sunday evening, Mr. Trump insisted that his policy was not a ?Muslim ban? and accused the news media of inaccurate reporting. In his order on Friday, whose stated aim is to keep extremists out of the United States, Mr. Trump invoked the Sept. 11 attacks three times. Yet in much of the Middle East, Mr. Trump is less likely to get such a scolding.

Officials, she said, were ?kafkaesque? in their confused responses, adding that Trump?s order ?has already caused irrevocable harm, it has already caused chaos?. Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, posted on Twitter that homeland security secretary John Kelly had assured him the court order would be followed. ?Eventually you could get to something like contempt, but I think we?re a long way from that.?Gelernt said that Saturday?s suits were the ?first step? in a broader challenge to Trump?s orders. Through a spokeswoman, House speaker Paul Ryan said he supported the ban and did not consider it a religious test. From Saturday into Sunday, hundreds attended rallies against Trump?s ?extreme vetting order? at 29 cities and airports across the country.

For now, Trump`s immigration order isn`t expected to directly hit political or economic ties with either country but it could bring longer-term social costs. "While Trump`s policies may not affect bilateral relations, it will certainly sway public perception, against the U.S," Arul Hadi Abdullah, Malaysia analyst at BowerGroupAsia, told CNBC in anticipation of the ban on Friday. Many expect Trump`s policies, perceived as unjust and discriminatory, could result in a decline of American soft power in Muslim-majority regions, which former U.S. leader Barack Obama attempted to carefully rebuild in the aftermath of the Bush regime. Politicians in Malaysia, where 60 percent of the 28 million-strong population is Muslim, also voiced concern about the move. Syrian refugees were indefinitely banned, while refugees from the other six countries faced a three-month hold.

? Many of the Muslims gathered at a community center here on Sunday to learn more about President Donald Trump?s recent executive order won?t necessarily be targeted by it directly, but they were frightened anyway. The roughly 150 people at Silver Spring?s Muslim Community Center are worried about what Trump will do next. Pakistan isn?t on the list of countries in Trump?s executive order, but they want to see how things play out before making plans. The reason for that fear: Trump has only been president for nine days, and he already made a drastic policy change that disproportionately affects Muslims, whom he once vowed to bar from entering the country entirely. That doesn?t mean a U.S. citizen would have nothing to fear in a registry ? Beydoun said he thinks surveillance could allow the government to collect a considerable amount of information about American Muslims.

Embracing the term Persian ? evoking carpets, cats and antiquity ? was a way to avoid connotations of terrorism and fanaticism. New York Yemenis stunned by Trump`s ban: `I feel like somebody has killed me` Read moreThe apparent normality deceived. California?s Iranians, who often prefer the term Persian to distance themselves from Iran?s current leadership, form a thriving community with roots stretching back decades. Just another Saturday in Tehrangeles, a portmanteau of Tehran and Los Angeles coined by exiles and their descendants ? also known as Little Persia, a term so well established Google Maps recognises it. Overnight, many of the up to 500,000 Iranians and Iranian Americans who live in southern California felt as though the US border had clanged shut.

""While we are very troubled by this situation, our first concern is for those of our international students and scholars who are directly affected. A senior Trump administration official said "this is not a travel ban. Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed Is Trump`s refugee ban legal? Related: Trump Signs Order Suspending Admission of Syrian RefugeesThe order was causing confusion among travelers and at airports around the world. "We`re going to have extreme vetting, which we should`ve had in this country for many years," Trump said.

Last year there were nearly 32,000 immigrant visas issued in the U.S. to the seven affected countries. Microsoft Corp. said it?s in touch with 76 staffers from the seven countries identified in the executive order. ?Too Broad?Criticism of Trump?s executive order emerged from both the left and the right. You will now receive the Technology newsletter Pursuits What to eat, drink, wear and drive ? in real life and your dreams. You will now receive the Business newsletter Markets The most important market news of the day.

A federal judge temporarily halted parts of the executive order on Saturday night, after it was challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union and refugee relief organizations. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for people protesting at airports across the country against President Donald Trump?s executive order blocking the entry of Syrian refugees and imposing a de facto ban on travelers coming from several Muslim-majority countries. ? Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 29, 2017Protesters gathered at airports in cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco on Saturday to rally for the release of people who were detained because of Friday?s executive order. ?This is not who we are,? Clinton, who ran against Trump in the 2016 election, tweeted. I stand with the people gathered across the country tonight defending our values & our Constitution.

?If you actually get resettled in the United States, it?s literally like winning the lottery,? Limon said. Democrats labeled it a ?Muslim ban? and criticized it as inhumane. ?Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough to get into the United States? Trump?s order also led French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to say the action was ?worrying? for France and Germany, according to Agence France-Presse. The order doesn?t list the countries but points to laws that cover those seven, which were provided by the White House.

ACLU: President Could Not Override the CourtA federal judge granted a temporary stay in President Trump`s executive order on extreme vetting and refugees. The decision blocks the Trump administration from removing refugees from the country

Trump also directed that the National Security Council be restructured, an action typical of a new administration, and requested strategies to defeat Isis. Trump and Putin discuss `partnership` on issues including Ukraine, Kremlin says Read moreThe president named Bannon to the council in a reorganization of the NSC. The US president also signed executive memorandums on the reorganisation of the National Security Council and the formation of a new plan to defeat the Islamic State. President Donald Trump granted controversial adviser Steve Bannon a regular seat at meetings of the National Security Council on Saturday, in a presidential memorandum that brought the former Breitbart publisher into some of the most sensitive meetings at the highest levels of government. Also on Saturday, Trump ordered a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for foreign governments and a five-year ban for domestic lobbying, in an executive order signed on Saturday.

Late Saturday, a federal judge in New York temporarily halted President Donald Trump?s sweeping executive order blocking the entry of Syrian refugees and imposing a de facto ban on travelers coming from several Muslim-majority countries. The legal action named Trump in his official capacity as president, as well as the Department of Homeland Security and other high-ranking officials. Although temporary, it represents the first constitutional setback faced by the new administration. The American Civil Liberties Union and refugee relief organizations had filed the action in federal court Saturday morning on behalf of two Iraqi nationals who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, asking for a declaration that the order is unconstitutional and requesting an injunction to prevent its implementation.

May?s first trip to the White House had earlier been celebrated as a triumph, with Trump accepting a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace. Prime Minister Theresa May faces a political storm on her return from visiting Donald Trump for her repeated failure to condemn the U.S. president?s order limiting immigration from Muslim-majority countries. Nadhim Zahawi, an Iraqi-born Tory lawmaker, pointed out that the ban covered him and his wife. Only when journalists heckled her to answer for a second time did she respond: ?The United States is responsible for the United States? own policy on refugees.?Going into the White House, May knew that Trump?s policies toward Muslims were going to be a problem for her domestic audience. Another Tory, Sarah Wollaston, said Trump should not be invited to address Parliament in his state visit to London later this year.

It is offering those employees legal support regarding immigration. ? Brian Chesky (@bchesky) January 28, 2017Uber told CNBC that it had 12 employees affected by the order, and is offering legal support. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a memo to employees that nearly 200 employees abroad would be affected by the move. Our HR, Legal and Security teams are in contact with them, and Apple will do everything we can to support them. In an internal memo obtained by CNBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees, "There are employees at Apple who are directly affected by yesterday`s immigration order.

Immigration lawyers in New York sued to block the order, saying numerous people have already been unlawfully detained. The new Republican president on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries. The executive order prompted fury from Arab travelers in the Middle East and North Africa who said it was humiliating and discriminatory. In Cairo, five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni were barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight to New York on Saturday, sources at Cairo airport said. President Donald Trump`s sweeping ban on people seeking refuge in the United States and visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries caused confusion and panic among travelers on Saturday, with some turned back from U.S.-bound flights.