News Headlines - 06 March 2017

▽Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas

The new guidelines mark a dramatic departure from Trump’s original ban, issued in January and immediately met by massive protests and then ordered frozen by the courts. The new ban lays out a far more specific national security basis for the order, blocks the issuance only of new visas, and names just six of the seven countries included in the first executive order, omitting Iraq.

▽George W. Bush explains his fondness for Michelle Obama - CNNPolitics.com

Former President George W. Bush and Michelle Obama are surprisingly close considering their political differences, and the 43rd president credits the former first lady's appreciation for his sense of humor as a key reason.

▽North Korea fires 'multiple missiles' into Japanese waters

North Korea has fired 'multiple missiles' from its Tongchang-ri region where a missile base is located, South Korea's military says.

▽South Korean prosecutors say president colluded in corruption scandal - The Washington Post

South Korea’s embattled president colluded with a confidante to extract $37 million from Samsung in return for granting favorable treatment to the corporate behemoth, special prosecutors asserted Monday after a 75-day investigation of the corruption scandal that has been roiling the country.

▽Japanese royals pay respects to King Bhumibol | Bangkok Post

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Sunday paid their respects to the memory of King Bhumibol Adulyadej during the last leg of a week-long trip that also took them to Vietnam.