Passengers flying to the United States from 10 airports will be allowed only cellphones and smartphones in the passenger cabins, senior Trump administration officials said. They said the decision was prompted by "evaluated intelligence" about ongoing potential threats to airplanes bound for the United States. The officials said no US-based airlines have nonstop flights from those cities to the United States. With the order affecting flights from predominantly Muslim nations, the ban may invite comparisons to Trump's orders barring travel from several Muslim-majority-nations, which has been blocked by courts. Early in his candidacy, Trump had called on barring Muslims from entering the United States.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 21, 2017 14:15 UTC