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First Sri Lankan pilgrims depart for Hajj despite skyrocketing travel costs

COLOMBO: The first group of Sri Lankans departed for Hajj on Tuesday despite earlier plans to forgo the pilgrimage as the country confronts its...

UK targets migrant boat pilots with tough new laws

LONDON: People smugglers or migrants who pilot boats across the English Channel could get life sentences under new laws introduced on Tuesday as part...

Taliban organize first loya jirga since last year’s takeover of Afghanistan

KABUL: The Afghan government was preparing to host a loya jirga, a grand assembly of scholars and leaders from around the country, authorities said...

Erdogan says will meet Biden on sidelines of NATO summit

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would meet US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in...

China halves quarantine time for overseas travelers

BEIJING: China on Tuesday reduced the length of mandatory quarantine for inbound travelers, in the biggest relaxation of entry restrictions after sticking to a...

North Korea on high alert for torrential floods amid COVID-19 crisis

SEOUL: North Korea said Tuesday it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that outside observers worry...

Philippines Supreme Court rejects last bid to thwart incoming president Marcos Jr

MANILA: The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a final bid to disqualify President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr from last month's election, local media reported,...

Spanish PM blames traffickers, migrants for deaths at border

MADRID: Spain's prime minister is defending the way Moroccan and Spanish police repelled migrants last week as they tried to cross the shared border...

People smuggler sentenced to 7 years in jail in Austria

VIENNA: An Austrian court on Monday sentenced a people smuggler to seven years in prison over the deaths of two Syrians who suffocated in...

AU urges probe into deaths of Africans at Spain-Morocco border

NAIROBI: The African Union Commission chief has voiced his shock at the "violent and degrading" treatment of African migrants trying to cross from Morocco...

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