United States Senator, Jim Banks, on Wednesday, introduced a new legislative proposal that would classify visa overstays as a federal offence, carrying penalties similar to those imposed on illegal border crossings. The bill, titled the Visa Overstay Penalties Act, aims to bolster national security by imposing harsher consequences for individuals who remain in the country beyond the validity of their …

Mongolia Prime Minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, has resigned after protests rocked the country over his son’s ostentatious lifestyle. Weeks of protests and calls for investigation into the source of income of the Oyun-Erdenes compelled the lawmakers to pass a vote of no confidence on Monday. Though Oyun-Erdene denied any wrongdoing, he resigned from his office on Tuesday after he lost a …

United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday evening banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. The countries affected are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Nationals from these countries will be ‘fully’ restricted from entering the U.S., according to the proclamation. Similarly, the entry of …

Ukraine announced on Sunday that it carried out a ‘large-scale’ drone attack targeting Russian military aircraft deep inside Russian territory, just a day before scheduled ceasefire talks in Istanbul. Ukrainian security sources claim the strikes hit airbases in Belaya (eastern Siberia), Olenya (near Finland), Ivanovo, and Dyagilevo, damaging or destroying more than 40 aircraft in one location alone. The operation …

The United States Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration permission to proceed with revoking the legal status of more than 500,000 migrants who entered the country under a humanitarian parole programme established by former President Joe Biden. The court’s decision, issued on Friday, affects migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who were allowed to enter the US for …

United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday trade negotiations with China were ‘a bit stalled’ and suggested President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could get involved. ‘I would say that they are a bit stalled’, Bessent told broadcaster Fox News when asked about trade talks with Beijing. ‘I believe that we will be having more …

The US government intends to cancel all remaining financial contracts with Harvard, a senior official said Tuesday, in President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to force the prestigious university to submit to unprecedented oversight. The administration ‘will send a letter to federal agencies today asking them to identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be canceled or redirected elsewhere’, …

Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, did not rule out running for a sixth term in next year’s election despite a constitutional ban on doing so, in an interview published Friday. Asked about a potential candidacy in April 2026 in the interview with The Africa Report, the 77-year-old said: ‘I won’t answer that’. ‘What I can say …

A small plane crashed into a residential area of southern California in the middle of the night, police said on Thursday, smashing into houses and setting multiple cars ablaze. TV footage showed rows of cars burned to blackened shells and at least one house suffering major destruction in the San Diego neighborhood of low-rise homes. The Federal Aviation Authority said …

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Tuesday. ‘Civil defence teams have transferred (to hospitals) at least 44 dead, mostly children and women, as well as dozens of wounded, following new massacres committed by the occupation’ across Gaza since 1:00 am (2200 GMT Monday), agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told …