UN says UK draft law amounts to ‘asylum ban’
In this file photo taken on December 09, 2022, Migrants, picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel, wait to be helped ashore from a Royal National Lifeboat…
Women deal with added burdens of Turkey’s quake disaster
Sennur Sutdelisi, 37, who lost her two teenage chlidren and husband in the quake, poses outside her destroyed home in the village of Buyuknacar, near Pazarcik, Kahramanmaras province, on March…
UN says UK draft law amounts to ‘asylum ban’
A British Immigration Enforcement officer (L) and an Interforce security officer (2L), escort migrants on December 09, 2022. —AFP/file GENEVA: A British draft law unveiled Tuesday aimed at stopping migrants…
Women deal with added burdens of Turkey’s quake disaster
A woman stands among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Hatay on March 6, 2023, one month after a massive earthquake struck southeastern Turkey. A massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked huge…
UK’s Sunak pledges to stop cross-Channel migrants
Britain´s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a visit to the Home Office joint control room in Dover, Kent, southern England, on March 7, 2023.— AFP/file LONDON: British Prime Minister…
Sri Lanka expects $2.9bn from IMF with China’s support
Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on during an interview at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka. — Reuters/File Bonds jump, rupee soars on prospect of IMF deal sign…
Qatar emir names new prime minister in shake-up
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, has implemented a cabinet shake-up after the resignation of the prime minister.— AFP/file Qatar’s emir named his top diplomat as prime…
Pentagon chief visits Iraq nearly 20 years after US-led invasion
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says his visit aims to ‘reaffirm US-Iraq strategic partnership’ and promote ‘a more secure, stable and sovereign Iraq’. — AFP/file US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin…
Japan’s space ambition suffers setback after new rocket fail
An aerial view shows an H3 rocket carrying a land observation satellite lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture,…
Poor nations demand debt rescheduling in UN Doha summit
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 5th Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha, on March 5, 2023. — AFP DOHA: Worn down by growing debt and…
