From October 2025, the EU’s EES system will replace manual passport stamping with biometric checks for all non-EU travellers, including UAE citizens/ AI Representative Image, for illustrative purposes only Starting 12 October 2025, travellers from the UAE heading to Europe will experience a major change at Schengen Area borders. The European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES)…
Indonesia school collapse (Pic credit: AP) The death toll from the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia has risen to 13, authorities confirmed late on Friday, as search operations continue for students still trapped under the rubble on the fifth day. The Al Khoziny school, a pesantren or Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo,…
Diddy’s mother Janice Combs attends the court as Diddy’s sentencing is due today. Federal prosecutor Mary Slavik told the court, which is due to announce disgraced music mogul Diddy’s sentence today, that Diddy is so certain that he would be released today that he has scheduled speaking engagements for next week. “Even now at sentencing…
White House fires majority members of National Council on the Humanities The White House on Wednesday fired most members from the National Council on the Humanities, leaving only four of president Donald Trump‘s appointees on the body. In a statement, the White House said Trump “is hoping to place members on the board who align…
New Hampshire triple murder case (Pic credit: AP) A 19-year-old from New Hampshire could be sentenced to a minimum of 97 years in prison over the 2022 murders of his sister-in-law and her two young sons.Eric Sweeney admitted to killing his sister-in-law and two young nephews when he was 16. Eric Sweeney, who had been…
The suspect converted a bedroom into an unlicensed clinic, performing hair transplants using unsafe equipment, anaesthetics, and disinfectants/ Representative image for illustrative purposes only The Anti-Economic Crimes Department at Dubai Police’s General Department of Criminal Investigation, in cooperation with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), has arrested a man for practising medicine without a licence by…
Elon Musk has a habit of dropping cryptic emojis and letting the internet do the rest. On October 2, one such gesture — a “🤔” in reply to a post claiming that “there is no such thing as colonisation” — set off a storm in India. The post argued that if Indians in England became…
Saudi Arabia updates Umrah visa rules for 2025, mandatory bookings, special visas, and Nusuk platform streamline pilgrim journeys worldwide. Saudi Arabia has rolled out major updates to the Umrah visa process for 2025, aimed at making the pilgrimage safer, more organized, and smoother for all pilgrims. These changes, effective from June 10, 2025, require stricter…
Dave Chappelle at Riyadh Comedy Festival/ Image: (Getty Images via The Independent) At Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival, Dave Chappelle used his stage time to weigh in on the volatile state of free speech in America. With irony at the heart of his performance, the comedian found a pointed contrast between speaking his mind…
Vladimir Putin (AP) Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged swift retaliation against Europe’s “escalating militarisation” while dismissing Western concerns about a potential Russian attack on Nato as “nonsense.”“It turns out that war with the Russians is practically on the doorstep. They repeat this nonsense, this mantra, over and over again … They can’t believe…