Saudi Arabia has imposed strict medical conditions for Hajj 2026, barring a wide range of seriously ill pilgrims from performing the annual pilgrimage and introducing a deportation policy for those who arrive in an unfit condition. According to the Saudi Ministry of Religious Affairs, any pilgrim found medically unfit will be sent back to their […]
Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country’s most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times. The Labour government has been hardening its immigration policies, above all on illegal small-boat crossings from France, in efforts to stem […]
A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday, sending a plume of smoke and ash as high as 4.4 kilometres (2.73 miles) into the air and causing dozens of flight cancellations. The volcano, which is called Sakurajima and is located on the southern tip of Kyushu near the city […]