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Indian American constitutional scholar Saikrishna Prakash said recent immigration restrictions in the United States stemmed from President Donald Trump’s hostility towards immigration itself rather than any targeted stance against India, and warned that executive power now dominated policy in ways Congress struggled to counter.Prakash, a Miller Center senior fellow and James Monroe Distinguished Professor of…

FBI director Kash Patel called Ryan Wedding ‘modern day Pablo Escobar’ after Wedding was arrested by the FBI in Mexico making this the agency’s 500th capture in the history of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list. “When you go after a guy like Ryan Wedding, it takes a united front,” Patel said, also thanking Canadian…

If you’re an expat driver, here’s a simple breakdown of who can swap their home licence for a UAE / AI Image For many expatriates, securing a UAE driving licence quickly is a top priority after moving here. Rather than taking months of lessons, tests, and fees, residents from certain countries can exchange their existing…

Donald Trump’s estranged niece Mary said the US President was humiliating himself “on an almost daily basis” as he is losing control—over himself and the narrative—and the desperation that goes along with that. Speaking this week after Trump attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mary, a clinical psychologist, said her uncle’s worst fear…

In six months, Dubai’s first-time buyer programme helped 2,000 residents purchase homes worth AED3.25 billion/Image: WAM For thousands of Dubai residents, owning a home is no longer a distant ambition. A government-led initiative launched last year is rapidly changing that reality, turning long-term renters into homeowners and injecting fresh momentum into the emirate’s property market.Dubai’s…

Indian-American investors and advocacy groups came together to shred Texas woman Sara Gonzales’s massive H-1B expose to pieces and asserted that she has no idea how the H-1B staffing works in the US. In her viral video, Gonzales targeted two companies: 3Bees Technologies and Qubitz Tech Systems, and claimed that these two companies hired H-1Bs…

Viral posts claimed IShowSpeed was assaulted and robbed in Lagos during his Africa tour. A fact check found no evidence supporting the claim. Full livestream footage shows no attack, while edited images and AI-generated summaries fueled misinformation. Speed continued engaging with fans and praised Africa’s energy throughout his trip. Some rumours spread faster than the…

A single citizenship file was used to falsely register nearly 1,000 dependents, triggering Kuwait’s largest fraud case/Representative Image A routine nationality review has opened the door to one of the largest citizenship fraud cases Kuwait has ever recorded. What began as a single investigation file has now led to the withdrawal of nationality from nearly…

The Indian Ocean holds the lowest gravity anomaly on Earth, a vast and subtle depression in the planet’s gravitational field located south of Sri Lanka. Known as the Indian Ocean geoid low, it causes sea level in the region to sit more than 100 metres lower than the global average, even though the ocean surface…

Saudi Arabia launched Nitaqat 2.0, targeting 340,000 private sector jobs for citizens over three years/Image: File After the success of its first phase, the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has launched the second phase of the Nitaqat Al-Mutawar programme, aiming to create more than 340,000 private sector jobs for citizens over the…