In a move that some commentators compared to China and others warned would decimate tourism to the US, including the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the Department for Homeland Security said it was planning to apply the rules to visitors from 42 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany and Japan, if they want to enter the US on the commonly used Esta visa waiver.
I read a story that I was unhappy with Pete because he was attacking drug dealers, Trump replied, adding: I said, That's not exactly right. I would say very much the opposite. Pete Hegseth has been phenomenal. I read a story recently I'm unhappy with Kristi [Noem]. I'm so happy with her. I mean, we have a closed border. We have a border that's the best border in the history of our country. Why would I be unhappy with that? She's fantastic, actually.
Ministry of public safety says it is seeking more details about questioning of scholar Richard Falk at Toronto airport. Montreal, Canada Canadian human rights activists are demanding answers from their government after a former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians was interrogated at the Canadian border on national security grounds. Richard Falk, 95, was stopped at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday and questioned for several hours.
LOS ANGELES A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S., officials said Thursday. Diego Bonillo, 30, pleaded guilty in July to multiple charges, including conspiracy to import controlled substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. As part of his plea deal, he admitted to using his position to allow drug-filled cars into the U.S. from Mexico without inspection.
Ivory Coast has reinforced its border security after the arrival of several unusual flows of refugees from neighbouring Mali, officials in the West African country have said. Ivory Coast's National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement on Thursday that the influx appears to be due to attacks against civilians by armed terrorist groups in several areas of southern Mali.
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Fetterman, during an appearance on Saturday in America on Fox News on Saturday, told host Kayleigh McEnany there are a handful of Democrats like him who are going to vote for our country in certain circumstances, rather than automatically vote along party lines. That has helped him be successful in a purple state, he said, a moment after McEnany showed a recent Axios story that said Fetterman had a +11 favorability rating in Pennsylvania.
A man has detonated an explosive device at a railway station in northern Ukraine, killing himself and three women, the State Border Guard Service has said. Twelve others were hurt on Friday at the station in Ovruch, close to the border with Belarus. Among the dead were a border guard and two civilians, aged 29, 58 and 82, the service said in a statement.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are being dispatched to Coast Guard Base Alameda within the next 24 hours, according to base officials. ABC News confirmed with a source familiar with the plans that the agents are part of an "immigration surge operation." RELATED: ICE, National Guard coming to San Francisco? Here's what we know "This support of DHS agencies continues the Coast Guard's operations to control, secure, and defend U.S. borders and maritime approaches," said Coast Guard spokesperson.
In June, when Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee moved to force a sell-off of up to 3.2 million acres of public land, he insisted he was solely interested in combatting America's housing crunch and that the bill only targeted "unused, garden-variety" federal parcels - not national parks, wilderness areas and other "crown jewel" lands. Few bought what Lee was trying to sell.
South Korean media described the crossing near the central part of the border as a defection, with the Chosun Ilbo daily saying the soldier expressed his wish to defect after being approached by a South Korean soldier. If confirmed, the soldier would join tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled poverty and repression in North Korea since the peninsula was split by war in the 1950s.
British border security officers have been deployed to the Balkans for the first time in an effort to disrupt the networks smuggling migrants into the UK. Officers have been sent to develop new ways of working with Frontex, the EU's border agency, to track down and arrest people-smugglers operating along key routes into western Europe. As part of the initiative, UK officers are training border guards across the western Balkans to use British-made drones and biometric tracking systems to track migrants.
But on Thursday night, Kabul was rocked by explosions and gunfire. Pakistan neither confirmed nor denied involvement, but the Taliban government said Pakistan had been behind the attacks in Kabul and in an eastern Afghan province, and promised retaliation. Fighting flared again on Saturday night. Pakistan acknowledged that the clashes left at least 23 of its soldiers dead and another 29 injured, and said its forces had taken control of more than 21 posts on Afghan territory.
Khan, 21, was arrested by heavily armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers near a gas station in Ormstown, Que., last year, after authorities said he paid a human smuggler to help him cross the U.S. border. Khan faces two terrorism-related charges over an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to open fire at an unnamed Jewish centre in Brooklyn, which was set to be carried out around the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.
Along the banks of the Nemunas River, flags appear to be a fundamental feature. On one side, in the sleepy Lithuanian town of Panemune, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and European Union flags flutter in the wind. On the other, a Russian flag towers over the Russian city of Sovetsk. On a nearby building is an illuminated decorative Z, a symbol used to show support for the Russian military's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022.
Many travellers to Europe will see changes in border security from Sunday with the launch of the EU's new digital entry and exit system (EES) after many delays. The system means most non-EU citizens will have to register their biometric information at the border. Travellers' faces will have to be photographed and fingerprints scanned before they are allowed into Europe's Schengen area.
United States Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that the agreement would see Israel stopping its attacks on its neighbour, while Syria will agree to not move any machinery or heavy equipment near the Israeli border. list of 3 itemsend of list Barrack said that both sides were negotiating in good faith on the agreement, which had been slated for completion this week, but had been slowed down by the Rosh Hashana holiday the Jewish New Year this week.
Under the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's one in, one out deal, the first Channel migrant has been deported to France earlier this morning the government has confirmed. It is expected that further flights are expected this week and next. The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, "This is an important first step to securing our borders. It sends a message to people crossing in small boats: if you enter the UK illegally, we will seek to remove you."
Among the serene lakes, thick forest and summer houses of North Karelia's border zone, the line between Finland and Russia is almost invisible. Walking along the border path in Meriinaho, part of the Finnish border guard station of Ilomantsi, we are closer to St Petersburg than to Helsinki. This is the most easterly point of the continental European Union. Every now and then a discreet pair of matching striped fibreglass posts pop up from the blueberry patches on either side of the frontier.
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Justice has mandated US attorneys to pursue more federal criminal charges against undocumented migrants, particularly in sanctuary cities.
