US imposes visa restrictions on Ghana
Accra: Washington has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana following a row over the deportation of Ghanaians staying illegally in the US.
The move, which goes into effect on February 4, will also affect Government employees and politicians. US officials have accused the West African country of refusing to accept the return of Ghanian nationals that it wants to deport.
US strike kills 24 jihadists Somalia
Washington: US forces have conducted an air strike in Somalia that killed 24 Al-Shabaab militants, officials said Thursday, adding to a spate of such strikes against the Al-Qaeda affiliate. The strike a day earlier was near a “terrorist encampment location” in the Hiran region of central Somalia, US Africa Command said in a statement.
India-born jailed for drug trafficking in UK
London: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to two years and six months in jail for his part in an illegal drug trafficking network in the UK.
Trump, Pelosi far apart on the border wall
Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that there’ll be no “wall money” in any compromise border security deal as she and President Donald Trump signalled that congressional negotiators may never satisfy his demands for his cherished Southwest border proposal.