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UAE to grant one-year stay for citizens of war-torn nationsCitizens of countries affected by wars and natural disasters currently living in the UAE will be granted a one-year stay permit and exempted from any imposed fines, a report said. The resolution was adopted by the UAE Cabinet during a m More… |
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EU proposes new migrant asylum rulesThe European Commission proposed more unified EU asylum rules on Wednesday, in a bid to stop people waiting for refugee status moving around the bloc and disrupting its passport-free zone. In an unprecedented wave of migration las More… |
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Merkel toughens tone on asylum seekers as protests eruptMigrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as police in Cologne confronted right-wing protesters venting their anger at mass assaults on women on New Year&# More… |
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Obama 'disappointed' with RussiaUS President Barack Obama confirmed on Tuesday that he would go to Russia this fall for a G20 summit but said he was "disappointed" that Russia granted temporary asylum to former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. More… |
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Russian airport limbo ends for SnowdenAfter nearly six weeks in hiding at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Edward Snowden walked calmly out of the transit area, ducked into a car and was driven away unnoticed. It was an anti-climactic end to one chapter of a saga wa More… |
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Obama-Putin summit in doubt after Snowden asylumRussia rejected US pleas and granted American fugitive Edward Snowden a year's asylum on Thursday, angering the United States and putting in doubt a planned summit between the two nations' presidents. T More… |
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Snowden 'not planning to leave Russia for now’Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has no immediate plans to leave Russia, a lawyer assisting him in his request for temporary asylum said on Wednesday. "He is not planning to leave for now. He asked for tempora More… |
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3 dead, 157 rescued after boat sink off IndonesiaThree people died but another 157 suspected asylum seekers were rescued after their boat sank off the southern coast of Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday after earlier reports that as many as 60 may have perished. The latest More… |
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Snowden seeks temporary asylum in RussiaFormer US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday after three weeks holed up at a Moscow airport trying to avoid prosecution in the United States on espionage charges. Snowden is seek More… |
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Snowden threatens new US leaksFormer US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden broke his silence on Monday for the first time since fleeing to Moscow over a week ago, blasting the Obama administration and saying he remained free to make new disclosures about US spying activity More… |
