Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea next week. This marks his first trip in almost seven years. The visit follows Nort...
05 Jun, 2026, 08.37 AM IST
Mastercard to look beyond card biz; target tier 3 & 4 markets for growthMastercard is targeting India's expanding credit-on-UPI market. The company is looking beyond traditional card payments for future growth. ...
04 Jun, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisonedAsylum seekers deported from the United States are being held against their will in Equatorial Guinea. The Trump administration struck a de...
28 May, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
China wouldn't let Marco Rubio in, so he did something nobody in US politics has ever doneMarco Rubio visited China with Donald Trump. Beijing altered the spelling of Rubio's name to bypass sanctions imposed in 2020. This linguis...
14 May, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
South Korea ecommerce probe opens rift in US tiesSouth Korea defended its investigation into US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang against criticism from American lawmakers. Seoul stated the ...
23 Apr, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Hajj vs Umrah visas 2026: What Indian pilgrims must know as Saudi Arabia bars visit visas, tightens entry normsSaudi Arabia has implemented stricter entry rules for Hajj 2026, barring visit visa holders and requiring official permits for access to ho...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
UAE to lift entry, transit ban on passengers from 12 African countriesThe National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) said late on Wednesday it was lifting the ban on those w...
27 Jan, 2022, 10.59 AM IST
NRI Helpdesk: Can you travel to the USA as a spouse of a green card holder despite the travel ban?For our NRI readers, we have started an immigration helpdesk. Write to us at nri.economictimes@gmail.com and our team of experts will addre...
31 Oct, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
NRI Helpdesk: Planning to travel to the US? Here’s who is allowed and who isn’tFor our NRI readers, we have started an immigration helpdesk. Write to us at nri.economictimes@gmail.com and our team of experts will addre...
10 Oct, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
Philippines to lift coronavirus travel ban on 10 countries including India, UAETravelers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia will have to...
04 Sep, 2021, 03.13 PM IST
UAE lifts ban on transit flights from India, Pakistan & several other countriesThe UAE, a major international travel hub, has banned passengers from many South Asian and African countries for several months due to the ...
04 Aug, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
Germany lifts travel ban on travellers from India, 4 other countries"From tomorrow, Germany is removing the entry ban and easing travel rules for five countries where Delta variant is widespread, including I...
06 Jul, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
Saudi Arabia lifts Covid travel ban from 11 countries excluding PakistanTravelers from the UAE, Germany, US, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, France and Japan, will be allowed entry from Sunday.
02 Jun, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
COVID-19: Sri Lanka reopens international airport in the midst of lockdownThe internal travel restrictions, which allow only essential services, have been in effect from mid-May and due to be lifted on June 7.
01 Jun, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
EU to ease virus travel bans from July 1, but not to allAfter the virus began spreading throughout Europe in March, the EU gradually extended a ban on all nonessential travel into the 27 member c...
11 Jun, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Gaikwad fly-ban: Lok Sabha Speaker pitches for an amicable resolutionThough she did not categorically call for the lifting of the fly-ban on Gaikwad, who had assaulted an Air India staffer last week.
27 Mar, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
Pakistan court lifts travel ban on Pervez MusharrafThe court rejected the appeal by the govt against a decision by the Sindh High Court which had also ruled that the former president can lea...
16 Mar, 2016, 04.28 PM IST