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Saudi Premium Residency requires SR80,000 salary for executive leaders under exceptional talent track/Representative Image With more than 1,028 government and semi-government entities and 3,484 private-sector establishments now approved to nominate foreign professionals under Saudi Arabia’s Exceptional Talent Premium Residency, attention is turning to the eligibility standards, particularly the salary requirements.While the expansion broadens access across…

Viral Whale Video Sparks Safety Alert: Oman Authorities Say This Could Be Deadly Oman’s Environment Authority has issued a public warning urging people not to dive near orca whales (killer whales) after a video showing a man swimming close to the massive marine predators went viral online. The authority cautioned residents and visitors that attempting…

Saudi Arabia imposes SR50,000 fine and six months’ jail for unreported visa overstays/Representative Image Visitors who remain in the Kingdom beyond their permitted stay are not the only ones facing consequences. Saudi authorities have now placed clear responsibility on sponsors, warning that failing to report a visit visa overstay could lead to heavy fines, prison…

Over 400 federal judges have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that the Trump administration is illegally detaining immigrants. This comes as detention numbers under Trump have jumped 75% to 68,000, sparking over 20,200 federal lawsuits from detainees seeking release, according to a Reuters report.The rulings challenge Trump’s departure from a decades-old policy that…

Newly released files from the US Department of Justice show how Jeffrey Epstein used student visas, English-language schools, work permits and marriages to manage the immigration status of women in his orbit.Emails, bank records and legal correspondence reveal a pattern: enrolling women in language programs to secure student visas, sponsoring their expenses, pursuing special work…

Former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has spoken out for the first time about the racist video of him and his wife Michelle that was posted by Trump on Truth Social recently. In an interview with journalist Brian Tyler Cohen, he called his successor’s behaviour “deeply troubling” and termed it a…

Dhaka: Amid preparations by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to form the next govt, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday called for a recount in 30 constituencies for the 13th parliamentary election, alleging irregularities in the vote-counting process. Speaking at a press conference, Jamaat leaders said a recount could significantly alter the outcomes at several of the 30…

A Sikh student was assaulted on the campus of San Jose State University after being mistaken for Hindu, prompting condemnation from Hindu advocacy groups and renewed calls for stronger campus security. The incident, which occurred on 7 February, is being investigated by campus and local authorities as a possible hate crime.According to university officials, the…

A Texas-based conservative activist has sparked controversy after sharing a social media post that framed a prominent Hindu temple in Frisco as evidence of what he described as a cultural “invasion” driven by the H-1B visa programme. The post, which circulated widely on X over the past few days, used inflammatory language to criticise Indian…