US to ease visa restrictions on Gambia from Dec. 12

Airlines workers check passengers in for flights at the ticket counter at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S. in this September 24, 2017 photo. (REUTERS)
Updated 13 December 2017
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US to ease visa restrictions on Gambia from Dec. 12

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Tuesday that visa restrictions imposed on Gambia earlier this year will be lifted as of Dec. 12 after Banjul took steps to ensure its citizens ordered to leave the United States are re-admitted to the West African country.


Macron says allies will make commitments on protecting Ukraine at Jan 6 meeting

Updated 31 December 2025
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Macron says allies will make commitments on protecting Ukraine at Jan 6 meeting

PARIS: European capitals and ​allies meeting in Paris on January 6 will make firm ‌commitments ‌toward protecting ‌Ukraine ⁠after ​any ‌peace deal with Russia is brokered, French President Emmanuel Macron ⁠said on ‌Wednesday ‍during ‍his New Year ‍Eve’s speech.
Macron has convened a meeting of ​the so-called ‘Coalition of the Willing’. ⁠The Coalition grouping led by Britain and France includes more than 30 nations.