Migration Correspondent, Lonic
Sofia reports on migration and labour policy and has reviewed visa frameworks across more than forty countries.
Repeated policy reversals have left borrowers unsure which programme they are in. Here is the current structure, the eligibility that survives, and the paperwork that decides outcomes.
Doha says draft texts of a potential US-Iran agreement are being passed between the parties even as no direct talks are taking place, against the backdrop of Trump's 'last chance' ultimatum and Iranian denials that any deal is close.
A nationwide blackout left roughly 10 million people in Cuba without power late on 2 August, the third such collapse in weeks as fuel shortages strain the island's grid.
Long-range Ukrainian drones struck warehouses in the Moscow and Ryazan regions, including logistics hubs used by major e-commerce platforms, killing five, as Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least five more. The war's logistics-targeting phase is intensifying.
More than 100 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of a destroyed residential block have been buried in a mass funeral in Gaza City, nearly three years after the strike that killed them, exposing the scale of the recovery and rebuilding task still ahead.
Truth Social's new priority-access API charges up to $100,000 a month for real-time posts from influential accounts, with Trump both the top user and largest shareholder.
Trump says planned strikes on Iran are cancelled 'subject to a deal being made rapidly', as Gulf states push for calm and Tehran denies any negotiation is under way.
An Israeli official says Israel has raised 'serious security concerns' about the Hamas disarmament framework, as strikes in Gaza continue and a formal deal remains unsigned.
The Washington-brokered Hezbollah disarmament framework was signed in June, but Hezbollah's leader condemned it within a day and Lebanese ministers say it falls short.
A near-century-old statute, never used by a president before, is now the legal basis for a 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods — including products that comply with USMCA.
A bomber struck a rally in Kabal, in Pakistan's Swat Valley, that had gathered to protest militant activity, killing at least 14 people and renewing fears of a Taliban resurgence in the region.
Myanmar's detained former leader met an ICRC representative in Naypyitaw, in one of the only outside meetings confirmed since her 2021 detention, though key details remain unverified.
A Spanish enclave of 85,000 people absorbed a crowd almost as large as itself in a single day. Here is what happened at Ceuta, why it happened now, and what comes next.
Every mass-arrival event triggers the same three proposals in Brussels. This time the pressure is landing on Schengen itself — and the numbers behind the debate are worth reading closely.
Ceuta and Melilla are policed by an arrangement almost nobody has read, because it was never written as a single document. Understanding it explains far more than the fences do.
More than sixty countries now offer a remote-work visa. The competition has shifted from marketing to tax treatment and residency pathways.