Bangladesh is struggling to meet its Hajj quota as the local currency continues to lose its value and skyrocketing airfares this season are making the journey impossible for many hopeful pilgrims.

US First Lady Dr. Jill Biden ended her five-day trip to two African countries on Sunday, February 26, 2023. The trip was her sixth to the continent, her first to Namibia and her sixth time in Kenya. Jill Biden's visit is in line with the resolutions of the recent US-Africa Summit in Washington in which President Joe Biden promised more engagements with Africa. Jill also focused on the empowerment of…

Japan and China have now been worried about the decline of their populations as a result of fewer babies being born and the rise of their aging populations. Japan is now the world’s most rapidly declining population. There were fewer than 800,000 babies born last year. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio stressed in his speech that the birth rate had fallen "to the brink of not being able to maintain a…

Oman's Civil Aviation Authority said that Omani airspace is now open to all civilian carriers, an indirect announcement that the Gulf State's airspace will also be open to ‘Israeli’ carriers. The Jewish entity’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen later thanked Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al Said and said that the decision "will shorten the route to Asia, lower costs for ‘Israeli’ citizens and help ‘Israeli’ airlines be more competitive."