African countries Burkina Faso and Mali have given a strong reply to America and announced a ban on the entry of American citizens into their countries. Both the countries have taken this decision in protest against the similar travel ban imposed by the Trump administration on citizens of 39 countries. With this step, a new debate has started at the international level regarding travel and diplomatic relations.

Trump administration’s travel ban on 39 countries
The administration of US President Donald Trump had recently decided to impose a travel ban on citizens of 39 countries. This list includes many countries in Africa and other regions, whose citizens have imposed strict restrictions on entry into America.

decision taken as equal response
Burkina Faso and Mali have said that this step has been taken on the basis of equality. Now American citizens will also have to face the same rules that their fellow citizens have to face while going to America.

Impact on countries associated with FIFA World Cup also
The special thing is that the Trump administration’s travel ban list also includes countries which have qualified for the FIFA World Cup. This tournament is to be held in America and Canada, hence questions related to sports and travel are also being raised regarding this decision.

Clear message from both countries
The governments of Burkina Faso and Mali have made it clear that they do not want to discriminate against any country. They say that while their citizens can be banned, the same rules will apply to American citizens also.

America’s claim regarding Burkina Faso
America had said that terrorist activities are increasing in Burkina Faso. Apart from this, some people stay in America longer than the stipulated time limit of visa and in some cases there is difficulty in taking back their people.

US President Donald Trump has tightened the immigration policy citing national security and public safety. On Tuesday (December 16, 2025), the Trump administration imposed a complete travel ban on seven more countries and Palestinians. Apart from this, partial restrictions were imposed on the entry of citizens of 15 other countries. With this step of the Trump administration, the total number of countries facing travel ban or entry restriction by America has increased to 39.

New restriction will come into effect from January 1
According to the White House fact-sheet, this extended travel ban and entry restrictions will be effective from January 1. The administration says that this step has been taken in view of the weak visa verification system, high visa overstay rate and the threat of terrorist activities.

Complete travel ban on these 7 countries
Under the new announcement, a complete travel ban has been imposed on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria. Apart from this, Palestinians holding travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority have also been included in the banned list. Also, a complete travel ban has now been implemented on Laos and Sierra Leone, which earlier had partial restrictions.

Actress Deepika Padukone is once again embroiled in controversy. This time the reason is not a film but a promotion of Abu Dhabi Tourism. Deepika Padukone was seen wearing a red hijab at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, where she was promoting the culture and heritage of Abu Dhabi with husband Ranveer Singh. This advertisement has been shot by Abu Dhabi Tourism. She is being trolled on social media for promoting tourism wearing hijab. One user wrote, ‘Deepika Padukone wore hijab to promote the mosque of Abu Dhabi, but she will never promote her own place of worship and pilgrimage.’ Users are raising questions on his double standards citing his ‘My Choice’ campaign. Earlier in 2022, there was also a controversy regarding the saffron bikini in the song ‘Besharam Rang’ from the film ‘Pathaan’. Recently he has also been dropped from a film made on Lord Kalki.

Actress Deepika Padukone is once again embroiled in controversy. This time the reason is not a film but a promotion of Abu Dhabi Tourism. Deepika Padukone was seen wearing a red hijab at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, where she was promoting the culture and heritage of Abu Dhabi with husband Ranveer Singh. This advertisement has been shot by Abu Dhabi Tourism. She is being trolled on social media for promoting tourism wearing hijab. One user wrote, ‘Deepika Padukone wore hijab to promote the mosque of Abu Dhabi, but she will never promote her own place of worship and pilgrimage.’ Users are raising questions on his double standards citing his ‘My Choice’ campaign. Earlier in 2022, there was also a controversy regarding the saffron bikini in the song ‘Besharam Rang’ from the film ‘Pathaan’. Recently he has also been dropped from a film made on Lord Kalki.

Travel ban 2025: Travel and visa policies are constantly changing around the world. Many countries have recently imposed restrictions on tourists and migrants due to security, migration control and health reasons. The most discussed among these is the decisions of the US and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which have tightened visa rules for citizens of many countries. Let us tell you in detail about it.

America’s travel ban

The US issued a complete entry on citizens of 12 countries in June 2025 by issuing Proclamation 10949. These countries include Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Irritriya, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Citizens of these countries will no longer be able to come to America on any type of visa.

Apart from this, the US has imposed partial sanctions on 7 other countries Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leon, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. This means that citizens of these countries will not be given admission in certain visa categories. However, already valid visa holders, permanent residents and some family or sports events have been exempted. The US administration says that this step has been taken keeping in mind national security and public security. In countries where the ban has been banned, the identity check system is weak, the rate of visa overstay is higher and many times the citizens are reluctant to withdraw.

UAE visa ban

After America, UAE is also in the headlines. According to some media reports, UAE has laid a temporary ban on new tourist and work visa application for citizens of 9 countries of Africa and Asia. This list includes Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Sudan and Uganda.

However, this information has not yet been officially confirmed by the UAE government. The embassies of some countries have denied this news and called it a rumor. But it is being said in reports that this step has been taken to prevent security concerns, document fraud and illegal migration, it is to be noted that this ban has been stated to be applicable only to the new visa application. People who have already valid visas can travel to UAE.

Why are travel ban growing?

These steps of America and UAE show that now many countries want to keep a strict monitoring on their borders. The challenges related to migration, security concerns and international politics are becoming the main reasons behind such decisions. Since the epidemic, many countries have strictly strictly tightened their visa policy so that both health and safety can be controlled.

It has become necessary for the people traveling to check the latest official guidelines before applying for a visa in any country. The US has implemented it as a legal and official order, while the UAE case is currently based on media reports. Despite this, both incidents are an indication that in the coming time more countries can tighten their visa policies.

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Pakistan action on beggars: A large number of people from Pakistan go to begging in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and other Gulf countries, this has become well known and due to this, it has also been very much troubled in international level. In such a situation, taking strict action to Pakistani beggars, the Gulf country is denying them. The countries that have taken these action include Muslim countries like Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Malaysia. The Shahbaz government of Pakistan, which is suffering internationally, has announced to take action against the deputed beggars.

The Shahbaz Sharif government has announced to cancel the passports of Pakistani beggars deployed from other countries including the Gulf. Apart from this, the government will also impose travel ban on all of them for five years and has also decided to register an FIR against all those people. A report revealed that Saudi Arabia, called the stronghold of Islam, deployed more than 5,000 beggars from the country in the last 16 months. Apart from this, Saudi also heard Pakistan very well with beggars.

Shahbaz government will take action on beggars

In this regard, Pakistani officials said that action will be taken against 7,873 beggars deployed in the next parliamentary meeting. All these beggars have been submitted from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman between 2019 and 2025, who have been part of an international begging syndicate.

Pakistan is running on the loan of IMF and ADB

People of Pakistan go to countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq on the pretext of performing Haj and they start begging as soon as they reach there. Pakistan, which is suffering due to beggars, is now hesitant to issue visas to Pakistanis.

Despite so much trouble internationally, the government of Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan has not taken any step so far, because the truth is that these beggars play an important role in the DGP of Pakistan. Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif recently said that around 2.2 crore Pakistani begs, who support 42 billion Pakistani rupees every year in Pakistan’s economy. In addition to the begging of beggars, the Shahbaz government is dependent on the IMF’s bailout package or UMF donation to run Pakistan’s economy.