US visa applicants from 13 Muslim-majority countries denied visas under Trump’s Muslim ban can now reapply, State Department spokesman Ned Price said yesterday, according to Reuters. US President Joe Biden overturned the ban on his first day in office on 20 January.
WHO’S TALKING- Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry talked regional developments and common foreign policy issues with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in a phone call yesterday, according to a statement.