InterNations’ 2025 survey suggests Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, and Oman feel especially welcoming to foreign residents, while Kuwait, Norway, and Finland come across as much harder places to socially settle into.

The Defender Dakar D7X‑R will go desert racing in January in Saudi Arabia.

Hong Kong aviation giant Cathay Pacific announced Thursday it was raising fuel surcharges on all flights by 34 percent as a result of increasing oil costs due to the Middle East war. It previously doubled fuel surcharges for most of its routes as a result of the war in the Middle East, and this week extended flight suspensions to and from Dubai and Riyadh until May 31.