US to ban electronic devices on Middle East flights
A traveller walking past a security pre-check application centre at LaGuardia Airport, New York City. The US is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a dozen Middle East nations. FILE PHOTO | JOHN MOORE | AFP
The move would mark the latest attempt by President Donald Trump's administration to tighten security at US borders.
Its bid to curb travel from a group of Muslim majority nations was twice blocked by the courts.
WASHINGTON
The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a dozen Middle East nations, according to two airlines from the region and media reports.
