Tougher screening for air passengers from some countries

The US authorities are introducing tougher screening rules for passengers arriving by air from nations deemed to have links with terrorism. it has been reported that people flying from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Cuba will have pat-down body searches and have carry-on baggage searched. The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the new rules apply to passengers flying from or through countries on the US state department's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list - Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria - and "other countries of interest".