The Ukrainian parliament on Monday endorsed a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on Iran for 50 years, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said on Telegram. The sanction bill, which was submitted to parliament by ...
Read More »Australia experiences largest earthquake in over 120 years
Australia experiences largest earthquake in over 120 years Melbourne was shaken Sunday by a rare and shallow earthquake – the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century – swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little ...
Read More »Canada announces faster visa processing for families
Canada has introduced a new and faster means of visa processing that allows families to be together while they await their permanent residence permit. This development comes days after the United Kingdom (UK) government banned students from Nigeria and ...
Read More »Erdogan wins Turkey’s presidential election
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s presidential election, defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s runoff vote and stretching his rule into a third decade. With 99.43% of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme ...
Read More »After failed politics try in Nigeria, Osibogun becomes Deputy Mayor of Buckingham in UK
A Nigerian, Dr Adekunle Osibogun has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of Buckingham in England, United Kingdom for one year. He will deputise for the new Town Mayor who was also elected for a period of one year. ...
Read More »Mexican mom who strangled her r*pist sentenced 6 years in prison for his death
The Mexico State Court found Monday that while Roxana Ruiz had been r3ped, she was guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense,” adding that hitting her attacker in the head would have been enough to defend herself. ...
Read More »India Court Jails Opposition Leader, Rahul Gandhi
A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made in 2019, and sentenced him to two years in prison. The criminal defamation case was filed against Gandhi by ...
Read More »UK To Give France £500m To Sort Out Migrant Crisis
Britain will give France nearly half a billion pounds over the next three years to step up efforts to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel. Rishi Sunak has committed to sending Paris £478 million – 541m euros – ...
Read More »Bomb Kills 1, Injures 8 At Press Award Event In Afghanistan
A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists, as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a ...
Read More »Multiple Dead In Shooting At A Jehovah’s Witness Center In Germany
A deadly shooting erupted at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in the German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, leaving several dead as police said they believed the attacker had acted alone. Authorities have yet to give an official ...
Read More »6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Philippines
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage. The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality ...
Read More »Scientist Who Created Covid Vaccine Is Killed
Russia’s investigative committee has launched a murder investigation after a top scientist was found dead in his Moscow apartment yesterday. Andrey Botikov, known as one of the 18 scientists who worked on the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2020, ...
Read More »Prominent US Lawyer Gets Life Sentence For Murdering Wife, Son
Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murders of his wife and son on their hunting estate in a case whose twists and turns drew global attention. Judge Clifton ...
Read More »16 Killed In Indonesia Fuel Storage Depot Fire
At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, after a massive blaze broke out at a state-run fuel storage depot before firefighters brought it under control, the military said. “At the moment, there are ...
Read More »Era Of French Interference In Africa Is ‘Over,’ Macron Says In Gabon
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated Thursday that France harboured no desire to return to past policies of interfering in Africa after he began a four-nation tour of the continent. “The age of Francafrique is well over,” Macron said in ...
Read More »Ghana Ex-President Mahama To Contest For 2024 Election
Former Ghanaian president John Mahama on Thursday launched a campaign to run again as a candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 elections, saying his experience could help salvage the economy. Despite being defeated in ...
Read More »Turkey Intends To Hold Elections On May 14 Despite Quake
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that his government still intends to hold elections a month earlier than scheduled despite an earthquake last month that devastated parts of southern Turkey. In an address to legislators of his ...
Read More »Two dead, More Than 50 Trapped In China Coal Mine Collapse
At least two people have been killed and more than 50 trapped after a coal mine collapsed in Alxa League in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to the state media. “The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon, and ...
Read More »N. Korea Fires Rockets In Warning Over US, S. Korea Drills
North Korea fired two rockets on Monday, in a drill for a launcher Pyongyang said to be capable of a “tactical nuclear attack” that could take out entire enemy air bases. It was North Korea’s second weapons launch in ...
Read More »Turkey-Syria Quake: Death Toll Now Over 44,000
The death toll on Saturday rose to more than 44,000 from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria with the body of former Ghana international footballer Christian Atsu also found beneath a collapsed building in Antakya. The number of people found ...
Read More »U.S. Senator Checks Into Hospital To Treat Depression
A United States Senator John Fetterman has voluntarily checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek medical help against depression. The first-term Pennsylvania senator was admitted to hospital last week after feeling light-headed, an incident that ...
Read More »South Africa Declares National Disaster As Floods Kill Seven
South Africa declared a national disaster on Monday as floods hit seven of its nine provinces, damaging roads and bridges and leaving at least seven people dead. Heavy rains have hit large parts of the country, and the deluge ...
Read More »Gunman Shoots Three Dead At US University
A gunman who killed at least three people and wounded five on a US university campus shot himself dead Monday after a massive police manhunt. Thousands of students at Michigan State University were ordered to shelter in place after ...
Read More »UK Embassy Guard Caught Spying For Russia
A British security guard at the UK’s embassy in Germany who pleaded guilty to spying was snared in an elaborate sting after sending sensitive material to Russia, prosecutors said Monday. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, has admitted to eight charges ...
Read More »US Jet Shoots Down Another Unidentified Object On Canadian Airspace
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau another unidentified object has been shot down by US jet over Canada’s airspace. This coming after US fighter jet shot down a high-altitude object hovering over Alaska on the order of President on Friday. ...
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