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A Russian rocket strike on a train station killed 25 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow’s invasion began. Five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in ...

  A member of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has reportedly narrowly avoided being killed in a car bombing which saw his daughter “blown to bits”. Alexander Dugin, a fascist political strategist who has been dubbed ‘Putin’s Philosopher’, was allegedly the ...

A Kremlin official has betrayed Vladimir Putin and offered to secretly negotiate with the West, it has been claimed. The unnamed Russian elite has reportedly been in touch with enemy intelligence agencies, including the CIA and MI5. A so-called ‘situation ...

In light of Nigeria’s dwindling revenue, the continued payment of trillions of naira on fuel subsidy by the government and the attendant economic challenges, the World Bank on Wednesday raised the alarm that the country might be facing an existential ...

  Former U.S. President, Donald Trump Monday night said FBI agents broke into his mansion in Florida as part of an ongoing investigation. Mr Trump said the attack was aimed at preventing him from running for president again in 2024, ...

    Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan while dropping his strongest hint yet that of a potential 2024 presidential bid. The former president told fellow Republicans ‘the time is coming’ for him to make a ...

  US public health officials have declared the spread of the monkeypox disease a public health emergency. The declaration will free up additional government resources to help contain the spread of the virus. As of August 3, more than 6,600 ...

  A top Russian senator has pledged his country’s support if China goes to war over Taiwan, sparking fears of a massive escalation and World War 3. Vladimir Dzhabarov said he sees “no grounds to refuse to help China,” as ...

Wang Xiaopjuan, a member of the Standing Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC) Yantai Committee, has called for stronger relations between China, Nigeria and other developing countries. Mr Wang, a spokesman for the Department of Yantai, stated this on ...

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska have raised eyebrows after appearing in a glossy photoshoot for US Vogue. The pair were pictured together for the piece by renowned photographer Annie Leibowitz – although the article primarily ...

‘Downblousing’ will Become A Criminal Offence If Rishi Sunak Becomes UK Prime Minister, The Former Chancellor Has Announced. Mr Sunak has promised a crackdown on s3x offenders if he pulls off a surprise win in the race for Number 10 ...

A woman who hails from one of India’s minority ethnic communities was chosen Thursday as the country’s new president, a largely ceremonial position. Droupadi Murmu, a leader from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, was elected by the Indian Parliament and ...

US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating at the White House. The 79-year-old, who is fully-vaccinated and has twice received booster jabs, is experiencing “very mild symptoms” and will continue to carry out all his ...

A monster wave crashed an outdoor wedding reception in Hawaii leaving the bride and groom and their guests dripping wet and running for cover. Despite Mother Nature’s unexpected arrival, the Saturday wedding held at Hulihe’e Palace in Kailua-Kona carried on. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his chief prosecutor and the head of the country’s security agency in the largest government shakeup since the start of Russia’s invasion nearly five months ago. Zelensky said he was firing Prosecutor General Iryna ...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president after the speaker of the parliament accepted a resignation letter sent by embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he fled the country. Wickremesinghe on Friday asked legislators to ...

Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has tendered his resignation in a letter sent by email to parliamentary speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardenena, according to an announcement from the speaker’s office Thursday. Rajapaksa landed in Singapore on a flight from Maldives earlier ...

  A Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in the country’s first such case in almost a decade. Police in Sudan’s White Nile state arrested Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, 20, last month, before her sentencing at ...

The euro has hit parity with the United States dollar and stock markets fell as the prospect of further central bank tightening and worries about the health of economies worldwide unnerved investors. By 10:00 GMT on Tuesday, the euro was at a ...

The new UK prime minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson will be announced on September 5, the ruling Conservative party has said, with 11 hopefuls currently vying for the job. The leadership contest was triggered last week when Johnson, ...

The United Nations has projected that world population would reach record eight billion people by November 2022, with India expected to surpass China as the most populous country. The Head of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, who made the prediction in an ...

A massive network outage in Canada that took out mobile and internet networks at the country’s top telecoms provider was improving late Friday, the company said, after disrupting services including banking, calling, cashless payments and policing. Telecoms firm Rogers reported ...

A mass shooting at a tavern in Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa is confirmed to have led to the death of fourteen persons, 10 others have been injured with three in critical condition. According to reports, the incident happened at ...

  A dad took his own life after his daughter died following a botched Brazilian butt lift operation in Turkey. Craig Cambridge, 51, found his life “spiralling downwards” after his 29-year-old daughter Leah Cambridge died following a 2018 operation in ...

  Countries of Central America are seen to embrace the market of crypto. In the last years, nations such as El Salvador went from not endorsing only crypto but too making Bitcoin a legal tender. In the region, Panama is ...