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A donors' meeting was held in Jeddah by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). At the summit, pledges totalling more than $1.1 billion were made to aid refugees and displaced people in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions. Nigeria, N ....
Following reports of explosions heard in Tehran, Israel's military stated in a statement early on Saturday local time that it was "conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran." Iran has been "relentlessly attacking" Israel since October 7th "on seven fronts – inclu ....
The Turkish aerospace and defence company TUSAS headquarters outside Ankara was attacked Wednesday afternoon, resulting in at least four fatalities and fourteen injuries. In the midst of gunshots and a huge explosion, local television played video of multiple armed attacker ....
Taye Atske Selassie was unexpectedly voted president by Ethiopia's two houses of parliament yesterday. Selassie followed Sahle-Work Zewde, the nation's first female head of state, who just two days prior made a hint about her departure in a social media post. During ....
Alejandro Arcos, the freshly elected mayor of Chilpancingo, was found killed on Sunday, only six days after starting office. His death is part of a surge of violence engulfing the region, mainly attributed to drug cartel activity. Only a few days had passed before Francisco Tap ....
Over the course of the last two days, floodwaters have flooded through numerous towns and villages in northern Sudan, causing hundreds of homes to collapse and scores of deaths. Qureshi Hussein, a spokesman for Sudan's Civil Defence, reports that the floods in the country's north had ....
Following a second night of Russian aircraft bombardment that resulted in four fatalities, Ukraine announced on Tuesday that its air defence systems had shot down five missiles and sixty attack drones. One day prior to the midnight attacks, the Kremlin had unleashed one of its ....
Following significant price increases, the Russian government said on Wednesday that it was reimposing a six-month petrol export ban in an effort to "maintain a stable situation" on the local fuel market. "Brought in a restriction on exports of petrol from September 1 to Decemb ....
Local authorities said that a landslip in a remote part of southern Ethiopia on Monday claimed at least 55 lives, but they issued a warning that the number could grow.“More than 55 bodies have been found from the landslide,” a statement from the Gofa zone Communications Affairs ....
Protests in Nairobi's downtown and its environs are prohibited by Kenyan police "until further notice," citing the lack of a clear leader that has made it challenging to maintain order. It follows a month of anti-government demonstrations during which numerous people lost their ....
In the parallel market yesterday, the value of the Naira fell from Tuesday's N1,535 per dollar to N1,560 per dollar. Similarly, in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, or NAFEM, the value of the Naira fell to N1,561.98 per US dollar. The indicative excha ....
In a move that many interpret as a precursor to impending new military operations, the Israeli army has ordered all Gaza City citizens to evacuate. The request to evacuate the city in the northern Gaza Strip and relocate to the cities of Deir Al-Balah and Al-Zawiya in the middle of th ....
After video of a female prison guard having sex with an inmate in an HMP Wandsworth jail cell surfaced, police detained the lady. Yesterday, the suspect was placed under arrest on charges of misbehaviour while holding public office. In the footage, a prison guard at the Category A fac ....
Former Ghanaian football player Nii Odartey Lamptey has opened up about how deeply his discovery that the three children he raised with his ex-wife, Gloria Appiah, were not his own children caused him immense emotional distress. In a recent interview, Lamptey stated that the realisati ....
Local law enforcement reports that a woman who was declared dead at a nursing home in Nebraska was discovered to be alive on Monday after being brought to a neighbouring funeral parlour. The Mulberry at Waverly nursing home in Waverly, Nebraska, announced the death of a 74-year-old re ....
Following the collection of fresh intelligence, the Israel Defence Forces declared on Monday that it has verified the deaths of four Israeli captives held by Hamas. During a press briefing, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated that while the military would conduct a thorou ....
Less than two weeks after losing the presidential race to junta head Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the prime minister of Chad, Succes Masra, announced his resignation.“I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with the end of t ....
Mahamat Déby, the military dictator of Chad, has been formally proclaimed the official victor of the presidential contest, solidifying his hold on power. According to the state electoral commission, which cited interim results, Gen. Déby received 61.3 percent of the vote, while Prim ....
In Chad, the presidential election that is meant to bring an end to three years of military rule began counting on Monday night. But it escalated into an extraordinary confrontation between the junta's leader, General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, and his Prime Minister, Succès M ....
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in New York, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a plea to the leaders of Hamas and Israel, who are now engaged in rigorous discussions aimed at reaching a ceasefire accord.He said, “For the sake of the people of Gaza, for the sake of the hostages ....
Tuesday during a training session, two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed, killing all ten crew members, according to the nation's rescue agency.“The two helicopters collided during flight training. All 10 victims on board have been confirmed dead by the medical officers ....
According to the official news agency WAFA, an Israeli airstrike on Friday resulted in the deaths of at least 29 persons. It was learned that a residential block was struck and caused the deaths of the victims. An indeterminate number of individuals sustained injuries in the re ....
Ousmane Sonko has been named prime minister of Senegal by President Bassirou Faye. Sonko's appointment was made public by Faye not long after his Tuesday inauguration. Senegalese political observers widely hold the opinion that Faye is Sonko's protégé. Though it was thought that their ....
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong has submitted his resignation, ending his one-year term in office.The announcement was made after the Vietnamese Communist Party accepted his resignation, citing "shortcomings" that had allegedly affected public opinion and damaged the party's and t ....
Calling those imprisoned for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol "hostages," Donald Trump on Monday promised to release them as soon as he is reelected.On January 6, 2021, the rioters, emboldened by the former president and his fabrications of voter fraud, stormed the US ....
More than a week after passing away in an Arctic prison colony, late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's remains was sent to his mother, his spokesperson announced on Saturday.The most outspoken opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Navalny, passed away on February 16 ....
Three children were discovered dead at a Bristol residence, leading to the arrest of a lady on suspicion of murder.At approximately 12.40 am, Avon and Somerset Police responded to a welfare concern report in Blaise Walk, Sea Mills.A short while later, the small children were discove ....
As he approaches the Republican nomination, Donald Trump made an appearance at 'Sneaker Con' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, over the weekend to introduce a new line of golden trainers bearing his name.The shoes, which are marketed as "Never Surrender High-Tops" for $399 on a new website th ....
After making his getaway from a Nairobi police station about a week ago, the guy who was charged with killing his fiancée in Boston and then running away to Kenya has been taken into custody again, according to authorities.Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei told CNN that Kevin Kinyanju ....
On the day of a nationwide election marked by violence and accusations of poll-rigging, two distinct bomb explosions outside the offices of political candidates in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday killed at least 24 people.Before Thursday's election, over 500,000 security guards were being ....
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency, stated Monday that Blackwell Security Services Inc., a company in the United States, will pay $70,000 and offer other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.In its lawsuit, the EEOC said th ....
On Monday, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa removed former president Jacob Zuma from the party and announced plans to file a lawsuit against a rival organisation running a campaign in his honour.Announcing the decision, ANC Secretary General Fikile ....
On Thursday, two adolescent guys from North Korea were given a 12-year hard labour term for viewing Korean dramas.The lads are seen being handcuffed in front of a sizable group of students at an outdoor stadium, according to the BBC.The term "Korean drama," or "K-drama," refe ....
The United States claims to have launched its second attack on the Houthi organisation, which has targeted ships in the Red Sea, on Saturday, targeting a target in Yemen.According to the US, this hit was a "follow-on action" that was directed at radar. The Houthis promised a forceful react ....
At least 33 civilians have died as a result of fighting between opposing Sudanese forces, including airstrikes on the nation's capital, Khartoum, pro-democracy attorneys reported late on Friday.A nearly nine-month-long conflict between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his forme ....
French President Emmanuel Marcon appointed 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as the nation's new prime minister on Tuesday.Attal, 34, will be the youngest person to hold France's second-highest office, according to an Associated Press report. In addition, he is the first gay prime minister ....
On Tuesday, the wife and son of Mohammed Bazoum, the deposed president of the Niger Republic, were released from house arrest.Since the coup that overthrew President Bazoum on July 26, 2023, they have been under house arrest.Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Y ....
Ernest Koroma, the former president of Sierra Leone, is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, January 17, to answer to allegations that he was involved in a botched coup attempt.In front of a magistrate court on Wednesday, he was accused of treason, misprision of treason, and t ....
Barely two weeks after the last French troops left the nation following a coup that toppled a significant Paris ally, the French foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that the country had closed its embassy in Niger until further notice.Following the July 2023 coup that placed the n ....
According to Russian officials, Ukraine has launched several deadly strikes on targets in southwest Russia during the last 24 hours.According to the Russian emergency ministry, the city of Belgorod has seen 14 fatalities, including two children, and dozens of injuries.Accordi ....
In central Liberia, a tanker truck crashed and burst, killing over 40 people, the chief medical officer of the nation told local media on Wednesday.About 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the capital Monrovia, on a road in Totota, the petrol tanker crashed and overturned into a ditch.D ....
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot run for office in the state's upcoming presidential election due to his involvement in his supporters' attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.A seldom-used clause in the U.S. Constitution that proh ....
According to the Israeli army, three hostages were shot and killed on Friday by its forces after they "mistakenly" recognised them as a threat.“During combat in Shejaiya (a battleground neighbourhood of Gaza City), the IDF (army) mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages a ....
In the last two days, the western Indian state of Gujarat has seen 24 lightning-related deaths and roughly 23 rain-related injuries, according to government officials. As of Monday morning, the rains are still falling.According to state government data, the state experienced severe ....
The government of Sierra Leone declared an immediate nationwide curfew after a military armoury in the country's capital, Freetown, came under attack on Sunday. According to the government, those who tried to enter the armoury were driven back. Witnesses in the Wilberforce neig ....
In exchange for Palestinian prisoners, Hamas militants freed a second group of 13 Israeli hostages on Saturday, releasing one of the victims they had brutally attacked at a music festival for the first time.Heartbreakingly, the hostage-for-prisoner exchange was put on hold for hours after ....
In an attempt to increase productivity in the wake of legislative changes, Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday that his government was prepared to privatise 35 state-owned businesses that were "trapped in government bureaucracy."A revised privatisation bill that faci ....
As the death toll from the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas rises, the main population centre in the Gaza Strip is coming under attack.The Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza was struck by an Israeli strike on Tuesday that was directed towards a Ham ....
Israel's airstrikes on the beleaguered enclave are said to have killed 5,791 people, including more than 2,000 children and 1,400 women, according to the health ministry run by Hamas in Gaza.The United Nations also said that more than 1.4 million people had been forced to leave the ....
According to The Nation, a third humanitarian convoy has arrived in Gaza from Egypt.Since Hamas struck Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 3,000 people and kidnapping more than 200, Gaza has been under blockade.More trucks have recently entered Gaza through the Rafah crossi ....
Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, the president of Gabon, has renounced his pay and will henceforth only be paid as the commander of the republican guard.After President Ali Bongo was overthrown in August of this year, he was appointed as the country's acting president.junta spokesperson in ....
According to the armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, at least 13 hostages taken by the organisation were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza during the course of the previous day.In a statement, it said “Foreigners and Israelis were killed during the intense I ....
According to the UN's humanitarian relief organisation, 264,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been displaced as a result of Israeli airstrikes against Hamas militants.According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), they are taking refuge in school ....
Following the big surprise attack from Gaza by the Palestinian militant group, the number of fatalities in the Israel-Gaza conflict has increased to around 1,000.After Hamas launched a barrage of missiles at Israel on Saturday and sent in fighters who shot dead civilians and kidnapped at ....
As protests over economic hardship in Accra continued for a third day, dozens of people were detained in Ghana.While marching under the observation of riot police, protesters bemoaned the high cost of living and a lack of employment while some waved placards or the Ghanaian flag.Th ....
The family of a man from North Carolina who died after following Google Maps' instructions and crashing his car off a bridge collapsed is suing Google for negligence.Philip Paxton, a medical device salesman and father of two drowned in September last year after his jeep plunged off ....
The Taliban Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that a woman who had spent 25 years being held captive in a pitch-black room in the Afghan capital had been freed by police. The woman was held in a room full of trash and debris, according to disturbing images released by the ....
For the first time, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has declared his intention to run for a fourth term in the next elections."Yes, I am indeed a candidate," Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in ....
The governor of Amazonas state reported that a jet crash in the northern Brazilian town of Barcelos on Saturday claimed the lives of fourteen people.Governor Wilson Lima said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the disaster claimed the lives of 12 passengers and 2 members of the c ....
Over 2,000 people were killed in a devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on Sunday. Rescue workers scrambled to discover survivors hidden in the wreckage of the destroyed towns as Moroccans lamented the loss of life.According to the most recent official statistics, the biggest ....
The military that overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba as president of Gabon last month has announced that he has been released from house detention and is free to travel abroad for medical care.The 14-year presidency of Bongo, who was removed from office on August 30 after being declared the vict ....
According to a government minister, scores of girls were expelled from French schools for refusing to take off their abayas on the first day of the school year. The abaya is a Muslim woman's covering that extends from the shoulders to the feet.Nearly 300 females turned there Monday mornin ....
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on Monday to reject recent hikes in gasoline prices that have drastically increased the price of fuel in the South American country.Protesters say that the monthly pri ....
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has offered to host the BRICS alliance's subsequent conference.After being unable to attend the gathering in South Africa this year due to an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him, Putin made the offer.Putin invited th ....
Following allegations of illegal adoption and child trafficking, the Anambra State Government raided the Arrows of God Community Children's Home in the state's Oyi Local Government Area and permanently closed it.The orphanage was shut down as a result of a documentary report by journalist ....
President Vladimir Putin expressed his sympathies after an explosion at a petrol station in the remote Russian territory of Dagestan in the Caucasus claimed at least 35 lives.Images released by the emergency ministry showed burnt-out vehicles silhouetted by the enormous fire and he ....
The national army and local fighters from the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia have been engaged in increasingly deadly skirmishes, prompting a "state of emergency" declaration by Ethiopia's federal government on Friday."It has become necessary to declare a state of ....
On Wednesday, Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, disclosed the news of his separation from his spouse, Sophie Trudeau.In a joint statement published on Wednesday to their official Instagram accounts, Trudeau and his spouse wrote that they had "many meaningful and difficu ....
Henri Konan Bedie, the former president of Ivory Coast, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89. Bedie was a member of the political elite that ruled the country for a period of time.Bedie held the office of president from 1993 until his removal in 1999. Later, in the 2020 elections ....
Two months after deadly confrontations, leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was charged with inciting an uprising and his party was disbanded on Monday, raising fears of additional upheaval. Sonko, a contender for president and the harshest critic of President Macky Sall, has had a ....
Senior security officials and members of Ousmane Sonko's party told AFP that the prominent Senegalese opposition politician was detained on Friday, though no specific justification was offered."Ousmane Sonko was arrested. There were armed police outside his house," said Ousseynou Ly, a spo ....
In reaction to Vadym Prystaiko's criticism of the president's handling of a dispute over British military aid, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky fired him on Friday.Zelensky was attacked by Prystaiko for his snarky retort to British defence minister Ben Wallace's advice th ....
The previous death toll, which was eight dead and four injured, was announced on Thursday by Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome during a trip to Saint-Louis the same day."All State services have mobilized to provide support and comfort to the survivors", said a s ....
Kenyan police on Wednesday used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who disobeyed a police order not to participate in a protest organised by opposition leader Raila Odinga over tax increases.Major thoroughfares in several western Kenyan cities, where Odinga enjoys a sizable following, were ....
On Sunday evening, a slow-moving storm system dumped a lot of rain over a large area of New York State, flooding roadways, forcing scores of motorists to be rescued from their vehicles stuck on flooded highways, and causing at least one fatality, according to the authorities.According to ....
Three African immigrants have been detained as suspects in the fatal stabbing of a local man in the seaside city of Sfax in Tunisia.Faouzi Masmoudi, a spokesman for the city's prosecutor, said the victim, who was in his early 40s, was stabbed late on Monday amid a brawl between loc ....
The largest group execution this year took place in Saudi Arabia on Monday, when five suspects convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a sanctuary of worship were put to death, according to official television.The attack took place in the east of the kingdom, which is where mos ....
Jonathan Vero, a French firefighter and stuntman who is 39 years old, accomplished not one, but two Guinness World Records.He bravely set himself on fire while wearing a protective suit and ran an incredible 893 feet on a track in Haubourdin without using oxygen, according to the UPI. ....
France is experiencing an upsurge in anger following the death of Nal, a 17-year-old teenager.He was shot and killed by a policeman in the French town of Nanterre during a traffic stop.In an effort to put an end to the two-day-old protests, the authorities opened an official ....
According to the state-owned SNCFT rail company, an overnight passenger train that had been travelling through eastern Tunisia on Wednesday crashed off the tracks and overturned, killing two persons and injuring 34 others.A train travelling from Tunis to the southern city of Gabes derailed ....
According to security and local authorities, suspected jihadists have killed roughly a dozen villagers in western Burkina Faso and injured several more.“Overnight (Friday-Saturday) armed people attacked the village of Sara,†100 kilometres (60 miles) from Burkina’ ....
A ban on Ugandan officials was declared by the US government on Friday, citing corruption and violations of human rights.The Immigration and Nationality Act's Section 212(a)(3)(C) may be used to impose visa limits, according to the Department of State.The administration of J ....
As a group of African officials, including Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Azali Assoumani of the Union of Comoros, came to Ukraine as part of an African peace mission, explosions shook Kyiv.The latest in a string of unexpected developments as the mission gets underway w ....
The Ministry of Interior reported that a blast on Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting province governor who had been slain by a suicide bomber earlier in the week left at least 11 persons dead and 30 injured."The Ministry of Interior of the IEA condemns this brutality of th ....
According to the Vatican press office, Pope Francis is getting ready for abdominal surgery at a hospital in Rome.“The Holy Father went to the Gemelli University Hospital where in the early afternoon he will undergo a surgical operation of laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdomin ....
The sexual and reproductive health law in Spain, which grants women the right to take time out of work for their periods, went into force on Thursday.The left-wing government's draft creating the Gender Equality Ministry was accepted by parliament in February.Since then, modificatio ....
At the graduation ceremony at the country's air force academy in Colorado, US President Joe Biden stumbled and fell on stage.After giving the welcome speech and shaking hands with the graduates, Biden stumbled close to the podium and needed help getting back to his feet from the people sur ....
Ama Ata Aidoo, a renowned Ghanaian author whose works The Dilemma of a Ghost and Changes were studied for years by students in West African schools, passed away at the age of 81.The writer and poet, known for her feminist ideas, passed away on Wednesday, her family said in a brief statemen ....