The highest court of the United Nations will on Friday deliver their opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. The opinion is not legally binding, but if the 15 highest UN judges in The Hague find that Israel is violating international law, it will...
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At least 16 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a high-rise building in China on Wednesday, according to local media. The fire broke out on Wednesday evening in a 14-storey building in the south-western city of Zigong, state news agency Xinhua reported. Initial investigations...
A Florida man has been arrested for making threats against US President Joe Biden, just days after an assassination attempt on his Republican rival Donald Trump. Jason Patrick Alday, 39, was arrested on Monday, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida said. Alday, of Quincy,...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has made his first public appearance since an assassination attempt, appearing at the Republican National Convention with a bandage over his right ear. Trump, who was confirmed as the Republican presidential candidate earlier on Monday, entered the convention to a standing ovation. He...
Incumbent Paul Kagame is set to win a fourth term in office in the presidential election in Rwanda. With nearly 79 per cent of all votes counted, Kagame has garnered more than 99 per cent of the vote, according to the electoral commission. His two opponents, the chairman...
Donald Trump on Monday named right-wing Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate in the US presidential election, rewarding a one-time harsh critic who became one of his most loyal supporters in Congress. Trump, 78, announced his pick on the first day of the Republican Party...
Police in Kenya have arrested a suspected serial killer in connection with the discovery of mutilated women’s bodies at a rubbish dump in the capital Nairobi. According to the police on Monday, the 33-year-old man was arrested on Sunday evening while watching the European Championship final in a...
Former U.S. president Donald Trump says it was either “by luck or by God’’ that he survived Saturday’s assassination attempt. Trump survived an assassination attempt on his life on Saturday, and said in a joint interview that “I’m supposed to be dead”. “By luck or by God, many...
In the wake of the assassination attempt on the former president Donald Trump, he scrapped plans to talk about how bad the current U.S. administration is at the Republican National Convention. ‘‘I had all prepared an extremely tough speech about the corrupt and horrible administration, but I threw...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has condemned in strong terms the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has resulted in the death of over 38,000 Palestinians. In a statement released yesterday, the embassy decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has left 87,903 injured...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday closed a three-day NATO summit in Washington by promising to “keep NATO strong,” in a press conference that focused heavily on U.S. politics and concerns about his mental fitness. The 81-year-old U.S. leader is facing calls to let another candidate from his...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that negotiations on a potential ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Palestinian extremist group Hamas are “making progress.’’ “The trend is positive,’’ Biden said in a news conference at a NATO summit in Washington, adding that the framework was now agreed on...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestinian authority has issued a urgent appeal to the international community to intervene and pressure Israel to halt its systematic water deprivation policy, which is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. A statement issued on Thursday by...
Britain’s king and queen have arrived at the Senedd in Cardiff to mark 25 years of Welsh devolution. It is the first visit by Charles to the Welsh Parliament since September 2022, when he received a motion of condolence after the death of the Queen. As they arrived,...
Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday announced that a national multispectral forum will hold July 15, to address issues raised by the country’s youth that sparked protests across the country. Ruto said the proposed six-day forum will deliberate on issues including employment, tax policies, national debt, representation and...
US President Joe Biden has condemned a wave of Russian missile strikes in Ukraine as a “horrific reminder of Russia’s brutality”, and vowed to strengthen Kyiv’s air defenses. At least 38 people were killed and 190 injured across the country, including some at a children’s hospital in the...
The Ministry of National Defense of Niger and the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Monday the end of the first phase of the withdrawal of U.S. forces and equipment from Nigerien territory. The announcement was made at the signing ceremony of documents transferring American rights to the...
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in waves of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. Kiev was among the cities worst impacted with seven dead and at least nine injured, the city administration said. Kryvyi Rih...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russia’s claims that there had been an air defence error causing a deadly strike on a children’s hospital in Kiev that caused extensive destruction on Monday. “What cynicism the bastards in the Kremlin have shown, that it was allegedly Ukrainian air defence and...
French President, Emmanuel Macron is refusing to accept Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s resignation following the surprising outcome of the snap parliamentary elections in France, the Élysée Palace announced on Monday. Macron has asked Attal to remain prime minister for the time being in order to ensure the country’s...