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The UN Security Council is to convene for an emergency session on Monday after Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and seized control of Damascus on Sunday. The meeting, requ
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, even after promising previously that he would not do so. The president’s 54-year-old son had pleaded guilty to federa ... Read more
The leak of hundreds of explicit videos involving an Equatorial Guinea senior government official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, has beamed a spotlight on one of Africa’s most opaque countries. The scan ... Read more
After a bitter election campaign, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed victory while final confirmation on results is yet to come. Trump is leading with 267 electoral college votes ... Read more
Amid discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-third voters believe the country is headed in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden, Americans head to the polls on Tuesday. ... Read more
Former British Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has emerged as the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. Badenoch is the first black woman to ... Read more
A total of 43 learners from a primary school in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, were sent to hospital for suspected food poisoning, local education authorities confirmed. The provincial educati ... Read more
Former union leader Dan Osborn’s independent run for U.S. Senate in deeply Republican Nebraska has shown unexpected strength and if he pulls off an upset victory could make the Navy veteran a Washingt ... Read more
Hurricane Milton made landfall around 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday (0030 GMT on Thursday) as an “extremely dangerous Category 3’’ storm, hitting the Siesta Key on the west coast of Florida. The National ... Read more
Mozambique votes on Wednesday in a tense general election highly likely to deliver victory to the ruling party, Frelimo, which has governed the Southern African nation since 1975. Four candidates ... Read more
Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the city of Chilpancingo in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, was assassinated just six days after taking office, local authorities said. “His loss has left all of ... Read more
Incoming rocket sirens are sounding in central Israel following rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. The alerts are activated in some areas of Tel Aviv, as well as Holon, Rishon Lezion, Bat Yam, and o ... Read more
Israel confirmed on Thursday that Rawhi Mushtaha, the Hamas head of government in Gaza and a key political figure in the group’s leadership, was killed in a covert airstrike three months ago. The ... Read more
The federal government has commenced arrangements to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon following escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran. Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, ... Read more
Flares and missiles are being seen in the Tel Aviv sky right now. There is no confirmation yet on where these missiles are coming from, but as reported by Al Jazeera, the Israeli military, in the ... Read more
The Israeli military said an airstrike near Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander who was responsible for the group’s drone fleet. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said air unit commander Muha ... Read more
Thousands of refugees fleeing sustained Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon over the past two days have sought shelter in schools across Beirut. Many displaced individuals appear deeply distressed ... Read more
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 300 injured, including women and children in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Monday. In a statement, the minis ... Read more
The Israeli army said on Monday that it had attacked more than 300 targets linked to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The military chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, gave authorisation for the attacks ... Read more
Gunmen attacked a military police base early Tuesday in the Malian capital Bamako where gunfire and explosions were heard and the airport was closed, sources, witnesses and an AFP correspondent said. ... Read more
Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, while the president was playing the fifth hole, a man was able to push the muzzle of his gun through a chain link fence. Secret Service spotted the man and fired ... Read more
Donald Trump has announced that he will not participate in another televised debate with his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, ahead of the November presidential election. In a state ... Read more
The police and crime minister of the United Kingdom was robbed while attending a police conference, it has been revealed. In a major embarrassment, Dame Diana Johnson’s purse was stolen after s ... Read more
Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but the question remains: Will the celebrity endorsement mak ... Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that by providing Ukraine with long-range weapons, Western countries risk involving directly in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In such circumstances, Russ ... Read more
Hamas has reiterated its readiness to implement the ceasefire agreement based on the U.S. proposal and rejected any new conditions on this agreement from any party. During a meeting with Qatari an ... Read more
Congolese Interior Minister, Jacquemain Shabani on Tuesday said 129 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempted prison break. On his X account, Shabani said authori ... Read more
Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States yesterday that World War Three would not be ... Read more
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho at the weekend, which left a further 140 injured. According to new ... Read more
At least 33 people were killed in south-western Pakistan in a string of terrorist attacks that targeted policemen, local residents and passengers, officials said on Monday. The terrorists launched ... Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in the western city of Solingen on Monday morning, three days after the fatal knife attack there. Scholz was first greeted by Mayor Tim Kurzbach at Solinge ... Read more
Israeli air defence said that it had on Monday intercepted a drone east of the Sea of Galilee, military reports. The army had announced that there had been an air alarm in the area beforehand. ... Read more
The bodies of six hostages were recovered from the Gaza Strip in an overnight operation, the Israeli military said on Tuesday morning. Their corpses were found in the city of Khan Younis in the so ... Read more
Two pro-Iranian Hezbollah fighters were killed on Monday in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, escalating an already tense situation in the area. The Israeli army said it attacked members of H ... Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that this could be the “last opportunity” to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by militants. Blinken spoke at a morn ... Read more