•(L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The African Union today said it feels ”deep regret” over the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS. The AU said its commission president, Moussa Faki Mahamat, “calls on regional leaders to i...
•Kate Osamor A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor, has been suspended by the United Kingdom’s Labour Party after she accused Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. Osamor, however, has apologised for “any offence caused” over the message distributed to local party members on Friday. BBC reported that the chief whip sus...
•Spanish flag Spanish police yesterday said they had busted the owners of a funeral parlour in Valencia for allegedly selling dead bodies to university research departments for 1,200 euros per corpse. The four suspects, two owners and two employees, also helped the universities dispose of the bodies after they had been studied by incinerating ...
•Former Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. Khan’s sentence was handed down inside Adiala jail, where he has been confined for much of the […]
•Vladimir Putin Russia today officially registered incumbent Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the presidential election in March, a vote that he is all but certain to win. The 71-year-old has led Russia since the turn of the century, clinching four presidential ballots and briefly serving as prime minister in a system where opposition has [&h...
The UK will introduce legislation to ban disposable e-cigarettes in order to tackle a rise in youth vaping, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was to announce today, reports AFP. “As any parent or teacher knows, one of the most worrying trends at the moment is the rise in vaping among children, and so we must act […]
•US troops A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops today, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account. It is the first time American military personnel have been killed by hostile fire in the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, […]
•President Emmanuel Macron The administration of French President Emmanuel Macron published the formal text of a new immigration law in its Official Journal today, with the first instructions on applying the legislation already presented to officials. The law’s promulgation comes after France’s Constitutional Council censured 35 of its 86 arti...
•US Navy / Kryzentia Weiermann A US Navy warship shot down a missile today that was fired at it by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have carried out two months of attacks on international shipping, the military said. US and British forces carried out two rounds of joint strikes aimed at reducing the Huthis’ ability […]
•King Charles King Charles III was on Friday admitted to a London hospital for scheduled surgery, Buckingham Palace said, a week after revealing the British monarch would be treated for an enlarged prostate. “The king was this morning admitted to a London hospital for scheduled treatment,” the palace added, noting that he thanked “all those [&...
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