•Vessels anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz Iran has submitted a proposal to the United States to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, its foreign minister told media outlets in New York. “If certain conditions are met, the strait will be open within seven days, and […]
•US President Donald Trump (right) and China’s President Xi Jinping Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged President Donald Trump to show “prudence” on the issue of Taiwan independence. He also called on the US president to quickly end the Iran war through talks, Xinhua reported as their meeting was ongoing in the White House. Xi […]...
•US visa The US Department of State has launched an online portal allowing members of the public to report suspected visa fraud and misuse. The department said the new tool is designed to provide a convenient and reliable channel for submitting information that could help authorities identify and investigate suspected violations of U.S. visa l...
•Ebola outbreak The United States announced yesterday the release of an additional $267 million to support the fight against the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “To date, the United States government has provided $887 million in direct health and humanitarian assistance to combat the Ebola outbreak,” the U...
•US visa The United States Department of State has expanded its online presence review to cover three additional categories of nonimmigrant visa applicants from October 1, 2026. Under the new measure, applicants for I, TN and TD visas will be required to set their social media profiles to “public” or “open” to allow consular officers […...
•US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping China’s leader Xi Jinping will visit the United States this week for talks with President Donald Trump, Beijing confirmed today, expressing hope they will strengthen “strategic stability” between the world’s two largest economies. Washington had already made clear t...
•Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday The United States has refused to issue visas for members of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s delegation, including his communications team, for this week’s trip to the UN General Assembly, Iranian state media reported today. Pezeshkian will be the ...
•(From left) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin The United States approved a potential $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine yesterday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off Russian attacks. The State Department said in a congressional notifi...
•US Army For many Nigerians, joining a foreign military may appear to offer an opportunity to build a career, gain new skills and experience life abroad. The British Army and United States Army are among the foreign military forces that attract interest from Nigerians seeking military careers, reports The PUNCH. However, eligibility rules diff...
•IAEA HQ in Vienna, Austria Iran’s nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference today at the headquarters of the UN’s nuclear agency in Vienna after US pressure, both Washington and Tehran said. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed to reporters that Washington had applied pressure to stop Mohammad Eslami from entering Au...

