•Emergency responders from the Spill Response Team The death toll from a chemical spill at a paper plant in Washington state has risen to 11 as rescuers recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, US authorities said on Saturday. A huge tank holding tens of thousands of gallons of a highly caustic substance imploded […]
•Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, yesterday The United States and Iran said today they had again traded strikes, straining an already fragile ceasefire as negotiations between the two sides have stalled. Weeks of complicated talks marked by sharp rhetoric and occasional flare-ups of violence have not managed to r...
•Convicted Catholic Priest Anthony Odiong A Texas jury has convicted former Roman Catholic priest Anthony Odiong of sexually assaulting women to whom he provided spiritual direction, concluding a closely watched case involving allegations that he abused his position as a clergyman to pursue sexual relationships with vulnerable parishioners. Th...
•An aerial image shows Los Angeles Stadium Drone flights will be banned over US stadiums hosting World Cup matches as well as over fan events related to the tournament that kicks off June 11, authorities said yesterday. On match days, unless specifically authorised, all aircraft including drones will be prohibited from flying within three naut...
•Trump and a vessel near Strait Of Hormuz The United States Treasury has announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, Tehran’s new agency that collects fees for travelling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the ...
•Deportees from US Sierra Leone yesterday became the latest African country to receive migrants expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. A first plane carrying nine West African migrants landed yesterday morning at the international airport just outside Freetown, reports AFP. “We have received nine ...
•Former Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) listens to his brother Raul The United States yesterday criminally indicted Cuba’s former leader Raul Castro, fueling speculation that President Donald Trump will try to topple the communist state. The Justice Department charged the influential former president over the deadly 1996 downing of two civili...
•An American Airlines Boeing 737-823 passenger aircraft The United States said yesterday it is bolstering precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola, including screening air travelers from outbreak-hit areas and temporarily suspending visa services. The measures shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) come as the Wor...
•Donald Trump President Donald Trump has announced that the United States and Nigeria’s joint forces have carried out a military operation that led to the death of a top ISIS commander. Trump disclosed this in a post on his Truth Social platform late yesterday. According to him, the operation was conducted at his direction and […]
•Jailed Prof Nkechy Ezeh A Nigerian-born education professor and former nonprofit executive in Michigan, Nkechy Ezeh has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for orchestrating a $1.4 million fraud scheme that diverted funds meant to support vulnerable pre-school children in underserved communities. Ezeh was sentenced to 70 months in fe...

