•Deportees from US Nigeria will receive the highest number of deportees among West African countries after the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed the removal of 110 Nigerians as part of a wider crackdown that will see 355 nationals from the sub-region returned home. The DHS yesterday published names and photographs o...
•US and India flags India and the United States are “about 99 percent” done with the first tranche of a trade deal, the commerce minister said, as a US delegation began talks in New Delhi today. The delegation, led by Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, is holding three days […]
•President Donald Trump and US visa Thousands of Africans seeking visas to the United States could soon face additional travel costs and longer processing journeys following a decision by the U.S. government to reduce the number of embassies and consulates handling visa applications across the continent. Under the new arrangement, nearly 50 U....
•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...

