TRUMP ARRIVES JAPAN FOR US, CHINA TRADE DEAL
Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Monday, on the next leg of an Asia tour that could see the US president and China’s Xi Jinping...
MOROCCO STUDENT GETS ONE YEAR JAIL TERM OVER GEN Z PROTEST
AFP A student arrested during Morocco’s youth-led protests has been sentenced to one year in prison, his lawyer told AFP on Friday. The case marks...
FRANCE TRIES ALGERIAN WOMAN FOR RAPE, KILLING OF A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL
HOTJIST NEWS An Algerian woman apologised for her “horrible” actions Friday as she went on trial accused of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in...
LIBYAN AUTHORITIES ARREST TWO NIGERIANS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Agency Report Two Nigerians have been arrested by Libyan security operatives for alleged possession of commercial quantities of hard drugs, including hashish and hallucinogenic pills,...
GREECE PARALYSED BY STRIKE OVER PROPOSED 13-HOUR WORKDAY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Transport and public services across Greece were disrupted on Tuesday as major unions staged a nationwide 24-hour strike to protest government...
NOBEL SHOCKER: VENEZUELA’S MACHADO CLINCHES PEACE PRIZE, TRUMP SNUBBED
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela’s opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Machado was...
TRUMP HEADS FOR ANOTHER HEALTH CHECK, INSISTS HE’S PERFECTLY FINE
Donald Trump heads for his second medical check-up this year on Friday, with the oldest elected president in US history, insisting that he is in...
RUSSIA POUNDS UKRAINE WITH MASSIVE STRIKES, KYIV PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS
Ukraine announced on Friday that Russia had initiated a "major assault" on the capital city of Kyiv, resulting in power outages as a government official...
JUSTICE AFTER TWO DECADES: US TO EXECUTE MAN FOR TEEN’S RAPE, MURDER
A 53-year-old man convicted of the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is to be executed by lethal injection in the US state...
SHE IS STRONG, SHE IS FINE SAYS DOLLY PARTON’S SISTER
Dolly Parton's sister has said she didn't mean to scare anyone when she asked fans to pray for the US country star. The singer, 79,...