TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AS CONGRESS PASSES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND SPENDING BILL
By Aishat Momoh. O. U.S. President Donald Trump secured a significant political victory on Thursday as Congress narrowly passed his sweeping tax and spending...
FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS’ STRIKE GROUNDS HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS, DISRUPTS EUROPEAN TRAVEL
Agency Report Tens of thousands of passengers across Europe faced travel chaos on Thursday as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike, citing...
ISRAELI STRIKE KILLS INDONESIAN HOSPITAL DIRECTOR AND FAMILY IN GAZA, SAYS PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS
Agency Report Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses reported on Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, the director of the...
ZIMBABWEAN JOURNALIST DETAINED OVER SATIRICAL ARTICLE CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA
Agency Report A prominent Zimbabwean journalist, Faith Zaba, has been detained over a satirical article deemed critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a move...
SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS NOT GUILTY, CLEARED OF SEX TRAFFICKING
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking on Wednesday but convicted of a less serious prostitution charge after...
FLUMINENSE KICKS OUT INTER MILAN FROM CLUB WORLD CUP
Fluminense sent Inter Milan packing from the Club World Cup on Monday with a 2-0 win in Charlotte that took the Brazilian side through to...
MESSI CONTEMPLATING DEPARTURE FROM INTER MIAMI FOLLOWING CLUB WORLD CUP ELIMINATION
Lionel Messi could reportedly leave Inter Miami before the 2026 World Cup in pursuit of top-level competition, according to journalist Esteban Edul. The Argentine icon’s...
AIR INDIA OFFICIALS EXAMINE ‘MALFEANCE’ IN COLLISION THAT RESULTED IN 260 FATALITIES
Authorities in India are investigating whether sabotage was behind the Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people earlier this month. The Boeing 787...
AT LEAST TWO KILLED IN AMBUSH ON FIREFIGHTERS IN US STATE OF IDAHO
At least two people were killed when firefighters tackling a blaze were ambushed by an unknown number of gunmen in an ongoing standoff in the...
JURY SET TO DELIBERATE ON SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS FATE
Jurors on Monday will begin deliberating whether Sean “Diddy” Combs parlayed his celebrity, wealth and business empire into a decades-long criminal ring that saw him...