SEVEN DEAD AS MILITARY PLANE CARRYING INDIGENOUS PASSENGERS CRASHES IN VENEZUELAN AMAZON
Agency Report A Venezuelan military aircraft transporting members of the Yanomami indigenous community crashed in the Amazon jungle on Tuesday, killing seven people, including...
UAE BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF WATER PIPELINE FROM EGYPT TO SOUTHERN GAZA AMID GROWING CRISIS
Agency Report The United Arab Emirates has commenced the construction of a major pipeline to transport desalinated water from Egypt into southern Gaza, in...
LONDON AIRSPACE SHUT DOWN, ALL OUTBOUND FLIGHTS GROUNDED
The London airspace has been closed with all outbound flights grounded due to a major problem with air traffic control, plunging summer holiday travel plans...
TRUMP TO IMPOSE 25% TARIFF ON INDIAN IMPORTS
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 per cent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified “penalty” for New Delhi’s...
OLYMPIC BIATHLON CHAMPION DIES AFTER PAKISTAN MOUNTAINEERING ACCIDENT
Germany’s two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead aged 31 on Wednesday after being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistani mountain....
HUGE QUAKE OFF RUSSIA SPARKS PACIFIC TSUNAMIS
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across...
OUATTARA DECLARES FOURTH TERM BID AMID CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Agency Report President Alassane Ouattara has officially announced his intention to run for a fourth term in the upcoming October 25 presidential election, sparking...
TURKEY ACCUSES ISRAEL OF USING FAMINE AS ‘WEAPON’ IN GAZA
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday blasted Israel for condemning the people of Gaza to famine, saying that images coming from the Palestinian enclave were...
ALLEGED DEPORTATION OF NIGERIANS IN GHANA, DABIRI-EREWA APPEALS FOR CALM
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says its attention has been drawn to a disturbing video on social media showing a protest by some...
US WARNS NIGERIANS: VISA WILL BE DENIED FOR BIRTH TOURISM
By: Muftau Fatimo The United States Mission in Nigeria has issued a strong warning to Nigerians planning to travel to the U.S. with the primary...