FOOTBALLER THOMAS PARTEY CHARGED WITH RAPE
Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The offences are reported to have...
RUSSIA BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
Agency Report Russia has become the first nation to officially recognise the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, a move that Afghan authorities have hailed as a...
BALTASAR ENGONGA FACES 18-YEAR JAIL TERM IN CORRUPTION TRIAL AMID SEXTAPE SCANDAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, Baltasar Engonga, is facing up to 18 years in...
WILDFIRES FORCE MASS EVACUATIONS IN GREECE AND TURKEY AS STRONG WINDS FUEL FLAMES
Agency Report Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds have triggered mass evacuations on the southern Greek island of Crete and in Turkey’s western province of...
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...