WORLD NEWS: UKRAINE STRIKES RUSSIAN OIL REFINERY, TRIGGERING FIRE
According to Russian and Ukrainian officials on Thursday, an oil refinery in southern Russia caught fire overnight as a result of a large Ukrainian drone...
JUST IN: FIRE BREAKS OUT AT LIBERIAN PARLIAMENT AFTER PROTESTS
A large blaze ravaged parts of Liberia’s parliament building on Wednesday, a day after tense protests erupted following months of political deadlock. Authorities said that...
WORLD NEWS: POLAND SEEKS TO CURTAIL ASYLUM RIGHTS AMID MIGRANT PRESSURE
Agency Report Poland’s government on Wednesday adopted a bill that would allow it to temporarily limit asylum rights, as it seeks to halt irregular migrant...
JUST IN: GABON LIFTS CURFEW OVER A YEAR AFTER MILITARY COUP
Gabon’s ruling junta Wednesday lifted a curfew that had been in force since it seized power in a August 2023 coup, to allow for holiday...
STEPMOTHER, FATHER BAGS LIFE SENTENCE OVER MURDER OF DAUGHTER
A UK court Tuesday handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged...
SYRIA IN ‘THE HANDS OF TERRORISM’ – ASSAD
In his first remarks since his overthrow, Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that terrorism controls Syria. Assad claimed that Moscow asked him to leave a...
WORLD NEWS: HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN MAYOTTE ISLAND CYCLONE
Agency Report After a deadly cyclone tore through the French Indian Ocean enclave of Mayotte on Monday, damaging homes throughout the islands and perhaps killing...
39 KILLED IN ATTACKS NEAR BURKINA FASO – NIGER MINISTRY SAYS
Agency Report Thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks in recent days in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, Niamey’s defence...
WORLD NEWS: EU CHIEF CONGRATULATES NEW FRENCH PM BAYROU
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen Friday congratulated Francois Bayrou on his appointment as French prime minister, after the country’s deeply divided parliament ousted his...
WORLD NEWS: MACRON NAMES FRANCOIS BAYROU AS PRIME MINISTER
François Bayrou, a moderate, was appointed prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, giving him the difficult job of rescuing France from months of...