POLAND PRESIDENT VETOES EU DEFENCE LOAN PLAN, SPARKS POLITICAL ROW
Agency Report Poland’s dispute over European Union defence funding escalated on Thursday after President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a multi-billion-euro security loan programme already approved by...
SOUTH KOREA IMPOSES FUEL PRICE CAP AMID MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS
Agency Report South Korea on Thursday announced that a fuel price cap will take effect from midnight in a bid to ease pressure on the...
STRAIT OF HORMUZ REMAINS CLOSED SAYS MOJTABA KHAMENEI
Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, said his country will keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz to put pressure on Iran's enemies. Khamenei...
FCCPC: AIRLINES MAY REFUND PASSENGERS OVER CHRISTMAS FARE HIKE
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Thursday in Abuja announced that it will require airlines that raised ticket prices...
UK PLANS TO PHASE OUT CHURCHILL FROM BANKNOTES
Agency Report World War II leader Winston Churchill is to be dropped from the UK £5 banknote in favour of a nature scene, sparking outrage...
WHO: OVER 1,800 KILLED IN US‑ISRAEL‑IRAN WAR
By: Balogun Ibrahim The World Health Organisation has raised fresh concerns over the humanitarian impact of the ongoing military offensive by the United States and...
RUSSIA SENTENCES 15 OVER 2024 MOSCOW ATTACK CLAIMING 150 LIVES
Agency Report Russia on Thursday sentenced 15 men — including four gunmen — to life in prison over the Crocus concert hall attack that left...
US WAR EXPENSES ON IRAN EXCEED $11BN IN SIX DAYS
[caption id="attachment_217419" align="alignnone" width="300"] WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable meeting on the administration's "ratepayer protection pledge" in...
IRAN STRIKE PUSHES OIL ABOVE $100, DAMPENS EFFECT OF IEA RESERVES
Agency Report Oil prices surged past $100 while global stocks slipped on Thursday as renewed Iranian attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and...
IRAN WAR LEAVES VANCE IN TOUGH SPOT AHEAD OF 2028 RACE
Agency Report For a man with his eye on the White House in 2028, US Vice President JD Vance has kept a low profile since...