SOUTH AFRICA SLAMS TRUMP’S G20 BAN
South Africa criticized President Donald Trump's choice to exclude the country from the 2026 G20 summit, saying the decision was punishing and based on false...
JUST IN: TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS SHOT DEAD NEAR WHITE HOUSE, SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were fatally shot on Wednesday in downtown Washington, D.C., near the White House,...
GUINEA-BISSAU MILITARY SEIZES POWER, SUSPENDS ELECTIONS AFTER HEAVY GUNFIRE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Military officers in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday announced that they had assumed “total control” of the coup-prone West African nation, closing its...
ISRAEL DISMISSES THREE GENERALS, SANCTIONS SENIOR OFFICERS OVER FAILURE TO PREVENT HAMAS ATTACK
Agency Report Israel’s military has dismissed three generals and imposed disciplinary actions on several senior officers for failing to prevent the October 2023 Hamas attack,...
US LAWMAKERS REVIEW NIGERIA’S CPC DESIGNATION, CITE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND NNAMDI KANU DETENTION
Agency Report The United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday held a public hearing to assess President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as...
US HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE OPENS HEARING ON TRUMP’S REDESIGNATION OF NIGERIA AS COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday commenced a public hearing to review President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of...
TRUMP SIGNS INTO LAW LEGISLATION REQUIRING EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE
Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday legislation requiring the release of government records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, spurring a showdown over whether...
AUSTRALIA AGREES TO CEDE COP31 HOSTING RIGHTS TO TURKEY IN UN CLIMATE TALKS DEAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. Australia is set to relinquish its bid to host next year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) to Turkey under an...
NORMALCY RETURNS AS US LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON FLIGHT
The Federal Aviation Administration announced that US airlines will resume their regular schedules on Monday following the lifting of cuts made during a government shutdown. On Sunday night, the FAA announced that limitations will be removed and that "normal operations can resume" nationwide starting Monday at 6:00 am Washington time (1100 GMT). Understaffing caused thousands of flights to be canceled during the shutdown, which lasted a record 43 days. 40 of the major US airports had a 10% reduction in domestic flights due to a lack of control tower employees, who were required to work unpaid as the budget impasse continued. President Donald Trump's threat to withhold pay from air traffic controllers who called in sick during the shutdown, claiming they were being disloyal, further stretched the aviation sector.
TRUMP SEEKS REPUBLICAN VOTES FOR RELEASE OF EPSTEIN FILES
BY BARAKAT ADELEKE Despite earlier opposition to the legislation, US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that he supported lawmakers’ efforts to make additional papers pertaining to sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein public. Trump said on his Truth Social platform, "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, since we have nothing to hide." Following the release of emails in which the disgraced financier implied Trump "knew about the girls," the 79-year-old Republican has charged Democrats of spreading a "Epstein hoax." Trump has been accused by some critics of attempting to obstruct the vote in order to hide information about his own alleged misconduct, which the president denies. In addition to causing a gap between Trump and some of his closest supporters inside his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, the issue has split his normally devoted Republican party. Trump retracted his support for Congresswoman and MAGA mainstay Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2026 reelection campaign over the weekend. A vote on a proposal to compel the Justice Department to make the remaining documents from the Epstein investigation public is scheduled for this week, according to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump wrote in his post, "We can not let that happen," referring to politicians who supported Democrats' demand that the data be made public. "Some'members' of the Republican Party are being 'used,'" he continued. The Justice Department's investigation Following the conclusion of the longest government shutdown in US history last week, members of the US House of Representatives made public a wealth of emails that were taken from Epstein's estate. In one, Epstein claimed that Trump "spent hours" at his home with one of the victims, while in another, the president was called "filthy." Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said the messages “raise...
