TULSI GABBARD RESIGNS AS U.S. INTELLIGENCE CHIEF OVER HUSBAND’S CANCER DIAGNOSIS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has announced her resignation, citing the need to support her husband, Abraham...
PLASTIC POLLUTION OVERTAKES FISHING LIVELIHOODS ALONG CONGO RIVER IN DRC
Agency Report Fishermen along the Congo River near the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, say they are increasingly hauling in more plastic waste than...
SIERRA LEONE RECEIVES NINE US-DEPORTED WEST AFRICAN MIGRANTS UNDER TRUMP CRACKDOWN
Agency Report Sierra Leone on Wednesday received a group of migrants expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement policy, becoming...
IRAN GUARDS WARN OF WAR BEYOND MIDEAST AS TRUMP REPEATS THREATS
Agency Report Iran warned on Wednesday that the Middle East war would spread far beyond the region if the United States and Israel resumed their...
TRUMP SAYS IRAN STRIKE PAUSED AS GULF STATES PUSH FOR NEGOTIATIONS
Agency Report US President Donald Trump has said he has halted imminent plans to resume military strikes on Iran, citing intervention from Gulf Arab allies...
US TIGHTENS EBOLA CONTROLS AS OUTBREAK IN DRC WORSENS
Agency Report The United States has announced new precautionary measures aimed at preventing the spread of Ebola, including enhanced airport screening for travellers arriving from...
FOUR ITALIANS FOUND DEAD AFTER MALDIVES UNDERWATER DIVING DISASTER
Maldivian and Italian authorities have confirmed the recovery of the bodies of four Italian divers who drowned in what officials have described as the Maldives’...
TRUMP ARRIVES IN CHINA FOR HIGH-STAKES TALKS WITH XI ON TRADE, TAIWAN AND IRAN
Agency Report Donald Trump was expected in Beijing on Wednesday for the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as...
US-IRAN WAR DRIVES SURGE IN PETROL PRICES AS TRUMP MOVES TO SUSPEND GAS TAX
Agency Report Americans are increasingly feeling the economic impact of the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, as rising fuel prices and inflation...
MUSEVENI SWORN IN FOR SEVENTH TERM, EXTENDS NEARLY FOUR DECADES IN POWER
Agency Report Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in for a seventh term, extending his rule to nearly 40 years after winning Uganda’s highly contested January...