UN RIGHTS CHIEF DEMANDS JUSTICE OVER IRAN SCHOOL BOMBING
Agency Report The deadly bombing of a school in Iran has drawn strong condemnation from the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the UN rights...
US STRIKE ON ALLEGED DRUG BOAT IN CARIBBEAN KILLS FOUR
Agency Report The United States Southern Command (Southcom) on Wednesday confirmed a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people...
UK MENINGITIS OUTBREAK CASES REDUCED TO 29 AS AUTHORITIES RAMP UP VACCINATION EFFORTS
Agency Report British health authorities have revised the number of confirmed and likely cases in a meningitis outbreak in southeast England to 29, down from...
14 KILLED, 59 INJURED IN SOUTH KOREA CAR PLANT FIRE
By 'Sefiu Ajape Fourteen people have been killed in a fire at a car parts factory in South Korea, with 59 others injured, authorities told...
UK MENINGITIS OUTBREAK CASES RISE TO 34
By 'Sefiu Ajape The number of meningitis cases reported in a deadly outbreak linked to a nightclub in southeast England has risen from 29 to...
IRANIANS OBSERVE EID PRAYERS AMID MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS (PHOTOS)
By 'Sefiu Ajape Thousands of Muslims gathered in Iran on Saturday to observe Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of Ramadan, amid ongoing tensions in...
FOUNDER OF ITALY’S NORTHERN LEAGUE, UMBERTO BOSSI DIES AT 84
By 'Sefiu Ajape Italian populist politician Umberto Bossi, founder of the anti-immigrant Northern League party and a leading voice for northern Italy’s independence, has died...
FIRST LADY OLUREMI TINUBU ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS LEADERS AT LAMBETH PALACE DURING UK STATE VISIT (PHOTOS)
By 'Sefiu Ajape Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday addressed a gathering at Lambeth Palace in central London, the official residence of the Archbishop...
IRAN DEFIANT AT UN, SAYS IT WON’T BOW TO ‘LAWLESS AGGRESSION’
By 'Sefiu Ajape Iran has declared at the United Nations that it will not submit to “lawless aggression,” warning that its 90 million citizens are...
CUBA PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS AFTER ‘COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF NATIONAL GRID’
Agency report A nationwide power outage hit Cuba on Monday, with the state-owned electricity company confirming a fresh blackout as the country’s energy crisis deepens....