At Least 10 Killed As Three Blasts Rock Kabul

At least 10 people including several women and a child were killed and 41 others wounded by a series of blasts that rocked the Afghan capital Thursday ahead of the election season.    …

PM Boris Johnson Promised Brexit Deal By 31 October, 2019

Boris Johnson has become the UK’s new prime minister, promising to defy “the doubters, the doomsters and the gloomsters” by completing Brexit with a deal by 31 October.      &nbsp…

Category of Nigerian politicians to be affected by visa ban - US embassy reveals

The United States (US) government, through its embassy and consulate in Nigeria, has said that its visa ban will affect only politicians in the country who have cases of electoral crimes during the l…

Theresa May Resigns As British PM

Outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May formally tendered her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday as her successor Boris Johnson prepares to take over. May arrived at the palace after …

Man shoots woman in U.S. street fight (Video)

A video has surfaced online of a violent street fight in Texas which ended with a man shooting a woman many times. Reginald Lee, 26, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, acc…

U.S. bans Nigeria’s 2019 election riggers, imposes visa restrictions

The United States (U.S.) Department has imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians who were involved in trying to or undermined democracy in the concluded 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections. I…

Afghan President Seeks ‘Clarification’ After Trump’s War Comments

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday the US should clarify remarks President Donald Trump made about Afghanistan, including a claim he could easily win the war but didn’t want to kill 10 millio…

Trump congratulates Boris Johnson

U.S. President Donald Trump has welcomed the election of Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party’s new leader and soon-to-be British prime minister. Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the n…

Boris Johnson Elected As New British Prime Minister

Boris Johnson will become Britain’s next prime minister after being elected leader of the Conservative party, defeating Jeremy Hunt in the party’s leadership contest.        The former mayor of Londo…

Britain’s Boris Johnson Set For PM Job

Boris Johnson is set to win the race Tuesday to become Britain’s next prime minister and use his brand of optimism and bluster to try to break the three-year Brexit impasse.     …

Britain calls for European naval mission to stop Iran ‘piracy’

Britain called for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in what London described as an act of “state pira…

May to make a statement before resigning – spokesman

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a statement on Wednesday afternoon  before leaving her official Downing Street residence to tender her resignation to Queen Elizabeth, her spokesman …

Airspace violation: S/Korea fires Russian Military aircraft

The South Korean military fired a warning shot at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul said. It was the first time a R…

Trump Says Minority Congresswomen Should ‘Apologize To America’

US President Donald Trump renewed attacks Sunday on four Democratic congresswomen he launched xenophobic tweets against last week, demanding they apologize “for the horrible (hateful) things they hav…

British Tanker: Iran’s actions unacceptable – Saudi minister

Saudi minister says Iran’s actions are unacceptable. Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs said on Sunday that Iran must be aware its actions, including the detention of a British ship…

Trump ‘is not racist at all’ – Ben Carson

The growing feud between President Trump and a group of four Democratic congresswomen, known informally as “The Squad,” continues after the president fired back at Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Twitter…

800,000 U.S. homes in darkness

As the heat wave gripped much of the United States (U.S.) on Sunday, power outages reported in multiple states left hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark. Crews were working to restore power…

Israel demolishes buildings in Jerusalem, 800,000 to lose homes

Israeli forces began demolishing buildings near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism.   &nbsp…

Bill Gates loses World’s second richest position

Bill Gates has been unseated as the second richest man in the world, losing the position to Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LVMH. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that in the latest rankin…

One The Of World’s Oldest Mosques Found In Israel

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of one of the world’s oldest rural mosques, built around the time Islam arrived in the holy land, they said on Thursday. The Israel Antiquities Au…