United States President Donald Trump has announced that he has directed two nuclear submarines to be strategically positioned near Russia following “inflammatory” remarks by the country’s former president and current deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, regarding the war in Ukraine. “I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the…
United States President Donald Trump has officially imposed a 15 percent tariff on Nigeria and other African countries. Other countries affected by the new tariff regime include Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Ghana, Malawi, Lesotho, and Madagascar. The modified reciprocal tariff rates were announced by the White House on Thursday. This Executive Order, titled “Further…
After imposing sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes for alleged abuse of power and politically motivated actions, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that similar measures could be extended to corrupt judges in Nigeria and other countries. The warning was delivered by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who confirmed that…
A powerful tsunami wave struck the northern Kuril Islands in Russia’s Far East on Wednesday, following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean. According to reports, the tsunami hit the coastal town of Severo-Kurilsk, prompting the evacuation of over 2500 residents to higher ground. According to Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko, as quoted by…
France intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN General Assembly, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday in hopes of bringing peace to the region, but the plan drew angry rebukes from Israel and the United States. Macron, who unveiled the decision on social media, published a letter sent to Palestinian Authority…
A passenger plane carrying nearly 50 people crashed in a remote spot in Russia’s far eastern region of Amur on Thursday, with no immediate signs of survivors, authorities said. The aircraft, a twin-propeller Antonov-24 operated by Angara Airlines, was headed to the town of Tynda from the city of Blagoveshchensk when it disappeared from radar…
The Trump administration released hundreds of thousands of pages of records on Monday about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. despite concerns from the civil rights leader’s family. “The American people have waited nearly sixty years to see the full scope of the federal government’s investigation into Dr King’s assassination,” Director of National Intelligence…
At least 19 people have died and more than 100 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka. Footage of the scene at Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of Uttara shows a huge fire and a thick plume of smoke. The armed…
US President, Donald Trump, has been diagnosed with a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House said on Thursday following speculation about his heavily bruised hand and swollen legs. The 79-year-old was found to have “chronic venous insufficiency” after he “noted mild swelling in his lower legs” in recent weeks, White House Press Secretary…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 29 Palestinians, including six children, near a water distribution point. The attacks came with apparent deadlock in a week of indirect talks in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the territory. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud…