The French government said Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old, as police deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities around the country. Protesters, mostly minors, have torched cars, damaged infrastructure and clashed with police in an...
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At least 25 people were killed and eight others injured in western India when a bus crashed and caught fire on an expressway early Saturday. The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned after midnight, causing its diesel...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will celebrate Independence Day this year by welcoming no fewer than 5,500 new citizens in about 180 naturalisation ceremonies between June 30 and July 7. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the naturalisation ceremonies are part of the activities lined...
A seven-year-old boy and his mother both died after falling into the Baltic Sea during a ferry crossing from Poland to Sweden, Polish police said on Friday. The two Polish citizens went overboard while travelling from Gdansk to Karlskrona on Thursday, a police spokesman told Poland’s TVN24 broadcaster. According...
Russia’s most senior generals have dropped out of public view after a failed mercenary mutiny aimed at toppling the top military brass, amid a drive by President Vladimir Putin to reassert his authority. Unconfirmed reports say that at least one person has been detained and is being questioned. Russia’s...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK’s top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was declared unlawful. The ruling by the court serves as a major blow to the prime minister’s pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving in small...
The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) and other international observer missions in Sierra Leone have called for calm in that country. The missions made the call on Wednesday in a joint statement by the heads: Goodluck Jonathan for WAEF; Hailemariam Dasalegn Boshe for African Union; Mohamed Ibn Chambas for...
Prince William launched a five-year project on Monday seeking to end homelessness in Britain, saying he was following in the footsteps of his late mother Princess Diana. William, 41, the eldest son of King Charles and the heir to the throne, said the “Homewards” scheme would work in six...
European Union (EU) foreign ministers decided on Monday to top up the fund for military aid for Ukraine and other partner countries. The top up fund would amount to another 3.5 billion euros (3.82 billion dollars), an EU spokeswoman has said. “We will continue to double down on our...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have busted a rail line vandalism operation, impounded a conveyance truck and recovered some exhibits. Guy This is contained in a statement by DSP Muhammad Jalige, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed “decisive actions” to quell what he called an armed rebellion by the outspoken mercenary tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose forces claimed control of a southern Russian city and threatened to march to Moscow. Putin mobilized Russian troops on Saturday to put down what he called...
By PAUL EJIME – The ECOWAS Observation Mission in Saturday’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone have met with the Presidential Flag Bearers, expressing deep concern over reported violence in parts of the country. Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, met separately in Freetown...
Around 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN said on Friday. The shipwreck took place on Thursday and at least one newborn baby is among those missing, said UNHCR representative to Italy Chiara Cardoletti. The vessel left...
The United Nations has accused Russia of killing 136 children in 2022 during its war of aggression against Ukraine, an internal report seen by dpa in New York on Thursday showed. UN Secretary general António Guterres said he was “appalled” by the killings. The report also stated that 80...
The wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says she frequently cries over the Russian war of aggression against her home country. In comments published on Thursday by local media, Olena Zelenska said “today, I might cry again. It happens to me very often.” “After all, I am a human...
A gas explosion in a restaurant in northern China has killed at least 31 people, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. Seven others were injured, one of them seriously in the explosion on Wednesday night, Xinhua said. The explosion happened at a barbecue restaurant in the Chinese...
Nine suspected smugglers have been remanded in custody after a serious boat accident in which about one hundred migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea. A court in the Greek port city of Kalamata made the ruling on Tuesday evening, state broadcaster ERT reported on Wednesday. The Egyptians, aged between...
The heads and experts on immigration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are working on the implementation of the ECOVISA, a single visa system similar to the Schengen model. In a statement issued on the website of the ECOWAS Commission, the Directorate of Free Movement of...
Britain on Monday introduced legislation that will allow it to keep sanctions against Russia in place until Moscow pays compensation to Ukraine. “As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, the terrible impacts of Putin’s war are clear. “Ukraine’s reconstruction needs are, and will be immense,” British foreign...
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping before he departs Beijing on Monday after a two-day visit, Chinese state media reports. This is the first trip by a U.S. secretary of state to China since 2018. Blinken had met earlier in the day with...