U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a sharp warning to Colombian President Gustavo Petro, escalating tensions in the region following reports of an American military operation in Venezuela. Trump’s threat came amid claims that U.S. forces entered Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. In a video...
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President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that United States forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following what he described as a “large-scale strike” against the South American nation. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump announced that the operation resulted in Maduro and his wife being...
Self-acclaimed Ghanaian prophet, Ebo Noah, popularly known as Evans Eshun, has reportedly been taken into custody by operatives of the Ghana Police Service following controversy surrounding his failed end-time prophecy. Information circulating widely on social media suggests that the arrest took place on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025....
US Congressman Riley Moore has said that the United States (US) President Donald Trump is committed to ending the targeting and killing of Christians in Nigeria. Moore, a member of the United States House of Representatives, explained that recent US air strikes against terrorist strongholds in Nigeria were conducted...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend. The Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post and US news portal Axios both cited Ukrainian sources, saying that Zelensky would likely meet Trump on Sunday at his Mar-a-Lago residence in...
U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear that Washington is in no rush to follow Israel’s lead in recognising Somaliland as an independent state, stressing that the issue remains under review. Trump disclosed this during a telephone interview with the New York Post on Friday, hours after Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a strong call for an immediate halt to attacks on Christians in Nigeria, urging global leaders to confront what he described as unacceptable religious persecution. Netanyahu made the remarks in a Christmas message shared on his official X handle, where he addressed...
United States (US) President, Donald J. Trump, has announced that the United States military carried out airstrikes against ISIS-affiliated terrorists operating in northwest Nigeria, describing the operation as a decisive blow against violent extremism in the region. In a statement posted late on Sunday via his Truth Social account,...
Elon Musk has scored a major legal win after Delaware’s Supreme Court overturned earlier rulings that blocked his controversial $56 billion Tesla compensation package, effectively reopening the door for the electric vehicle maker’s chief executive to claim one of the biggest pay awards in corporate history. In its decision...
US President Donald Trump has added another unmistakable mark to the landscape of Washington, ordering a historic name change for the nation’s most prestigious performing arts venue. The iconic Kennedy Center, named after slain former US President John F. Kennedy, will now be known as the “Trump-Kennedy Centre” following...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have said they would withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Uvira on the request of the U.S. administration. The U.S. administration had earlier criticised the seizure of the town and said it was a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border...
An evening meant for celebration turned into tragedy on Sunday after two gunmen opened fire on a crowd gathered for a Jewish Hanukkah event at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach in Australia, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more in what authorities described as a terrorist attack. The shooting unfolded...
Fresh violence has rocked Cameroon’s restive Anglophone Northwest region, leaving at least eight people dead and several others injured following deadly communal clashes, security sources confirmed on Saturday. The bloodshed began in the early hours of Friday when gunmen suspected to be armed separatist fighters reportedly stormed a Mbororo...
United Nations (UN) has issued a powerful global call for support, unveiling a $33 billion humanitarian appeal for 2026 aimed at reaching 135 million people across 50 countries — with $23 billion urgently needed to deliver lifesaving assistance to 87 million of the world’s most vulnerable. The Global Humanitarian...
Democratic Republic of Congo is grappling with its most devastating cholera outbreak in a quarter-century, with close to 2,000 lives lost since January, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Monday. The agency warns that the crisis is escalating rapidly, hitting children the hardest. In one shocking incident detailed...
World Health Organisation on Monday said more than 100 people, including dozens of children, were killed in attacks on a kindergarten in Sudan. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the latest attacks on Dec. 4, began with repeated strikes on a kindergarten in South Kordofan state....
Nigerian military has deployed fighter aircraft to the Benin Republic following Sunday’s military coup that toppled President Patrice Talon, reliable security sources have confirmed. The aircraft, which took off from Lagos earlier on Sunday, were sighted operating within Beninese airspace as Nigeria intensifies surveillance and monitoring of the rapidly...
France has pledged deeper security cooperation with Nigeria as President Emmanuel Macron has said his country stands firmly with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in confronting the nation’s growing security threats. In a message posted on his X handle, Macron revealed that he had a direct conversation with President Tinubu,...
Authorities in the Republic of Benin has said the attempted coup launched in the early hours of Sunday has been decisively crushed, with the ringleader, Colonel Pascal Tigri, now on the run. The dramatic events began when a handful of mutinous soldiers stormed the National Television station in Cotonou,...