International

Beijing said on Friday today that it strongly opposes calls to put economic pressure on China, after US President Donald Trump urged European countries to do so over the war in Ukraine. China has never denounced Russia’s war nor called for it to…

The United States government has defended the recent indiscriminate visa revocations affecting Nigerians with valid U.S visas, saying the move was borne out of the need to uphold the country’s national security and guarantee the safety of its citizens. This is even as…

Gaza Health Ministry said Tuesday that 185 people, including 12 children, died of starvation in August, the highest monthly figure recorded since Israel’s war on the enclave began nearly two years ago. The ministry said 70 of the deaths occurred after the UN-backed…

A senior Israeli official on Tuesday said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza ceasefire deal, after Hamas accepted a new truce proposal. Mediators are awaiting an official Israeli response to the plan,…

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed that all passengers must switch off their mobile phones during aircraft take-off and landing. The directive follows two recent incidents of unruly passenger behaviour at Nigerian airports. Announcing the decision on Tuesday, NCAA Director-General, Captain…

The United States State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Nigeria of munitions, precision bombs, precision rockets, and related equipment valued at an estimated $346 million. This is coming after U.S. lawmakers had put a hold on sale of weapons…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Ukraine and its allies to intensify pressure on Russia to end its invasion, ahead of his meeting in Berlin with European leaders and US President Donald Trump. He stressed that such pressure was necessary to achieve…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to move homeless people far from Washington, D.C., following days of hinting at possible federal control over the U.S. capital. Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed that crime in the city is on the rise,…

The Israeli Security Cabinet has endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take military control of Gaza City, the largest urban center in the Gaza Strip. The decision came after a marathon meeting that stretched into the early hours of Friday. Netanyahu’s office…

Two people have died in a wildfire that swept through Spain's Catalonia region, as emergency services reported the blaze was largely contained despite warnings of further wind. The inferno, which erupted in a farming area of Torrefeta on Tuesday afternoon, devastated several farms…