Asia
13 Dec
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have hit a Norwegian tanker with at least one missile, causing a fire. There were no casualties in the attack. A Houthi spokesman said the MT Strinda was delivering oil to Israel, but the ship’s owners said it was headed to Italy with feedstock for biofuel. The group has vowed to…
12 Dec
Three Japanese ex-soldiers were found guilty Tuesday but given only suspended jail sentences for sexually assaulting a female colleague who won praise but also online hate for going public with her accusations. Rina Gonoi, 24, broke the mould by speaking out publicly last year about her ordeal in 2021 in a country where the #MeToo…
12 Dec
At least 23 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a Pakistani army base on Tuesday, an official said, in an attack claimed by militants affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban. The early-morning attack targeted a base in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border, according to a local official…
11 Dec
Israeli bombardment killed a local official in south Lebanon on Monday, the state-run National News Agency said, amid cross-border exchanges of fire mainly between the Israeli army and Hezbollah. The Lebanese news agency reported the death of Hussein Mansour, 80, a local official from Taybeh near the border, "in an Israeli enemy attack" on the…
11 Dec
UN Security Council ambassadors arrived Monday in Egypt to visit the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, days after the United States vetoed a council resolution for a ceasefire.
11 Dec
Thailand's first Olympic gold medal winner has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, police said Monday, an allegation he denies
11 Dec
India's top court on Monday upheld a move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to revoke the limited autonomy of Muslim-majority Kashmir, where an insurgency has raged for decades.
11 Dec
The UN climate chief on Monday urged an end to obstruction a day before the deadline for a deal at a summit in Dubai, with oil producers resisting historic calls for the world to wind down fossil fuels
10 Dec
The Emirati head of UN climate negotiations stepped up pressure Sunday on countries to quickly resolve differences over a deal on fossil fuels, warning that "failure is not an option".
10 Dec
A Philippine boat and a Chinese Coast Guard ship collided near a hotly contested reef on Sunday, with both countries trading blame for the latest such confrontation in the disputed South China Sea.
10 Dec
Israeli forces pushed Sunday into southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled in search of shelter from bombardments and intense fighting with Hamas militants.
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Tanzania has shut down five hydroelectric stations to reduce excess electricity in the national grid, the prime minister Kassim Majaliwa has said. According to Majaliwa, the main plant, Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric Station, has alone generated enough electricity to power major cities. Among the cities that are being powered is Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial…
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Everton secured their first win in a Merseyside derby at Goodison Park since 2010 to leave Liverpool's Premier League title aspirations in ruins after a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday.
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KPMG has announced the cancellation of job offers to some foreign graduates in the United Kingdom (UK). KPMG took this step following the decision of the UK government to tighten visa rules for overseas workers in a bid to cut record immigration. The Financial Times reports that one of the UK’s biggest graduate employers, the…
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Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, is in the United States of America for a high-powered symposium organised by U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). The three days conference being attended by governors of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa and Plateau states, is designed to address insecurity in Northern Nigeria and proffer better…
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Sir Chikwe Udensi, a security consultant with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), has urged Abia State governor, Dr Alex Otti, not to mix his good works with some falsehood when passing information to the people. Udensi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said that he is disturbed at the way the…
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The Kaduna State House of Assembly Ad-Hoc Committee has set up a committee to investigate the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The committee, established during the Assembly's sitting on April 16th, has requested a comprehensive set of documents from the state commissioner of finance. The probe will include details of all loans acquired during…
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Football teams that have registered for the much anticipated Alimosho Football Coaches Council Under-16 League have been warned to desist from all sorts of football unprofessionalism that can bring the league and football into disrepute. According to the leader of Alimosho Football Coaches Council, Mr. Samuel Uchenna Eke: "We want to do better than last…
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Hearing in two separate money laundering suits filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against British national, James Nolan, could not proceed on Wednesday at a Federal High Court, Abuja.
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Iranian goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini has been banned by the Iranian Football federation for Hugging a female fan after a football game. The goalkeeper was banned and fined of approximately #6.2Million for his actions which is against the country's policy as far as both genders are concerned. The incident unfolded when a female supporter's hijab slipped,…