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13 Jun 2023
Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch has released a new video of a United Nations worker abducted 16 months ago in the war-torn country, the SITE Intelligence Group said.
13 Jun 2023
More than 40,000 people have been evacuated across India and Pakistan as a cyclone approaches their coast, officials said Tuesday, with gales of up to 150 kilometres per hour predicted.
13 Jun 2023
Twenty-two US soldiers were injured in a helicopter accident in northeastern Syria at the weekend that did not involve any reported enemy fire, US Central Command said Tuesday.
13 Jun 2023
Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Tuesday ordered election laws to be changed to ban anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming poll from ever running for office -- a move that will affect exiled rivals.
13 Jun 2023
South Korea has charged a former Samsung executive accused of stealing company secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars to set up a copycat chip factory in China, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
13 Jun 2023
Japan's lower house on Tuesday approved proposed legislation aimed at "promoting understanding" of LGBTQ issues but campaigners criticised the bill for its watered-down language.
12 Jun 2023
Thailand's election commission is to probe prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat, the body's chief said Monday, in the latest setback to his bid for the premiership.
12 Jun 2023
The death toll following gun attacks on two police headquarters in Vietnam's Central Highlands has risen to nine, including four officers, authorities said Monday.
11 Jun 2023
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday urged continued cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, while warning against succumbing to "bullying" based on "unfounded claims".
11 Jun 2023
Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday.
11 Jun 2023
Thousands of people living near a Philippine volcano have taken shelter in evacuation centres as officials warned Sunday of health risks from ash and toxic gases spewing from the rumbling crater.
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China's foreign minister on Saturday accused Western partners in the AUKUS security pact of provoking division and raising the risk of nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific region.
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Segun Sowunmi, has said Nyesom Wike was on "loan" to work with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike, a former Rivers State governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fell out with the PDP hierarchy in…
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The Lagos State Government has clamped down on illegal estate developments around the Epe corridor of the state.
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has made state of origin certificate a compulsory requirement for passport renewal and fresh application. Immigration made this known to the public in a post on its X handle on Saturday morning. It said passport applicants do not necessarily need to go to their states of origin to get the…
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Bearish sentiment persisted on banking stocks at the equity market on Friday, making the value of transactions traded on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd.(NGX) down by 2.60 per cent.
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One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, officials said Saturday.
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Vitesse Arnhem will be relegated from the Eredivisie after the Dutch football federation imposed a massive 18-point deduction after the club failed to meet the requirements of its licensing regulations.
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Ukraine launched drones at eight Russian regions overnight, hitting three electrical substations and a fuel depot, a source in Ukraine's defence sector told AFP on Saturday.
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The Police Command in Lagos State says it arrested four men for allegedly stealing three tricycles from an Ojota, Lagos-based Mobility Company.
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Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya has broken the world record for the longest chess marathon, playing nonstop for 60 hours in Times Square, New York. The previous world record was 56 hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds by Norwegian duo Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018. READ ALSO:Tunde Onakoya sets new world record…