The United States has withdrawn most of its military personnel from Nigeria following the successful completion of a joint counterterrorism mission that dealt a major blow to ISIS-linked fighters operating in the Lake Chad Basin. The temporary deployment, which began in February, involved about 200 U.S. personnel working alongside Nigerian security forces. Their role focused…
Hope has returned to Venezuela’s disaster zone after rescuers pulled a three-year-old child alive from the rubble six days after the country’s devastating twin earthquakes, as search and rescue operations continue against mounting odds. The child, identified as Klieber Morán, was rescued from the collapsed Los Corales Garden 1 residential building in La Guaira State…
Russia launched another wave of overnight missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 50 others in one of the deadliest assaults on the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks. Ukrainian officials said the barrage targeted residential buildings and civilian infrastructure across multiple districts, leaving widespread destruction in its…
U.S. President Donald Trump has defended earning more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency-related ventures after newly released financial disclosures revealed the scale of his family’s digital asset empire during his first year back in office. The disclosures show crypto has become the single largest source of Trump’s reported income in 2025. According to the filings,…
The United States and Iran have reported positive progress following a fresh round of indirect negotiations in Doha, Qatar, raising hopes that tensions in the Middle East could continue to ease after months of military confrontation. The discussions focused mostly on securing commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important…
The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt President Donald Trump a major legal setback, ruling 6-3 against his attempt to limit birthright citizenship in the United States. The landmark decision struck down Trump’s executive order, reaffirming that children born on U.S. soil to parents who are undocumented or in the country temporarily remain American citizens under…
Nigeria has evacuated another 269 citizens from South Africa as renewed anti-migrant protests continue to fuel fears of xenophobic violence across the country. The latest batch of returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos aboard an Air Peace flight from Johannesburg as part of the Federal Government’s ongoing voluntary evacuation program. The…
Caribbean nations are bracing for a potentially catastrophic impact as Hurricane Beryl has rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 storm, prompting emergency warnings across the eastern Caribbean and forcing residents to make last-minute preparations. According to forecasters, Beryl is expected to bring life-threatening winds, torrential rainfall and dangerous storm surges to the Windward Islands, with…
Fresh military tensions in the Persian Gulf are sending shockwaves through global shipping markets, with maritime industry groups warning that war-risk insurance premiums have jumped by around 15% following the latest escalation between the United States and Iran. The increase comes after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it carried out overnight drone and…
Heavy rainfall disrupted operations at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Friday morning after floodwater and an electrical fault affected parts of the terminal, forcing airport authorities to temporarily suspend activities in the impacted area. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said the incident was triggered by intense downpours that caused water…
