Liberians began voting on Tuesday to decide whether to hand former football star, George Weah, a second term as president or to elect political veteran, Joseph Boakai, despite his age. The run-off is expected to be close between the rivals, who also faced off in 2017 when Weah won in the second round with more…
US Senator, Tim Scott announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the US presidential race, saying voters had given him a clear message of not now. The South Carolina lawmaker, who was running to become the first Black Republican president, had been struggling to rise above the pack in the party’s crowded field. Polling in…
Suella Braverman, Britain’s hardline home secretary, has been fired from her post by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,newsmen reported, after making incendiary comments about the policing of pro-Palestinian marches in London. Braverman had served as Sunak’s interior minister throughout his tenure in Downing Street, but her confrontational rhetoric towards migrants, protesters, the police and even the…
Iran rejected a G7 statement which called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that “destabilise” the Middle East. Tehran’s comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for “humanitarian pauses and corridors” in the Israeli-Hamas war. Israeli air strikes have…
The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has explained why no fewer than 14,000 Nigerians living in the country risk deportation. Scholz said it is attributed to the spike in the number of Nigerians seeking asylum, with a great number of them without identification cards and Nigerians who have behaved well in their country to benefit Nigeria….
Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain today, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years. The sale of small canisters of nitrous oxide has proliferated in recent decades, as young people in particular inhale the drug recreationally for a quick high….
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Banda Sea today, the United States Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. No tsunami warning was issued for the quake — initially reported as a magnitude 6.9 — which hit at 11:53 a.m. local time (0453 GMT), according to the USGS. The tremor was felt…
Kenyan President, William Ruto has declared that there will be an end to visa requirements for all African visitors by the end of the year. The development has been widely praised as Kenya became the fourth African nation to scrap visas for African nationals after Seychelles, The Gambia and Benin. Unrestricted travel for Africans within…
At least 32 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Iran, authorities have said. The blaze erupted early on Friday in Langarud, a city in the Caspian Sea province of Gilan north of Tehran. Esmail Sadeghi, a provincial chief justice, told local media that 16 others…
Armed police have surrounded a post office in the central Japanese city of Warabi, close to Tokyo, where a gunman is holding one person hostage. Two people, reportedly women in their 20s and 30s, were taken captive at about 14:15 local time. One of them, thought to be a post office employee, was later released….