President Joe Biden said Friday he was “not surprised” and “outraged” by reports of the death of Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian opposition politician and critic of Vladimir Putin. Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Navalny died in prison. The service…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Germany to talk security
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is traveling to Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Zelenskyy is also expected to take part in the Munich Security Conference starting at the end of this week, which will be attended by some 40 heads of state…
Biden threatens veto of US House’s standalone Israel aid bill
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday he would veto a standalone bill backed by House of Representatives Republicans that would provide aid to Israel, as it backs a broader bill providing assistance to Ukraine and Israel and providing…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released from hospital
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from hospital after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior administration officials, including President Joe Biden. Austin, 70, was admitted to…
Biden officials were unaware US defence secretary was in hospital
Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that US defence secretary Lloyd Austin had been in hospital since Monday, US officials said, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding…
Biden administration bypasses Congress on weapons sales to Israel
The administration of United States President Joe Biden has once again bypassed Congress to greenlight an emergency weapons sale to Israel, which has only intensified and broadened its attacks on the Gaza Strip despite growing international outrage. US Secretary of…
Israel-Gaza: Israel says it has arrested hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members
Israel says it has arrested 200 members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups in the past week and taken them into its territory for questioning. A statement said some of the suspects had been hiding among the civilian population…
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot, citing “insurrection”
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. The court ruled 4-3 that Mr Trump was not an eligible candidate because he had engaged in an…
*Bandits give villagers 48 hours to recover bodies of their colleagues killed in Niger airstrike (Sun)*School principal suspended for sexual assault of student in Katsina (Leadership)
Bandits give villagers 48 hours to recover bodies of their colleagues killed in Niger airstrike (Sun) Tension, apprehension in Niger communities as armed bandits have given the people of Wurukuchi and Nakuna communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of the…
Biden urges global condemnation of Hamas ‘sexual violence’
US President Joe Biden called on Tuesday for global condemnation of what he said was “horrific” sexual violence by Hamas during the October 7 attacks on Israel.Biden’s comments come after campaigners in Israel have derided what they see as a…