Lebanon wants direct talks to demarcate its maritime border with Syria so it can begin offshore gas exploration, weeks after reaching a similar agreement with Israel, its top negotiator told AFP. The US-brokered sea border deal with Israel guarantees “stability”…
US estimates 40,000 Ukraine civilians killed or wounded in Russia’s invasion
As many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians are thought to have been killed or wounded by the Russian invasion, according to the US military. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a press conference on Wednesday…
Nicole, rare November hurricane, makes landfall in Florida
Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along the east coast of Florida, just south of Vero Beach. The storm was already battering a large area of the storm-weary state with strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain, officials said.…
Texas set to execute man for killing his mother, burying body in her backyard
A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago. Tracy Beatty, 61, is scheduled to receive a lethal…
US basketball star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian penal colony
The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession last month. “Brittney was transferred from…
The Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist and was sentenced to probation has escaped from custody
Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teenager who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution to his family, has escaped from a residential corrections facility, according to Iowa’s Fifth Judicial District Department…
13-year-old Nigerian ICT genius gains US university admission
The 13-year-old Nigerian-born Emmanuella Mayaki, has set a new record as one of the youngest persons to be accepted into a University in the US. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mayaki was accepted into the Programme for…
South Korea scrambles fighter jets after spotting 180 warplanes maneuvering in North Korea
South Korea scrambled dozens of military aircraft, including advanced F-35 fighter jets, after tracking about 180 flights by North Korean warplanes inside North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength. North Korea’s aerial exercises came…
Oprah Winfrey endorses John Fetterman over Dr. Mehmet Oz in high-stakes Pennsylvania Senate race
Oprah Winfrey said on Thursday that she was endorsing Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman over Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race. While Winfrey is a Democrat herself, it’s notable because Oz first came to prominence as a health…
Hushpuppi sentenced to 11 years in prison by a US court
A popular Nigerian socialite and internet sensation, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years in jail by the United States Central District Court in California over fraud and money laundering. He will however spend only…