A boat accident on the Niger River in southern Nigeria has killed at least 26 people, authorities in Kogi State said on Wednesday. The boat was taking traders to a market in Illushi in Edo State on the other side of the river bank, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State commissioner for

President Donald Trump said Tuesday it would be an “insult” to the United States if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his self-proclaimed role in solving a number of wars. “Will you get the Nobel Prize? Absolutely not. They’ll give it to some guy

At least 91 people remain trapped beneath rubble following the collapse of a religious school in Indonesia, according to government authorities. Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) released the updated figures late on Tuesday, raising the number from an

At least 69 people have died after a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the central Philippines, authorities said.  The quake struck Cebu province at around 10:00 p.m. local time (14:00 GMT) on Tuesday, prompting officials to declare a state of calamity. “Bang! It was

The United States government entered a shutdown after the Senate failed to pass a last-minute funding bill, halting some federal operations for the first time since 2018. The shutdown, triggered by a deadlock between Republicans and Democrats, will temporarily suspend certain

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally apologised to Qatar for the killing of a Qatari citizen during an unprecedented Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha earlier this month, an incident that drew widespread international condemnation.  The apology was conveyed

At least three students have died and dozens remain unaccounted for after an Islamic boarding school collapsed in East Java, Indonesia, authorities said. Mohammad Syafii, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, reported that as of 12:30pm local time (0530 GMT) on Tuesday, 102

European and Middle Eastern leaders have voiced support for a new US peace initiative for Gaza, unveiled by President Donald Trump, who warned Hamas to accept the deal. The plan, formulated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for an immediate halt to military

Israeli forces have intensified air and artillery bombardments across Gaza, striking multiple neighbourhoods in Gaza City and reducing residential blocks to rubble as the conflict enters yet another escalation.  Thick plumes of smoke rose over the enclave as explosions echoed

China has officially opened the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge — now the world’s highest — to the public, heralding a new milestone in engineering and regional connectivity. The suspension bridge soars 625 metres (2,050 feet) above a deep gorge in Guizhou province,

A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people and injuring eight others. Police shot and killed the suspect, authorities said. Hundreds of people were inside

At least 39 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a crowd crush at a political rally in Tamil Nadu, southern India, where popular film star Vijay was campaigning, state officials confirmed. “So far, 39 people have died—including 13 men, 17 women, four boys,

Sweeping UN economic and military sanctions have been reimposed on Iran, a decade after they were first lifted under a landmark nuclear accord. The renewed restrictions took effect after the UK, France, and Germany triggered the “snapback” mechanism, accusing Tehran of

A Russian “massive attack” on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has killed at least four people and left 27 others wounded, Ukrainian officials said. Residential areas of Kyiv were among several sites struck overnight as waves of drones targeted multiple regions, including

Israeli air and ground operations in the Gaza Strip killed at least 44 Palestinians on Saturday morning, according to health officials in the enclave.  The dead included members of a family in the Nuseirat refugee camp after a strike on their home. The attacks come as Israeli

Iran has recalled its ambassadors from the United Kingdom, France, and Germany for consultations, state media reported on Saturday, after the three European nations triggered a mechanism reinstating United Nations sanctions on Tehran for the first time in a decade. “Following the

The United Nations rights chief warned Friday that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war, as nearly 2,000 civilians have been killed in a surge of violence this year. The UN documented 1,854 killings, 1,693 injuries, 423 abductions and 169 cases of sexual violence from January to

AIMIM Chief and five-time Member of Parliament from the Hyderabad constituency, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that no Bangladeshi infiltrators are in Bihar, but Sheikh Hasina is residing in Delhi. The development comes amid the soaring

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a landmark case over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign with funds from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Paris criminal court delivered its verdict

United States President Donald Trump has called for an investigation into what he described as “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York this week. In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said he had written to UN Secretary-General