‘Deranged’ Trump shows need for nuclear programme – Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un has said remarks by “deranged” US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea. In an unprecedented personal statement, via state media, Mr Kim...
View ArticleBiafra leader Nnamdi Kanu goes to court over IPOB terrorism tag
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has challenged the declaration by a Federal High Court that his group be proscribed and that it was a terrorist organization. Kanu’s...
View ArticleEuro, stocks slip after Germany’s Merkel hangs on to power
The single currency and European stocks slipped on Monday after the bloc’s most powerful leader German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term but faced a fractured parliament as support for the...
View ArticleKillers of U.N. investigators in DRC ‘will not remain unpunished’– Kabila
Congolese President Joseph Kabila told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that he would ensure those responsible for killing two U.N. investigators earlier this year will be punished. “We...
View ArticleWeapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter’s home
Stephen Paddock, who sent bullets and terror down on thousands attending a Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas, had an arsenal in his 32nd-floor hotel room and at his home 80 miles away, officials said....
View ArticleEx-Liberian warlord endorses Weah after joint visit to Nigerian pastor
Former Liberian warlord and candidate in the October 10 presidential election, Senator Prince Yormie Johnson, has endorsed the candidacy of George Weah for president. His endorsement comes days after...
View ArticleRussia-linked posts ‘reached 126m Facebook users in US’
Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the past two years. The social networking site said about 80,000 posts were...
View ArticleRussia ‘may have come up’ in Trump’s campaign emails – Carter Page
Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page admitted that the topic of Russia “may have come up” in emails with campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to...
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Zimbabwe crisis: Army says it is ‘targeting criminals’, not Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s military has read out a statement after taking over the national broadcaster, ZBC, saying it has taken action to “target criminals”. However, it said this was not “a military takeover of...
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Pope in Myanmar: Francis faces tricky trip
Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar for the first papal visit to a country widely accused this year of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. The focus is likely to be on whether he uses the term...
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