The United Nations says more that 1.1million people may die in Nigeria’s northeast if conflict with Islamist insurgencies continues to 2030. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday said

Across Hong Kong, people lined up early Thursday to buy the last print edition of the last remaining pro-democracy newspaper. By 8:30 a.m., Apple Daily’s final edition of 1 million

John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Russia says its patrol ship and fighter jet fired warning shots towards a British destroyer in the Black Sea. Reports in Moscow quoted the defence ministry to have said that

American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in the

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has listed Nigeria and South Africa among nations being considered by Africa, in conjunction with the European Union (EU)

A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not have enough doses to continue programmes, the World Health Organization has said. WHO senior

Emirates Airlines on Monday announced the suspension of all flights to and from Nigeria, barely 48 hours after announcing that flights will resume on Wednesday, June 23. According to a

Iran’s president-elect said Monday he wouldn’t meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias, sticking to a hard-line position following

The Tokyo Olympics will allow some local fans to attend when the games open in just over a month, organizing committee officials and the IOC said on Monday. Organizers set

Ethiopians are voting in key elections amid rising tensions and a bloody conflict in the northern Tigray region. This pandemic-delayed poll is Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s first electoral test since

Israel has said the international community should have grave concerns about the election of Iran’s new president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi. A spokesman for Israel’s foreign ministry, Lior Haiat, said Mr Raisi

Angry youth on Saturday, blocked the Kaduna- Abuja I’m Nigeria, following the killing of four people and the abduction of 49 others in a weeklong attack by rampaging bandits in

Iran’s moderate presidential candidate congratulated rival hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi for winning the election, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, as the interior ministry said counting of the votes continued.

The Nigerian army says its troops operating under the auspices of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued two teachers and five students after a fierce exchange of fire with the terrorists

Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners. Opinion polls suggest Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative

Reports suggest bandits have abducted about 40 students and three teachers of a Federal Government Girls College in northeastern Kebbi State. While details of the incident remain sketchy there are

The Nigerian government is taking steps to further stifle the country’s civic space with its Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed asking members of parliament to include internet broadcasting