ECOWAS gets a new leader at pivotal time for West Africa (Image: AP) Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But, in that short period, the main political and economic body in the region witnessed some of the biggest challenges […]
Donald Trump says Iran’s retaliation that they informed US beforehand was weak. President Donald Trump reacted to Iran’s attack on US airbase in Qatar and made it clear that it was a coordinated attack about which the US had enough intel in advance. In his Truth Social post, Trump also indicated that there should be […]
Trump could have called off the Operation Midnight Hammer but he chose to go ahead with it. Inside reports claimed that though the planes, part of the Operation Midnight Hammer started moving Friday midnight, President Donald Trump held off giving a final go-ahead until Saturday. On Friday evening, he hosted OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman […]
Rescue workers and security forces work at the site of a direct missile strike launched from Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Pic credit: AP) In a stark escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict, Iran’s revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) said that it used its Kheybar Shekan ballistic missile against Israel for the […]
Donald Trump on Saturday announced that the US had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. The development comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East after Israel attacked Iran and Iran responded with retaliatory measures earlier this month.The MAGA chief announced the assault on his Truth Social: “We have completed our very successful attack on […]
Growing up, this writer’s mother often lamented that if one spent as much time poring over textbooks as one did perusing the collective works of Frederick Forsyth, one might have amounted to something worth writing about—instead of writing about worthless things. Tautologies, masquerading as jokes aside, Britain too has long mastered the art of making […]
James Fishback, the principal architect of the “DOGE checks” initiative, announced on Friday his withdrawal from the movement following Elon Musk’s criticism of Donald Trump and demanded that Tesla CEO apologise to the President.“I believed in Elon Musk’s vision to shrink government and make it work better for Americans. I’m proud of the DOGE Dividend […]
Representative image (AI) TOKYO: The number of births in Japan last year fell below 700,000 for the first time on record, government data showed Wednesday.The fast-ageing nation welcomed 686,061 newborns in 2024, 41,227 fewer than in 2023, the data showed. It was the lowest figure since records began in 1899.Japan has the world’s second-oldest population […]
A Russian deputy mayor and prominent veteran of Moscow’s war in Ukraine was killed in a suspected bombing in southern Russia, officials confirmed on Thursday.The 34 year old Zaur Aleksandrovich Gurtsiev died in an early morning explosion on a street in Stavropol, along with another man. The blast was caused by a “homemade explosive device,” […]
Stephen Miller’s wife Katie Miller left her White House post to work full time for Elon Musk amid rumors that they are a throuple. Strange rumors swirled in the White House following Elon Musk‘s exit from his DOGE role that Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, is following the Tesla boss out of the […]
