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Twin Quakes: US ‘Ready, Willing’ To Aid Venezuela, Trump Says
Twin earthquakes killed 32 people and injured more than 700, the nation’s interim president said Thursday, after the massive shocks collapsed entire buildings and sent people running in panic. U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that…
Venezuelan President Declares State Of Emergency After Earthquakes
The twin earthquakes killed 32 people and injured more than 700, Rodriguez said Thursday, after the massive shocks collapsed entire buildings and sent people running in panic. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a press conference in Caracas on August 11, 2025. On January 3, 2026, Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez…
Fuel Shortages Bite In Moscow As Ukraine Targets Russia’s Oil
Russia -one of the world’s largest oil producers – has introduced a swath of restrictions on petrol sales across the country, as Ukrainian strikes on its refineries, depots and logistics crimp domestic supply. People refuel their cars at a Gazpromneft petrol station in Moscow on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP) Standing…
Russia Jails Deputy Leader Of Liberal Opposition Party
Maxim Kruglov, a former Moscow city councillor, was arrested last October on suspicion of spreading “false information” about the Russian army. The deputy leader of Russia’s Yabloko opposition party was on Wednesday sentenced to seven years in prison over social media posts he made criticising the war in Ukraine. Maxim Kruglov, a former Moscow city…
Heatwave-Hit Europe Must Adapt Healthcare — WHO
Temperatures climbed across Europe again as the record-breaking heatwave left tens of thousands of people without power on a continent ill-equipped to handle searing heat. Tourists shield themselves from the sun with umbrellas at St Peter’s square in the Vatican during a heatwave, on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) The heatwave…
US Congress Passes Symbolic Iran War Rebuke To Trump
The House-passed measure, adopted by the Senate in a 50-48 vote, directs Trump to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress explicitly authorises military action. The US Senate passed a largely symbolic resolution Tuesday calling for an end to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, delivering a fresh rebuke to the White House…
Three Nigerian BDCs named as US releases lists of entities ‘linked to ISIS financing’
The United States has released the identities of three individuals and six entities allegedly linked to Islamic State (ISIS) financing, including three Nigerian bureau de change (BDC) operators. On Monday, Tommy Pigot, US state department spokesperson, said a Nigeria-based operator was among the three individuals and entities accused of helping the ISIS move funds across borders through…
INEC Presents Certificates Of Return To By-Election Winners
The elections were held for senatorial offices in Enugu, Nasarawa North, Ondo South, and Rivers South-East and also for the Dawakin kudu/Warsaw federal constituency in Kano State and the Zuru State constituency in Kebbi State. Photo: X@inecnigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to winners of the by-elections held across…
Sri Lanka Troops To Battle Deadly Dengue Mosquitoes As Cases Rise
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s office said army, navy and air force officers would join a special unit to identify and destroy mosquito breeding sites. This photograph shows Mosquitoes trying to sting through a glove in a deep forest near Sundom, western Finland, on June 18 2023. With global warming, 80% of the world’s population now…
Niger Republic Hands In Formal Request To Quit ICC
The three Sahelian countries are all ruled by hardline military governments that came to power in coups between 2020 and 2023 and have turned their backs on the West. File photo of the International Criminal Court, Hague. Junta-ruled Niger has officially submitted its request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Hague-based tribunal…
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