The British government has appointed Richard Hugh Montgomery as its new high commissioner to Nigeria. He takes over from Catriona Laing who had been the high commissioner in the country since 2018. His appointment was announced in a statement by the United Kingdom government on Tuesday. Montgomery is expected to begin his new role in April […]
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations has said. In a statement released on International Women’s Day, the UN mission said that Afghanistan’s rulers have shown an almost “singular focus on imposing […]
Following the twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, Japan is currently conducting the largest overseas medical mission in its history in the Oguzeli district of Gaziantep province. Japanese medical teams and urban rescue teams rushed to Türkiye’s quake-hit region to provide emergency aid and assistance. According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the […]
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the region. […]
Saudi Arabia signed agreements worth $400 million with Ukraine after the kingdom’s foreign minister made a surprise visit to Kyiv. Sirens sounded across Ukraine for hours early this morning, signaling a drone attack from Russia. At least one person was killed, according to preliminary reports. Vladimir Putin said NATO arms supplies to Ukraine make the […]
A new earthquake measuring 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Fars province in southwest Iran on Wednesday.The Iranian Seismological Centre affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics at Tehran University stated that the earthquake occurred in the village of Deraz, 113 km northwest of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, at a depth of 11 km, […]
Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after last summer’s emergency, with the Alps having received less than half of their normal snowfall, according to scientists and environmental groups. The warning comes as Venice, where flooding is normally the primary concern, faces unusually low tides that are making it impossible […]
Nigeria’s Matchday 3 African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau will hold at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, on March 24, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said yesterday. The NFF also said that Guinea Bissau’s football federation, Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau, has not picked a date for the second […]
