President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department’s official name is set in law,…
Israel’s defence minister vowed on Thursday to inflict the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt on Yemen’s Huthi rebels after they stepped up their missile attacks against Israel. “The Huthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a…
Burkina Faso has passed a law making homosexual acts illegal, a move that reflects growing restrictions on LGBT rights across West Africa. As reported by BBC on Tuesday, the transitional, unelected parliament approved the legislation on Monday, building on a…
Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake, followed by at least five aftershocks, hit remote areas in mountainous provinces near…
The United States on Friday ended tariff exemptions on small packages entering the country from abroad, in a move that has sparked concern among small businesses and warnings of consumer price hikes. President Donald Trump’s administration cited the use of…
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced a senior government official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, to eight years in prison for embezzlement, months after he became notorious over leaked sex tapes with other officials’ wives. The Bioko provincial tribunal convicted Baltasar…
Al Jazeera on Monday said one of its journalists was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, two weeks after the broadcaster lost six staff and freelancers in an attack. Mohammad Salama, a photojournalist and cameraman, was killed in an…
India’s parliament has passed a sweeping law banning online gambling, after government figures showed 450 million people lost a combined $2.3 billion annually on apps. The ban impacts platforms for card games, poker and fantasy sports, including India’s wildly popular…
Pope Leo XIV has declared Friday, August 22, a global prayer and fasting day for peace, coinciding with the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Pope made this announcement on Wednesday during his General Audience in…
The United States government has announced that Nigerian visa applicants must list all their social media usernames or handles they have used in the past five years as part of the application process, according to the guidelines on the DS-160…
