United States President Donald Trump said he will host New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting on Friday, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign. Trump, while repeating his false claim that Mamdani is…
A Russian missile attack has killed a teenage girl and wounded at least nine people in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, its governor said on Tuesday. Moscow has been intensifying its daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting Ukraine’s…
China has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo’s new premier about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that the use…
A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country’s deposed leader, Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial. Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, both tried in…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector. The decision comes a day after anti-corruption prosecutors accused the former energy minister in connection with…
Chinese officials ordered the removal of two popular gay dating apps from mobile stores in the country, Apple confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. Same-sex marriage is not legal in China, and discrimination remains widespread, with activists saying an effort to…
The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case challenging the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The conservative-dominated court, as is customary, did not provide any explanation for its decision to reject the case. Kim Davis, a former…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Cameroon’s President Paul Biya following his re-election, reaffirming the strong and long-standing ties between the two countries. According to a report obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Friday, Xi highlighted the…
Nepal’s Election Commission said on Wednesday that 125 political parties had registered to contest the first parliamentary polls since a mass uprising in September ousted the government. Many are established parties, but some of the movements vying for seats in…
The Chinese government says it firmly supports the President Bola Tinubu administration as it “leads its people on the development path suited to its national conditions”. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Mao Ning, spokesperson of China’s foreign ministry, said…
