Heavy floods in UAE, Afghanistan, Pakistan, 135 people killed

By Gbenga Oloniniran Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. Neighbouring Pakistan has also been hammered... Read more »

Global condemnation trails Iran’s attack on Israel

…Iran’s attack on Israel: What we know…Israeli cabinet debates response to Iran attack By Tunde Oso (with agencies report) Countries around the world yesterday condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel, warning the attack could... Read more »

Key features of Israel’s multilayered air defence system revealed

By Ajisafe Olayiwola Over 300 drones and missiles were fired towards Israel in an attack late Saturday, injuring at least 12 people, according to an Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, in a televised... Read more »

US helped Israel down ‘nearly all’ Iran drones – Biden

Agency Report President Joe Biden said Saturday that US forces helped take down “nearly all” the drones and missiles fired by Iran at Israel, adding that he had reaffirmed his “ironclad” support... Read more »

Death of Israeli teenager in West Bank fuels attacks on Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday condemned the “heinous murder” of an Israeli teenager in the occupied West Bank as attacks on Palestinian villages intensified following news of his death. After Benjamin... Read more »

800 suspected scammers arrested in Myanmar-China joint operation

Agency Report No fewer than 800 people suspected of being cross-border scammers were arrested in a joint police operation by Myanmar and China, Beijing’s embassy in Yangon said on Monday. Scam compounds... Read more »

Meta shuts fake news monitoring tool ahead US presidential poll

By Idowu Abdullahi A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to... Read more »

Biden slammed for declaring Easter Sunday as Transgender day

By Okiki Adeduyite US President, Joe Biden’s announcement of declaring this Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility has generated significant controversy. Although March 31 has always been set aside to honour the... Read more »

Guinea-Bissau former president’s son jailed in US

Agency Report The son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced to more than six and a half years in prison for involvement in a transnational heroin trafficking conspiracy, the US... Read more »

Mom, others hail death sentence on Chinese who killed lover

Tukur Muntari and Dayo Oyewo Hajiya Fatima Zubairu, the mother of Ummulkhulsum Buhari who was killed by her Chinese boyfriend, Frank Geng Quarong, has commended the death sentence slammed on Quarong by... Read more »