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U.S. officials are preparing to announce restrictions to Russian military flights over American territory under the Treaty on Open Skies in the latest sign of strain in U.S.-Russia relations. The treaty, part of a suite of arms-control, transparency and...

Federica Mogherini, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security has replied Biafra agitators and the Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS) over their call for a referendum. The OEAS had earlier requested that the European...

North Korea’s foreign minister has said that President Donald Trump has declared war on the country and Pyongyang has the right to shoot down US strategic bombers. Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said, ‘The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S....

North Korea said on Monday that President Donald Trump had declared war and that the country reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space. North Korea displays missiles and Video...

Ri Yong-ho says in response to Donald Trump’s comments North Korea has ‘every right to make counter-measures’, including shooting down US bombers North Korea has threatened to shoot down US bombers in international airspace, claiming that, with a weekend...

The Donald Trump administration has released a new travel ban restrictions which include 8 countries, including North Korea and three African countries. The African countries are Libya, Chad and Somalia. The American president, in a tweet about the new...

Kim Jong-un has used an English word nobody knows and people are seriously impressed The US president and North Korean Supreme Leader have indulged in verbal back-and-forths as the ‘rogue state’ has continued with its weapons testing, seemingly making...

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that it had successfully tested one of its newest intercontinental ballistic missiles. The solid-fuel RS-24 YARS ICBM equipped with a nuclear warhead was fired from Plesetsk and reached the Kura range site...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest. Her conservative CDU/CSU alliance has won 32.5% of the vote, remaining the largest party in Germany's parliament, according to the ARD poll....

Iran said it has successfully tested a new-medium range missile, in defiance of United States President, Donald Trump. The launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which has a range of 2,000 km (1,242 miles), was shown on state TV. It is unclear when the test...

US Senator John McCain Friday announced his opposition to the latest Republican attempt to replace Barack Obama’s signature health care law, likely dooming the repeal effort. “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” McCain said...

A judicial officer, Rosemary Namuwanga was on Thursday in Kenya suspended for adorning in a short dress to the office. According to Ugandanmonitor, a letter dated September 21, 2017, was handed to Namuwanga. The letter reads, “This is to inform you that,...

Victor Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria on the 12th of December 1990. He, however, grew up in Kaduna State. His father was a pastor in Kaduna while his mother was a housewife who, in her spare time, would assist with her husband's work. When the future...

Uber will not be issued a new private hire license, Transport for London has said. TfL has concluded the ride-hailing app firm was not fit and proper to hold a private hire operator licence. London is Uber's biggest market in the UK, with around 40,000...

Russia has directed its entire media arsenal at the veteran Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman over his appearance in a video accusing the Kremlin of waging "war" on America during last year's presidential election. The video shows the Oscar winner accusing...

The Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un has thrown jabs at the American President, Donald Trump, for his statement in the 72nd United Nations general Assembly. Trump was quoted to have stated that he may "totally destroy" North Korea and called Kim, "rocket...

A private jet crashed on landing and burst into flames Thursday while making an emergency landing at Istanbul’s main international airport, leaving four injured, officials said. The incident led to the temporary closure of Ataturk International Airport...

The Gambia has promised to abolish the death penalty in a clean break with the former regime of Yahya Jammeh, giving activists hope that more African states will follow its example. President Adama Barrow, elected in December 2016, signed a UN treaty...

Opposition parties in Togo readied for a second day of demonstrations on Thursday over the rule of President Faure Gnassingbe, the scion of Africa’s oldest political dynasty, amid accusations of harsh repression by the security forces. Opposition leaders,...

Finally, the 12th season of the America’s Got Talent has ended and Darci Lynne Farmer beat our very own Kechi Okwuchi to emerge as the winner. The 12-year-old won the night with her incredible singing ventriloquist act, bringing her puppet, Petunia, back...

Catalonia’s vice-president admitted Thursday that plans to hold an outlawed independence referendum had been dealt a major blow by a crackdown the previous day, as people gathered in Barcelona for a second day of protests. Thousands took to the streets...

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 18, 2010 shows France’s richest woman, L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt being greeted prior to an award ceremony of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, on October 18, 2010 at the Quai Branly museum in Paris....

Hurricane maria erupted parts of the Dominican Republic with heavy rain and high winds as it passed off its east coast on Thursday after making a direct hit on Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria has killed at least 10 people as it raged through the Caribbean...

A man is in a critical condition after setting himself on fire outside Parliament in Wellington. The incident happened just before 4pm on Thursday. A Wellington Free Ambulance spokesman said the man was taken to Wellington Hospital's emergency department...