U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has formally announced judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for attorney-general, a…
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Iraqi court issues arrest warrant against President Trump
An Iraqi court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against U.S. President Donald Trump in connection…
Trump’s Deputy National Security Adviser resigns
President Donald Trump’s Deputy National Security Adviser, Matt Pottinger, resigned Wednesday afternoon…
It’s game over for Trump as Congress certifies Biden’s win
The joint session of the United States Congress has certified the 270 Electoral…
Democrats call on Trump to demand protesters leave Capitol
Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Donald Trump to demand that all of his supporters leave…
COVID-19: Ghana to revive battered economy with $17bn
By Gabriel Atumeyi, with agency reports Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, has disclosed plans…
China denies WHO team entry to study origins of COVID-19
By Deborah Hassan The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rebuked China for blocking a…
Gulf crisis: Qatari emir lands in Saudi Arabia for GCC summit
Qatar’s ruler was greeted by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on arrival in the…
82 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast – Navy
The Libyan navy said on Monday that it rescued 82 illegal immigrants off the coast of…
Drugs experts approve India’s coronavirus vaccine
India’s drugs regulator has recommended for emergency use, a locally developed coronavirus vaccine called Covaxin. Covaxin…
Pelosi re-elected speaker as new U.S. Congress takes office
The 117th U.S. Congress took office on Sunday with Nancy Pelosi securing re-election as Speaker of…
Misrata-Tunis flights resume after several months of interruption
Flights between Misrata airport, 220 km east of Tripoli, and Tunis, Tunisia, resumed on Friday from…
Republican senators to challenge Biden’s presidential election win
A group of 11 Republican senators and senators-elect on Saturday said that they intend to appeal…
Senate overrides Trump’s veto of major national security bill
The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to override U.S. President Donald Trump’s veto of the National…
Brexit: Britain, EU begin new era of relations
Four-and-a-half years after a British referendum on membership in the European Union (EU), Brexit is finally…
Ethiopian doctors remove 26kg tumour from patient
Doctors at a hospital in Dilla town in Ethiopia’s Southern regional state have surgically removed 26…
Armed men assassinate journalist
An Afghanistan journalist, Bismillah Adil Aimaq, was on Friday assassinated by some armed men in Dara-e-Taimoor…
Covid: France mobilises 100,000 police to stop New Year’s Eve gatherings
France is to mobilise 100,000 police and gendarmes on New Year’s Eve to break up parties…
Biden Names Nigerian, Osaremen Okolo, Advisor on COVID-19
With less than three weeks to his swearing-in, the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden,…
China approves its first coronavirus vaccine, from Sinopharm
China has approved for conditional use its first coronavirus vaccine, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.…
Biden, Wife Set Set For New Year Eve Show
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and wife Jill are set to make an appearance at the famous…
China sentences 10 accused of fleeing Hong Kong for Taiwan to prison
Ten people accused of fleeing Hong Kong for Taiwan were handed prison sentences of up to…
COVID-19: Nurse tests positive after receiving vaccine
An ICU nurse in San Diego, who had received Pfizer Inc. vaccine’s shot against COVID-19 on…
Trump signs $900 billion Covid relief bill
President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion spending bill and accompanying $900 billion economic stimulus…
WHO chief warns coronavirus pandemic won’t be last
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday warned that the Coronavirus pandemic…
Pope scraps public Angelus prayer amid COVID precaution
Pope Francis on Saturday did not deliver his message before thousands of pilgrims, as in the…
41 persons drown in boat mishap
The bodies of 41 victims of a wrecked boat were recovered Thursday from Lake Albert, which…
Somali soldiers kill 7 al-Shabab in southern region
Somali security forces killed seven members of al-Shabab militants on Thursday in an operation in Garbaharey,…
Brexit: Boris Johnson hails free trade deal with EU
The EU and UK have reached a post-Brexit trade deal, ending months of disagreements over fishing…