No less than 18 people were killed, and four others wounded on Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential apartment in Aitou. A village in Lebanon’s North Governorate, the Lebanese Red Cross said in a post on X. Lebanese TV channel LBCI reported that the building targeted in the airstrike was rented by displaced…
The European Union (EU) on Monday expressed concern about the recent escalation along the Lebanon-Israel border area and the Israeli attacks against UN peacekeepers. “Such attacks against UN peacekeepers constitute a grave violation of international law and are totally unacceptable. “These attacks must stop immediately, EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said in a statement…
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, met with several candidates for his new cabinet on Monday, as the former military general prepares to take office on Sunday. Several ministers from President Joko Widodo’s administration, including Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, visited Prabowo’s residence in South Jakarta. “Essentially,…
The West and Central Africa Wheat Development Network (WECAWheat), has called on member Governments to prioritise enacting and enforcing policies that support strategic investments in wheat production in the region. WECAWheat made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of its Second Regional Summit in Abuja on Monday. The summit sought for a…
Four soldiers from the Lebanese army have died in the conflict between the Hezbollah militia and Israel, and a further 12 Lebanese soldiers have been killed while not on duty, army sources told dpa. Two soldiers were recently killed by Israeli fire while on duty at a military post in Kafra in the south of…
About 19 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in Israeli shelling on a school housing displaced persons in the Nuseirat refugee camp of central Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources who were eyewitnesses reported that Israeli artillery fired on the Al-Mufti school, which houses dozens of displaced families in the northern Nuseirat camp. The ambulance…
European Union (EU) foreign ministers to agree on new sanctions over Russia’s alleged attempts to take political influence in Moldova, Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu said on Monday. The EU sanctions target Russian actors and organisations accused of destabilising the former Soviet nation’s democracy and security ahead of a crunch referendum on EU membership and…
German intelligence services on Monday warned of a spike in Russian espionage in a public session of the parliamentary oversight penal. The annual meeting in Germany’s lower house, the Bundestag, was attended by leaders of the country’s three intelligence services. The Federal Intelligence Service (BND), the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) and the Federal Office for…
The Federal Government has urged Nigerians living in China to continue to promote the country’s cultural heritage toward fostering nation-building. The government also urged them to live peacefully with their hosts at all times. Amb. Akinremi Bolaji, Director of Trade, Economic, and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave the advice in his virtual address on…
Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has reacted to the ill-treatment meted on the team by Libyan Airport authorities ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in Benina. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles were held hostage by Libyan authorities at the Al-Abaq Airport on Sunday night for…
