The Israeli military early on Tuesday said that an attacker was shot dead after firing at soldiers at a checkpoint near the village of Tayasir in the northern West Bank. “Following the initial report, a terrorist fired at soldiers at a military post in the area of Tayasir. “The soldiers eliminated the terrorist during exchanges…
Türkiye said on Tuesday that it will accept 15 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The National Intelligence Organisation would oversee the transfer of 15 exiled Palestinians to Türkiye via Egypt in the initial phase, the Turkish presidency said in a statement. Israel said in the ceasefire agreement that some prisoners…
Singapore said it would allocate approximately 150 million Singapore dollars (about 110 million U.S. dollars) for six new drainage upgrading projects in the 2025 fiscal year. This would be part of the ongoing efforts to mitigate flash floods, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu told the parliament on Tuesday. This comes as Singapore…
Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is questioning the effectiveness of the European Union’s current asylum system amid the country’s ongoing migration policy debate. CDU lawmaker Thorsten Frei criticised the EU-wide agreement known as the Dublin Regulation, which stipulates that in general the country the refugee first enters is responsible for processing their application for…
The crisis in the Middle East will top the agenda on Tuesday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting taking place after Trump took over the White House for a second term. Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Sunday for the visit. “This is…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned nationwide rally over proposed 50 per cent telecommunications tariff hike. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General Secretary of the NLC disclosed this in a statement addressed to all its state councils and affiliates on Tuesday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the NLC’s National Administrative Council (NAC)…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), says it has sealed 19 illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and category D cooking gas outlets in Delta. The Coordinator, NMDPRA in the state, Mr Victor Ohwodiasa disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Ohwodiasa said that the illegal outlets were sealed within the last…
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has agreed to take in criminals of any nationality, including violent criminals from the U.S. says Secretary of State, Marco Rubio . “Bukele has agreed to accept for deportation any illegal alien in the U.S. who is a criminal from any nationality, be they MS-13 or Tren de Aragua, and…
Tiny plastic particles are accumulating in human tissues at increasingly higher levels, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine showed. The study, led by Matthew Campen of the University of New Mexico, shows that there are significantly higher levels of plastic nano and micro particles in the liver and brain. The research was…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday presided over the swearing-in of newly appointed members of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the Federal Character Commission (FCC), and the National Population Commission (NPC). President Tinubu also swore in eight former directors in the Federal Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries (PS). Twenty-one members of the RMAFC,…
