A record 83.4 million people have been forced to flee from their homes, fuelled by an increase in disasters and conflict, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. The UN migration agency in its 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement on Tuesday said the number of people living in internal displacement had more than…
No fewer than 14 people have died and six others hospitalised after consuming over night toxic liquor in northern India, police said on Tuesday. Maninder Singh, the senior police officer who revealed this said also said that seven people have been arrested on allegations that they supplied the toxic liquor. Singh said that the arrested…
Israel is preparing for the release of the U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, held by the Palestinian Hamas militant group in Gaza, around midday (0900 GMT. This is according to the media reports on Monday. The Israeli news portal ynet cited an Israeli official as saying that preparations for his reception on Israeli territory had been…
European Union foreign ministers to meet on Wednesday in Warsaw for two days of informal talks focused on the bloc’s changing relation with the U.S. and the ongoing war in Ukraine. The return of Donald Trump to the White House at the beginning of the year has significantly changed the political winds in the EU….
The Kano State Fire Service says it rescued 30 persons and saved property worth N566 million from 176 incidents recorded between March and April. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Kano, by Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the service. Abdullahi said that 20 persons lost their lives, while properties…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations highest court, on Monday dismissed a genocide lawsuit filed by the Sudanese government against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) . The court, in The Hague, said it was not legally competent to rule on the matter. The Sudanese government had accused the UAE of aiding genocide…
Three people were reported dead and five others injured following a shooting at a restaurant in a Phoenix suburb on Sunday night, police confirmed. Police received calls about shots fired around 7:45 p.m. at El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, according to Glendale Police Department Officer Moroni Mendez during a briefing. Mendez confirmed that three…
Prof Sonni Tyoden, the immediate past Deputy Governor of Plateau, is dead. Mr Simon Lalong, the immediate past governor of the state, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday in Jos Lalong, who visited the residence of the deceased to condole with the family, described his former deputy as a trusted political ally, confidante, teacher,…
The Ebonyi Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has reactivated its temporary Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDP) in the state to prepare against any eventual flooding. Mr Clement Ovuoba, Executive Secretary of the agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Wednesday. Ovuoba said the reactivation followed…
A Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire on Wednesday at an industrial site in the Russian city of Murom, about 300 kilometres east of Moscow. According to Russian Telegram news channel Astra, citing local residents; the target was a factory producing ignition devices. However, the governor of the Vladimir region, Aleksandr Avdeyev, said on Telegram…
