The chief of South Korea’s anti-corruption investigative agency on Tuesday apologised for the failure last week to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived martial law imposition. Oh Dong-woon, head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), said in a parliamentary session of the legislation and judiciary committee that he sincerely…
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has announced his resignation from office. Trudeau says he intends to step down as the country’s prime minister, after a new ruling party leader is chosen, the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister,” Trudeau, who has been in power…
The ballistic missile launch is Pyongyang’s first this year. Its previous launch was in November when it test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Monday, South Korea’s military said, as the top US diplomat was meeting key officials in Seoul….
The party of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called off a protest in the capital Islamabad after a crackdown by security forces. This brought about the tragic loss of hundreds of supporters and the rest arrested and forced to flee. Thousands of Khan’s supporters led by his wife converged on Islamabad…
US and British authorities says one of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists was arrested in Wales after more than 20 years on the run on Tuesday. Daniel Andreas San Diego, who has ties to animal rights extremist groups, is wanted by US authorities for his alleged involvement in two 2003 bombings in the San Francisco…
This equates to 140 women killed per day or one every 10 minutes by those closest to them. One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at “alarmingly high levels”. Almost 85,000 women and girls were murdered by people…
Pope Francis has said that allegations of genocide in Gaza should be “carefully investigated”, marking some of his most substantial criticism yet of Israel’s war with Hamas. “According to some experts… what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,” Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, cited the pontiff as writing…
Not many people realize that Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump’s youngest daughter, resides in Nigeria with her husband, Michael Boulous, who is of Lebanese-Nigerian descent. The couple primarily lives in the United States but stays at their home in Banana Island, Lagos, whenever they visit Nigeria. Michael’s grandfather immigrated to Nigeria from Lebanon at the start…
In a significant moment following the recent United States presidential election, Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, has formally acknowledged her defeat and extended her congratulations to Donald Trump, the Republican candidate who has emerged victorious. Trump secured his victory on Wednesday, surpassing the crucial threshold of 270 Electoral College votes, which is required to win…
US President-elect Donald Trump vowed to lead the “golden age of America” after he emerged victorious in the contested election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s polls. Addressing a crowd of supporters early Wednesday morning after earning more than 270 electoral votes, the former president said, “This was, I believe, the greatest political movement…
