The U.S. will send additional troops to the Middle East in the wake of drone strikes on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump had approved the deployment of additional troops of a defensive nature, Esper said at the Pentagon. Yemen’s Iran-linked Houthi rebels have […]
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Twitter said Friday it shut down thousands of accounts worldwide for spreading misinformation, including some artificially amplifying pro-Saudi messaging as part of a regional propaganda war. The move affected pro-Saudi accounts coming from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates directed at Qatar and Yemen, Twitter said, as well as others from China seeking to sow […]
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A Commonwealth facility designed to assist smaller and more vulnerable countries tackle the damaging effects of climate change has helped them access USD 27 million of funding. The figure marks a milestone for the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub and is more than 35 times the original start-up investment of AUD 1 million from Australia. […]
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British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has more to worry about as another member of his governing Conservatives defected to an opposition party seeking to reverse Brexit on Saturday. Former universities minister Sam Gyimah was announced as a new member of the Liberal Democrats at its annual conference in Bournemouth, on the southern English coast. Gyimah […]
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Saudi Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that drone attacks caused fires at two oil facilities of Saudi petroleum company Aramco. The ministry said in a statement on the Saudi Press Agency that attacks were reported on Saturday morning in Abqaiq in Eastern Province and Hijrat Khurais oilfield. The Aramco’s industrial security teams controlled and extinguished […]
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The Air Peace flight conveying some Nigerians who left South Africa over xenophobic attacks touched down at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 9:30pm on Wednesday. The chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, led officials to receive them. Also on ground to welcome them back home are officials of the […]
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Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed Wednesday. Eight times the mass of Earth and twice as big, K2-18b orbits in its star’s “habitable zone” at a distance — neither too far nor too close — […]
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he has fired his hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, saying he disagreed “strongly” with his positions. “I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning,” Trump announced on Twitter. “I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the […]
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Six persons have been abducted by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in a fresh attack on Kaduna-Abuja highway. The incident was confirmed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of Kaduna police command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who said that it happened on Sunday evening. This is coming barely 24 hours after police operatives […]
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Nigeria’s consul-general in Johannesburg Godwin Adama, says over 400 Nigerians have indicated interest to be evacuated from South Africa following xenophobic attacks. Foreign nationals in the country have been subjected to fresh attacks. This has led to a diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa. Speaking on Sunday, the consul-general in South Africa, said the […]
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