President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC ahead of his 4-day working visit to the United States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft carrying President Buhari and members of his entourage had left the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Saturday at about 11.35p.m. A […]
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In the biggest intervention by Western powers in Syria, U.S., British and French forces pounded Damascus and Homs with air strikes early on Saturday in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week, in Ghouta. Hit among others were a scientific research facility in Damascus and Syrian army depots in the […]
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It has been revealed that London has become notorious as far as murder cases are concerned and it’s becoming more like New York City. The city of Big Ben and the tube overtook New York in murders for the first time in modern history as the British capital dealt with a surge in knife attacks. […]
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The US government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks US Visa, according to a State Department filing on Friday. The proposal, a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for U.S. visas, if approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would require most immigrant and non-immigrant […]
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Two people were injured late Sunday in an explosion at a home in Austin, Texas, the fourth mysterious bombing in the city this month, police said. The blast came just hours after police made a direct public appeal to the unknown bomber or bombers suspected of other recent bombings. An exploding package killed a 39 […]
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US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday announced sanctions against Russians accused of trying to influence the 2016 election and of involvement in other separate cyber attacks. The announcement follows a lengthy delay that had caused anger on Capitol Hill and raised questions about Trump’s willingness to confront Moscow. The measures target five entities and […]
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The U.S. State Department is offering a five-million-dollar reward for information leading to Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah. The U.S. also announced a three-million-dollar reward each for two other senior leaders of militias linked to the Pakistani Taliban. The move is seen as another attempt by Washington to defuse tensions with the Pakistani government. The […]
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President Donald Trump has agreed to a historic first meeting with Kim Jong Un in a stunning development in America’s high-stakes nuclear standoff with North Korea. Standing in front of the White House, South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong announced the first ever meeting between a US president and North Korean leader, which he […]
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The United States has announced 533 million dollar in humanitarian assistance for African nations facing life-threatening food insecurity and malnutrition. The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson announced the grant on Wednesday The grant would support safe drinking water programs, emergency healthcare and hygiene programs to treat and prevent the spread of disease, and reunification […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Congress to end the visa lottery programme, citing a Justice Department crackdown on a recipient who abused resident status to finance terrorist activities abroad. “Time to end the visa lottery,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “Congress must secure the immigration system and protect Americans.” Trump linked his […]
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