The UN chief warned world leaders on Tuesday that Lebanon was on “the brink” as clashes escalated between Israel and Hezbollah ahead of US President Joe Biden’s final appearance at the global body’s signature annual event. The gathering of dozens of world leaders,…

Donald Trump will hold a rally outdoors Wednesday in North Carolina, the former US president’s first open-air campaign event since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at an open-air appearance one month ago. Security precautions are being boosted for the afternoon rally scheduled…

The UK government on Tuesday pledged to prioritise mental health as a report into a fatal stabbing rampage by a psychotic patient identified a litany of errors by medical authorities. Nineteen 19-year-old students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and school caretaker Ian Coates…

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule ended on Monday as she fled weeks of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. Hasina had sought since early July to quell nationwide protests against her government but she fled…

The Federal Government has warned Nigerian citizens planning to travel to the United Kingdom, to be wary of violence risk occasioned by the recent killing of three young girls at a concert. A statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja on…

UK leader Keir Starmer is due to hold an emergency response meeting on Monday after more far-right riots broke out across England over the murder of three children last week. The prime minister will chair a meeting bringing together ministers and the police…

Russian forces said Tuesday they had captured another village in their offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The defence ministry said Russia had “liberated” the village of Pivdenne, on the outskirts of Toretsk, a larger town which Russian forces have advanced towards in…

Fifty-eight of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term. The 58 member countries of the trade association made…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s government on Tuesday, which will now serve only in a caretaker capacity, the presidency said. French politics have been in gridlock since an inconclusive snap election earlier this month,…

Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed 31 people and heavily damaged a Kyiv children’s hospital in an assault condemned as a ruthless attack on civilians. Dozens of volunteers, doctors and rescue workers were digging through debris…