The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, Wednesday sent a congratulatory message to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday’s occasion of Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary. A statement by Special Adviser to the

A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to murdering nine people after contacting them on Twitter, in a high-profile case that has shocked the country. Dubbed the “Twitter killer”, Takahiro Shiraishi

The commission that oversees US presidential debates says it will change the format to ensure the remaining two encounters between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are more orderly. One new

The United States will detain shipments of palm oil and its products from a major producer in Malaysia after a wide range of labour abuse indicators were found, including physical

Based on the undertaking by the authorities of the United Arabs Emirates (UAE), the Nigerian government has agreed to lift the ban placed on Emirates Airlines from operating flights in

Armenia says one of its fighter jets was shot down by a Turkish jet in a major escalation of the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region with Azerbaijan.. The Armenian

Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was named emir by the country’s cabinet to succeed his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah who died on Tuesday. The cabinet announcement was

Britain and Canada imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Tuesday on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior officials, accusing their government of rigging an election and

In an election year like no other, the first debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, could be a pivotal moment in a race that

The number of people worldwide who have died with Covid-19 has passed one million, researchers say, with many regions still reporting surging numbers of new infections. The tally by Johns

The European Union and Britain both said a post-Brexit deal was still some way off as they began a decisive week of talks in Brussels on Monday. Britain left the

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated sharply on Monday in and around the mountain territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and at least 30 people were killed in a second day of heavy

The British government is planning to enforce a total social lockdown across a majority of northern Britain and potentially London, to combat a second wave of COVID-19, The Times reported

US President Donald Trump paid just $750 in US income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, reported losing millions of dollars from his golf courses and has hundreds of millions

The Spanish government has urged authorities in Madrid to tighten coronavirus restrictions across the city, warning of a “serious risk” to residents if they do not. Madrid extended restrictions in

Abel Ejikeme Ahead of Nigeria’s 60 years Independence Day celebration, the country’s foremost media group, THISDAY ARISE Group will be hosting a 6-hour global commemoration to celebrate this milestone for

Rita Osakwe President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the new US Supreme Court Justice. Barret, a conservative, long-term academicck and appeals court judge was the

Rita Osakwe A stabbing that left two people seriously injured in Paris is being treated as a terror attack. French interior minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack near the former

Rita Osakwe US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday became the first woman in history to lie in state at the US Capitol, capping off days of commemorations

Rita Osakwe The United States is considering new guidelines that could restrict some international students, many of them from African countries, from applying for courses with a duration longer than