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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 5, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walk during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris © Ludovic Marin / AFP  France on Saturday said it was recalling its envoy to Turkey for consultations after comments by Turkish President […]

A general view of the talks between the rival factions in the Libyan conflict at the United Nations offices in Geneva Switzerland on October 20, 2020. © Pool, Reuters  Libya’s warring sides signed an agreement for “a permanent ceasefire in all areas of Libya”, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a Facebook […]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has once again directed troops fighting bandits marauders and other criminals in Zamfara, katsina and Sokoto States among others to deal decisively with all criminal elements in their areas of operations. Photo: TWITTER/HQNIGERIANARMY A Coalition of 100 civil society organisations (CSOs), yesterday, called on President […]

Russian president Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs via video conference on Oct. 21, 2020.   –   Copyright  Alexei Druzhinin/Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he personally intervened to allow the evacuation of opponent Alexei Navalny to Germany after his poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok. […]

The mute button apparently worked. The second and final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden was a much more staid affair than the chaos of the first — with far fewer interruptions and far more discussion of each candidate’s policies. There was, to be sure, a fair dose of personal attacks and […]

Rajesh Mani of Manav Seva Sansthan said 33 Indian labourers, including 25 workers from Uttar Pradesh, have been held hostage by a company in Somalia for the last eight months.(File photo for representation) The Indian High Commission in Kenya has said that it is in touch with the Somalian government to rescue 33 Indian labourers […]

A truly grave occurrence ended without casualties in Zugdidi yesterday, Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister of Georgia stated at the Executive Government Meeting today. He noted that operating search actions are in progress and a key task of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is to continue work until its final resolution. “It was only a […]

Buhari. Photo; TWITTER/NIGERIAGOV The Presidency, yesterday, came under attack from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka over Tuesday’s shooting of ENDSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it had already dragged President Mohammad Buhari’s government and the military […]

Illustration: © Getty Images / Science Photo Library A group of researchers in the US is sounding the alarm over several coronavirus vaccines currently undergoing clinical trials, warning that they may increase the risk of contracting HIV in subjects who take them. At least four of the current batch of Covid-19 vaccines in development at […]

  Vice President Fuat Oktay speaks during the CNN Türk broadcast in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 21, 2020 (AA Photo)  Turkey will not hesitate to send troops and provide military support for Azerbaijan if such requests were made by Baku, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Wednesday, adding that there were no such requests at the moment. […]