A second Iranian warship was heading towards Sri Lanka’s territorial waters today, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least 87 sailors, a minister told parliament. Media minister Nalinda Jayatissa said the second Iranian warship was just outside Sri Lankan waters but gave no further details. Official sources said the […]
Global economic resilience was being tested yet again by the latest war in the Middle East, the head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, warned today. During a livestream of the “Asia in 2050” conference in Bangkok, Georgieva said that if the conflict is proven to be more prolonged, it will have obvious potential to affect […]
Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery, the Saudi Aramco facility in Ras Tanura, has gone up in flames after being hit by an Iranian drone on Monday. The incident prompted the closure of the facility. The refinery, which has a processing capacity of about 550,000 barrels per day, was said to have caught fire after a section […]
At least 169 people have been killed and buried in a mass grave in South Sudan, two local officials told AFP today, the latest incident as the country sees a dramatic increase in violence. The desperately poor country has seen a surge in violence throughout the nation, as forces loosely allied to either the opposition […]
The number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, official data showed on Thursday, highlighting the challenges for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. A total of 705,809 babies were born in Japan, the preliminary health ministry data showed, down 2.1 per cent from 2024. The data includes births to Japanese nationals […]
United States lawmakers have initiated a new bill aimed at increasing accountability for human rights abuses in Nigeria. The legislation, Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026, contains provision for potential sanctions against Fulani militias and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, claiming that the proposed legislation seeks to strengthen the impact of previous […]
United States lawmakers have introduced a new bill aimed at confronting religious persecution in Nigeria, with a focus on holding the government accountable for protecting vulnerable communities, especially Christians, contained in a press release issued yesterday by US lawmaker Riley Moore on his official website. The proposed legislation, titled the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability […]
Cambridge University, England, United Kingdom, has formally transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in its Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM). The university described the move as a major step in its ongoing efforts to address the colonial-era dispossession of cultural heritage. The decision, announced today, […]
China said today that it would not join nuclear talks at this stage after the expiry of the US-Russian New Start treaty triggered fears of a global arms race. Campaigners have warned that the expiry of the New Start treaty today, which ended decades of restrictions on how many warheads the two powers deploy, could […]
Donald Trump yesterday said he had reached a framework understanding on Greenland following discussions with Mark Rutte, a development he claimed has removed the need for threatened tariffs against European allies. Trump announced the development in a post on his Truth Social platform after meetings on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, […]
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