The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a “cesspool of political bias”. The “hypocritical and self-serving” body “makes a mockery of human rights”, said US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley. Ms Haley […]
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Egypt has been ranked the safest country in Africa and higher than both the UK and US, according to a new global poll. The annual Gallup Global Law and Order asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had […]
President of the United States, Donald Trump, has said a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday had gone “better than anybody could have expected”. He also said they would sign a document following talks on ways […]
The Ugandan parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms, says BBC. It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05] daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter. […]
Denmark has banned the wearing of face veils in public, joining France and other parts of Europe in outlawing the burqa and the niqab worn by some Muslim women. Parliament voted on Thursday for the law proposed by the centre-right […]
Three fallen Nigerian peacekeepers will be honoured, among others, in commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the United Nations (UN) has said. The three Nigerians are: Ali Suleiman, a Lt. Col. who served with the UN Organization […]
The United States will officially be relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem later on Monday in a move sharply opposed by Palestinians and a large section of the international community. The interim embassy will operate inside the existing […]
President Donald Trump has declared that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Trump said it’s clear the country cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement, adding that […]
Indonesia’s former parliament speaker was handed a 15-year prison term on Tuesday in one of the country’s harshest sentences for graft, marking a victory for its clamp-down on widespread corruption. Setya Novanto, once among the country’s most influential politicians, had […]
Nigeria’s candidate, Amb. Peters Emuze has been elected to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in a keenly-contested election held at the UN Headquarters, New York. Emuze was elected for a four-year tenure. Emuze, who entered […]
A former First Lady of the United States of America, Barbara Bush, has died on Tuesday evening at the age of 92. Spokesman for the family, Jim McGrath, made this known in a press statement made available to newsmen. “She […]
The World Food Program, WFP says hunger is not just a byproduct of war, but the main cause of instability in many countries. The WFP United States Director Of Public Policy and Research, Dr. Chase Sova, highlighted this in a […]