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Israel Strikes Damascus Amid Druze Conflict in Syria

Israel conducted major airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, targeting a government building ...

Moussa Mara

Mali’s Ex-PM Moussa Mara Faces Second Questioning

Mali’s former prime minister, Moussa Mara, has been summoned for a second round of questioning ...

Attack

Israel Strikes Lebanon, Killing 12, Amid Ceasefire Tensions

Heavy Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, resulted in the deaths of 12 individuals, ...

Tinubu-and-Buhari

State Funeral: Tinubu in Daura to Honour Buhari

President Bola Tinubu touched down at Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport in Katsina this afternoon, ...

Russia

American Granted Russian Citizenship for Spying on Ukraine

A U.S. national, Daniel Martindale, has been granted Russian citizenship for his efforts in gathering ...

Aircraft transporting Buhari's remains

Buhari’s Remains Depart London for Daura Burial

The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari departed London, United Kingdom, this morning, Tuesday, July ...

UN

UN Extends Haiti Mission Mandate to 2026 Amid Ongoing Crisis

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, extending ...

Zelensky

Zelenskiy Proposes Shmyhal as Ukraine’s New Defence Minister

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a significant government reshuffle on Monday, July 14, 2025, proposing ...

Paul Biya

Cameroon’s Paul Biya, 92, Announces Bid for Eighth Term

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, aged 92 and the world’s oldest serving head of state, has ...

Buhari's Family

Ex-President Buhari to Be Laid to Rest in Daura

Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has confirmed that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari will ...

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Today in History

August 14th is the day in 1912 that United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.

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