U.S. and Saudi officials have agreed to pursue a hu manitarian pause in Yemen, where fighting by Shi’ite Houthi rebels has forced thousands of pe ople to flee the country. At a news conference in Riyadh Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister
A senior advisor to Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza said the government believes the United States is not well-informed about what is happening in Burundi. Willy Nyamitwe, senior presidential advisor on media and communications, accused the U.S. of meddling in Burundi’s internal affairs. Burundi has been rocked by violent protests since the ruling CNDD-FDD party
Two gunmen have reportedly been shot dead outside an anti-Islam art exhibition of the Prophet Muhammad in a city near Dallas in Texas, US. The shooting was reported shortly before 7pm local time at the Curtis Culwell Centre. The city is reportedly in lockdown, following reports that another gunman was seen near a shopping centre. […]
Vietnam is holding a parade to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the military victory that ended the Vietnam War and reunified the country under communist rule. As top officials looked on Thursday, thousands of flag-waving Vietnamese soldiers, war veterans, and others marched toward the center of Ho Chi Minh City. The parade was a reenactment […]
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) President, Tijani Umar has justified his recent trip to United States as necessary for the expected smooth preparation of the two national basketball teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigeress, for their international commitments. Speaking to Extra Time penultimate week, Umar was coy over the main agenda of his consultation, but hinted
In an effort to forestall what he claimed will be a “communist dictatorship” in the Dominican Republic, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent more than 22,000 U.S. troops to restore order on the island nation. Johnson’s action provoked loud protests in Latin America and scepticism among many in the United States. Troubles in the Dominican Republic […]
The US government has said it is “tremendously sorry” for killing two hostages held by al-Qaeda during a counterterrorism operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year. The White House said on Thursday that American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a drone strike in January in […]
Governor Cuomo took a closer look at some vintage US cars during his visit to Havana Andrew Cuomo has become the first US state governor to visit Cuba since a thaw in relations began last year. Mr Cuomo led a delegation of business executives from New York state to the island where he held talks […]
Islamic State fighters captured more territory outside the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province Wednesday, residents and local officials said. In an offensive that began at dawn, the militants seized control of several villages – Albu-Ghanim, Sjariyah and Soufiya – near Ramadi, The Associated Press reported. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said last week that Iraqi forces
Cuba is praising President Barack Obama’s decision to remove the Caribbean island nation from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. Josefina Vidal, Havana’s chief diplomat for U.S. affairs, issued a statement Tuesday welcoming Obama’s “fair decision to take Cuba off a list that it never should have been included on.” Obama
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is in talks to reach a final nuclear agreement with six world powers, not with U.S. lawmakers. Rouhani’s remarks on Wednesday were an apparent reaction to developments Tuesday in Washington, where President Barack Obama pledged to sign a bill that would subject the agreement to U.S. congressional review. In […]
World number 16 Venus Williams has withdrawn from the United States Fed Cup team to face Italy on Saturday and Sunday for personal reasons. The seven-time Grand Slam champion, 34, has been replaced by Lauren Davis. Venus’s sister Serena Williams, the world number one, Alison Riske and Christina McHale complete the US team. Italy have […]
More trouble has come the way of Google Inc. as the European Union (EU) has accused the online search engine giants of cheating consumers and competitors by distorting Web search results to favour its own shopping service, after a five-year investigation that could see a change in the rules for business online. The EU also […]
Multimillionaire and financier Bernard Baruch, in a speech given during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives, coined the term “Cold War” to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. The phrase stuck, and for over 40 years it was a mainstay in the language of American […]
U.S. President Barack Obama is back in Washington, following a historic face-to-face meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro and a first meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The talks with Castro in Panama were strongly criticized by some Republican presidential hopefuls. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said in a statement, “Keeping up a disturbing […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry praised his predecessor Hillary Clinton on Sunday for the “terrific job” she did in repairing global ties while she was America’s top diplomat. She “did a terrific job of rebuilding alliances that had been shredded over the course of the prior years,” Kerry told ABC’s This Week as […]
An Egyptian court has sentenced Mohammed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other defendants to death for inciting violence. Sentences handed down Saturday also included life imprisonment for a U.S.-Egyptian citizen, Mohammad Soltan, convicted of supporting the militant group. The U.S. State Department said it was “deeply
Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise, East Africa’s biggest carrier by revenue, has again admitted it is in talks with Nigeria over plans to help set up national airlines in Nigeria and three other countries to expand its operations on the continent. This move is certainly going to elicit reactions from airline observers in Nigeria following failed engagements […]
After a 33-hour bombardment by Confederate cannons, Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. The first engagement of the war ended in Rebel victory. The surrender concluded a standoff that began with South Carolina’s secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. When President Abraham Lincoln sent word to Charleston in early […]
Nigeria, being the Africa’s top oil producer and largest holder of natural gas reserves on the continent imported 764,000 barrels of Liquefied Petroleum Gas,(LPG) from the United States in 2014, the first time since 2010, according to the Energy Information Administration, (EIA). Data obtained from the EIA, the statistical arm of US Department of Energy, […]
