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“I can’t imagine that there’s any profession that is more dangerous,” President Donald Trump told reporters, just hours after he was at the centre of yet another major security incident. While a small army of Secret Service agents make the president arguably the world’s most protected person, keeping him safe is proving to be no easy task. First there was …

The man arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named to the BBC’s US news partner CBS by law enforcement sources as Cole Tomas Allen. The 31-year-old suspect is from Torrance in the Los Angeles region, California. After he was detained by security agents inside …

Neda Imasuen, the Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on Tuesday appealed to leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the district to emulate their counterparts in Edo Central and Edo North by granting him a return ticket to the Senate. Imasuen made the appeal during a visit to party leaders in Benin City, the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea route for oil shipments whose disruption is increasingly threatening the global economy. Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the weekslong war, experts say. Any future claims …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The latest ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran appeared to fail Saturday before they began, as Tehran’s top diplomat left Pakistan and President Donald Trump soon afterward said he had told envoys not to travel to Islamabad. The negotiations were meant to follow historic face-to-face talks earlier this month between the U.S., led by Vice …

It’s become a joke – through gritted teeth – these days in EU circles, that whenever leaders meet, as they did these last two days in Cyprus – expecting to discuss practicalities, such as the new EU budget – they get railroaded by yet another crisis. There is the ongoing energy crisis provoked by the US-Israel war on Iran, Russia’s …

Explosions and sustained gunfire have been reported in Mali’s capital Bamako as armed groups launch apparently coordinated attacks across the country. In a statement on Saturday the military said “fighting is ongoing”, adding “our defence and security forces are currently engaged in repelling the attackers”. Witnesses have told the Reuters news agency of explosions and gunfire around the Kati military …

Médecins Sans Frontières says recent attacks in Borno have forced more than 5,000 residents of Ngoshe, Gwoza, to flee their homes. MSF Field Communication Officer, Abdulkareem Yakubu, disclosed this in a statement, warning the violence has deepened an already fragile humanitarian situation. He said the displacement followed brutal attacks on March 3, which reportedly left several people dead and others …

The Nigerian Army has dismantled a notorious camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo, recovering suspected remains of two personnel abducted and killed in 2022. The development is contained in an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The …

The Police Command in Benue State has confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler, Chief Alexander Awodi, the District Head of Olegabulu Community in Agatu Local Government Area of the state by unknown gunmen. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Edet Udeme, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Saturday in Makurdi. Udeme disclosed that …