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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The United States and Iran are close to agreeing on a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, two regional officials and a diplomat said Saturday, as the United States has weighed a new round of attacks on the Islamic Republic. Iran signaled “narrowing differences” in negotiations with the U.S. after Pakistan’s army chief held …

The Trump administration announced a new rule requiring green card applicants to leave the United States during the application process. The change could force hundreds of thousands of immigrants to leave their jobs and families while applications are processed. The rule marks another effort by the administration to restrict legal immigration alongside its crackdown on illegal immigration. AI-generated summary was …

At least 90 people have been killed in a coal mine blast in northern China, according to the country’s state media. The gas explosion happened at the Liushenyu Coal Mine, run by the Tongzhou Group, in Shanxi Province. Hundreds of rescuers have been sent to the site. Footage from state media showed paramedics carrying stretchers at the site, with ambulances …

Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has called for an immediate ceasefire among political actors involved in the Edo South APC senatorial primary eligibility dispute. The Oba made the appeal on Friday while receiving APC aspirant Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama and party leaders at his palace in Benin City. He told the delegation that God would ultimately determine the final outcome of the …

The Oyo State Government has suspended all school excursions, field trips and outdoor student activities until further notice over security concerns. The directive is contained in a circular issued on Friday by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The circular was signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs B.T. Oyinloye, and distributed to education stakeholders across the state. Recipients …

The UN says it is rushing emergency personnel, funding and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreading through conflict-ravaged provinces. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday raised the national risk assessment for DRC to “very high”, although the global risk remains “low”. So far, 82 cases and seven deaths have …

Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says his administration has completed 414 road projects, covering 864.12 kilometres across the state in the last three years. Otti disclosed this at his May media chat held on Friday night at the renovated Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia. He spent time to reel out the achievements recorded by his administration in infrastructure, health, education, transportation, environment …

The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, on Thursday received former House of Representatives member, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, at his palace in Benin City, where he offered prayers for his political aspiration and urged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State to embrace peace and unity. Ogbeide-Ihama, who secured the highest votes in the recently conducted APC National Assembly …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has tried to reassure allies over US decisions on troop deployments in Europe. Rubio’s intervention at the end of a Nato foreign ministers’ meeting in Sweden came after President Donald Trump said the US would send an extra 5,000 troops to Poland. That decision was a week after a planned deployment of 4,000 troops …

Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo on Friday, attributed cooperation of traders to the successful completion of the reconstructed Oba market in Benin, which was razed by fire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a midnight fire razed the Oba market in June 2020. Okpebholo, who led his Deputy, Dennis Idahosa and top government officials and party leaders on …