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President Joe Biden arrived in Israel Wednesday for one of the most complicated diplomatic trips of his presidency, an extraordinary high-stakes trip to a region gripped by violence, including an explosion at a Gaza City hospital that he said appeared to be done by “the other team.” “I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday. And …

An early version of an Army Tactical Missile System is tested December 14, 2021, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.CNN —  The US secretly provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, according to two US officials, providing Ukraine with a significant new capability that could allow its forces to hit new Russian targets that were previously out of reach. The confirmation …

President Joe Biden will make a landmark trip to Israel Wednesday, a show of “ironclad” support as Washington tries to prevent the escalating war in Gaza from spilling over into regional conflict. The trip comes just days after Gaza-based Hamas fighters broke through Israel’s heavily fortified border, shooting, stabbing and burning to death more than 1,400 people, most of them …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the civilian death toll in Gaza could see a “catastrophic increase” and warned of the risk of a regional war, after talking to Iranian and Arab leaders on Monday. The Kremlin said Putin had spoken to his Syrian, Egyptian and Iranian counterparts as well as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov …

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday proposed the sum of N26.01 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year to be submitted to the National Assembly. The government said it was working towards ensuring that the January to December budget circle was maintained and that the 2024 budget was passed and signed before December 31, 2023. The Minister of Budget and Planning, …

He alleged that Akpabio had a hand in the unfavourable court judgment against him. He alleged further that the Senate President had penciled down four other senators for removal through the court. “I have it from a reliable source and a very highly placed one for that matter, that myself and four other senators within the fold of the ruling …

The Nigeria Correctional Service has declared a former ex-militant leader and deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the  November 11 polls in Bayelsa State, Joshua Maciver, free. The agency said Maciver had no pending prison sentence obligation. There had been reports (not by The PUNCH) that Maciver, before his emergence as the running mate of the APC governorship …

In a landmark decision, India’s top court has ruled in favor of upholding the rights of the LGBTQ community, but stopped short of legally recognizing same-sex unions. The ruling is a partial victory for LGBTQ Indians who have long campaigned to be recognized as equal citizens in the world’s largest democracy. A five-judge constitution bench led by India’s chief justice …

By Eben Enasco Edo State Governor’s wife, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki has Identified gaps in moral values as part of the numerous issues militating against Economic and Societal growth in Nigeria, asserting that until citizens begin to respect the culture, traditions, and legacies of their forebears, the country will continue to run at a loss. Betsy Obaseki gave the charge during …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated 44 Special Assistants (SAs) and 10 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) in Owan West and Owan East Local Government Areas of the State. The governor, while swearing in the new aides at the Edo State College of Education in Afuze, called for a paradigm shift in politics in the country to a new …