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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Donald Trump for the first time since they launched a joint war against Iran, offering a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship. It comes as both face growing pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection and …

The Federal Government has urged South Africa to take decisive action against persistent attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals, insisting perpetrators must face justice. Nigeria also stressed that foreign residents deserve equal protection under international law, regardless of where they live, and called for stronger safeguards against xenophobic violence. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, made the call …

President Donald Trump has arrived at yet another fork in the road on Iran. But each time he reaches such a point, his options only become more narrow and the costs of any course of action grow. The Trump administration explained Sunday that a pause in air strikes — now up to three nights, after 13 straight nights of attacks …

Nigerian singer, Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has become the first Nigerian artist to ring the closing bell at the London Stock Exchange. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ‘Fall in Love’ crooner disclosed this in a post on his verified X handle on Friday. According to D’banj, he participated in the ceremony as part of …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Friday said they have linked cases of a diarrhea-causing parasite tied to shredded lettuce to an additional four states, expanding the scope of the largest U.S. outbreak of cyclospora. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak first tied to Taco Bell restaurants now includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Previously …

Wars often end somewhere different from where they begin. The current conflict with Iran has been plagued by ill-defined and shifting objectives, from aspirations of regime change to more focused aims of degrading Iran’s nuclear and military capabilities. Nearly six months in, it has evolved into something else entirely: a struggle over who controls the Strait of Hormuz and, with …

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File) The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers …

The U.S. has imposed new tariffs of 10 and 12.5 per cent on goods from more than 80 countries, including Nigeria over alleged forced labour. The new tariffs, which take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, replace a global 10 per cent duty imposed earlier by President Donald Trump and expires at midnight on Friday. The new duties follow a …

  Several of President Donald Trump’s key claims about the war with Iran have fallen apart. Some of Trump’s claims were obviously untrue at the time he made them. Some were boasts that had a factual basis at the time but ceased to be true as the war continued. And others were assertions about what would supposedly happen in the …

The US House voted to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran absent congressional approval, the latest repudiation by lawmakers of the president’s handling of the conflict. Four Republicans voted with Democrats in support of the measure, which was brought Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal. The vote was 214 to 208. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren …