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The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has terminated the “JICA Africa Hometown” initiative, following widespread protests in Japan over concerns that the programme would trigger increased immigration from Africa. The agency scrapped the initiative after struggling to contain the slew of misinformation online about it. The “hometown” agreement, announced by JICA at an African development conference in Yokohama in August, …

Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima, representing President Bola Tinubu, presented Nigeria’s national statement at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday. In the address, Tinubu urged the UN to give Nigeria permanent membership, stressing the country’s role and influence within Africa and the global community. He also called on nations with strategic mineral resources to …

After regularly testing the guardrails of American democracy in his second term, President Donald Trump is now busting through them — at a breakneck pace. The Justice Department on Thursday secured an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, just days after Trump urged it to prosecute him and forced out the prosecutor who resisted charging the president’s political foes. The situation epitomizes …

The Trump administration proposed a 21-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza to Arab leaders on Tuesday, which led to an exchange of ideas among the leaders over how to agree on a final proposal that could potentially drive an end the conflict, according to a senior administration official and regional sources familiar with the matter. On Wednesday US Special …

United Nations, New York — France formally recognized a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday in a move that deepens Israel’s international isolation as it pursues its maximalist war aims in Gaza and expands settlements in the occupied West Bank. Speaking at a summit on a two-state solution in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly that recognition …

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism.” “They are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary,” he said. Trump said women should not use it during pregnancy “unless medically …

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement. “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” a spokesperson for the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, said in a statement to CNN. …

US President Donald Trump hailed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a “great American hero” and “martyr” during a speech to tens of thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Arizona. Trump was the headline speaker at the packed event on Sunday, which saw top officials from his administration, including Vice-President JD Vance, praise Kirk’s political legacy after he …

Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed today after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. Kirk was 31. Arizonans mourn Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk outside of the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, on Wednesday.Rebecca Noble/Getty Images About his rise in conservative activism: As …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran traded more missile attacks Sunday despite calls for a halt to the fighting, with neither country backing down as their conflict raged for a third day, the Associated Press reports. Iran said Israel struck its oil refineries, killed the intelligence chief of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and two other generals and …