A bipartisan resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran has failed in the US Senate, as the strikes continue. The war powers measure was rejected in a 53-47 vote largely along party lines. It would have halted US military action in Iran without congressional approval. Democrats argue that Trump […]
Ghana and St Kitts and Nevis have signed a visa exemption agreement covering holders of ordinary passports, marking a significant expansion of travel access between the two countries. The new arrangement replaces an earlier 2018 agreement that applied only to holders of diplomatic and service passports. The agreement was signed at the Jubilee House in […]
Clergy from a conservative grouping of the Anglican Church are meeting this week in Nigeria’s capital Abuja to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. The UK’s Sarah Mullally will officially be installed as the leader of the world’s Anglican communion at a lavish ceremony later this month, but her appointment has […]
A limited number of flights have been able to leave the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as departures across the Middle East continue to be disrupted by the joint Israeli and US war on Iran. More than 4,000 flights a day have been cancelled across the region, according to flight tracking service Flightradar24, with hundreds of thousands […]
The U.S. is blocking the Venezuelan government from paying for Nicolas Maduro‘s legal representation in the drug trafficking case he faces in New York, the deposed Venezuelan president’s defence lawyer said on Wednesday. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, both pleaded not guilty on January 5 to drug trafficking charges that could land them in a U.S. prison […]
Ghana has issued a travel advisory urging its citizens in Mexico to exercise extreme caution following deadly security operations and retaliatory violence linked to one of the country’s most powerful criminal networks. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the advisory was prompted by “the unfolding situation in Mexico” after an operation by […]
When Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at about 08:00 on Thursday, it had nothing to do with Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexual abuse. What led to him being arrested started with information that came out in the massive Epstein file release in January, around activities while he was a trade envoy for […]
Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Instagram-owner Meta Platforms, appeared in a California court on Wednesday defending his leadership of the company in a landmark legal case over whether social media is addictive for children. It is Zuckerberg’s first appearance before a jury after years of backlash against Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Facebook, which […]
The US House of Representatives has voted to rescind US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. In a 219-211 vote, six Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to back a resolution seeking to end the tariffs Trump imposed on Canada last year. The vote is largely symbolic as it will still need to be approved by […]
A church worker who stole nearly £100,000 from the Diocese of Westminster to fund her “high lifestyle” has been fined £1,000. Francisca Yawson, 38, stole from charity donations between September 2018 and August 2019. The mother of four had been employed as a “Gift Aid and Operations Technician” at the Roman Catholic diocese, which included […]
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and members of the Commonwealth Observer Group have arrived in Bangladesh to begin monitoring preparations for the country’s parliamentary election and referendum scheduled for February 12. The high-level team is in Dhaka to assess pre-election arrangements, engage key stakeholders and evaluate the overall environment ahead of voting day. Mr. […]
China has executed 11 people linked to online scam centres in Myanmar, according to state media, as Beijing toughens its crackdown on the illegal operations. Those executed on Thursday were sentenced to death in September by a court in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou, Xinhua said, adding that the court also carried out the […]
