Asia
5 Jan
A shop owner in Iran has been sentenced to two years in prison after publishing photos without a headscarf, the U.S.-based human rights network, HRANA, said on Friday.
5 Jan
Chinese asset management giant Zhongzhi Enterprise Group has filed for bankruptcy and was unable to pay its debts, a Beijing court said on Friday.
5 Jan
More than 76,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon in almost three months of near-daily fighting along the border with Israel, the UN's International Organization for Migration has said.
5 Jan
Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million electric vehicles in China, the country's market regulator said Friday, owing to software issues that could pose safety risks while driving.
5 Jan
Hampered by bad weather and damaged roads, Japanese rescuers searched Friday for 222 people still missing four days after a devastating earthquake as the death toll approached 100.
5 Jan
China called Friday for "restraint" from all sides after Seoul said North Korea had fired an artillery barrage near two South Korean islands.
5 Jan
Three people were killed and at least 28 injured when two trains collided on Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, officials said.
5 Jan
More than 40,000 people suspected of taking part in cyber scams in Myanmar were handed over to China last year, Beijing state media said Friday.
4 Jan
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his condolences Thursday over twin bomb blasts in close ally Iran, telling his counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that he was "shocked" by the incidents that left at least 84 people dead.
4 Jan
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck, is recovering well but still needs close monitoring to avoid complications, a Seoul National University Hospital doctor said Thursday.
4 Jan
China showcased on Thursday fighter jets firing missiles in the South China Sea, as it held rival military exercises with the United States in the hotly contested waters.
4 Jan
Beijing on Thursday voiced "strong dissatisfaction" that fighting in neighbouring Myanmar had caused Chinese casualties and said it would take "all necessary measures" to protect its citizens, following reports an artillery shell had exploded across the border.
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The music at the opening day of The Fabric of Courage, Somi’s week-long exhibition of the remarkable archives of the World Black Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC), which held for the second time it occurred, back in 1977, was a marvel to listen to.
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There are indications that increasing food insecurity and the resultant high cost of living is putting some strains on the smooth relationship between the National Assembly and the executive arm of the Federal Government.
11 mins ago
Just recently, this reporter watched a video of a reception held for Dr. Michael Iheonukara Okpara, the former Premier of the defunct Eastern Nigeria. That must have been in 1960 at the Odida Anyanwu Local Government field, Umuahia, capital of Abia State.
12 mins ago
The spate of piracy and maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) continues to stir grave concerns. The upward push of about 50 per cent in piracy and maritime crimes recorded for the first nine months of 2023 signposts increasing danger within
13 mins ago
It was, as the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, quipped, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu’s first official visit to the state, and probably the first by a sitting First Lady in the last 25 years.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by seven senior advocates of Nigeria against the National Judicial Council (NJC) and others over alleged unlawful appointment of judges in Kogi.
17 mins ago
Nigeria’s sustained onslaught against internet fraudsters in the country has been most successful owing largely to verifiable intelligence the anti-graft agencies received from concerned members of the public.
20 mins ago
Although Section 20 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria provides that “no person shall be held in slavery or servitude and no person shall be required to perform forced labour,” the enforcement of the law seems to be lacking in recent times
21 mins ago
At the second thematic event of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly which was held at the UN Headquarters within the framework of Sustainability Week, the focus was on the critical role of tourism in advancing sustainable
24 mins ago
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has teamed up with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to curb tax evasion and meet up with the FIRS projected N1.9 trillion tax from the public sector.