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14 Apr
Iran on Sunday urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a strike that destroyed its consulate building in Damascus earlier this month.
12 Apr
Donald Trump becomes the first US ex-president to go on criminal trial Monday pushing the nation's legal and electoral systems to the limit less than seven months before Americans decide whether to return the scandal-plagued Republican
12 Apr
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 trial in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced yesterday on X. He was 76.
11 Apr
O.J. Simpson, the American football star whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called "trial of the century" for the murder of his ex-wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76. Once a beloved national figure, his fame turned to infamy after the savage killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and…
11 Apr
The White House on Thursday announced a crackdown on firearms sales at gun shows and over the internet that evade US federal background checks.
11 Apr
Meta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from "sextortion" scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters.
11 Apr
A shooting between rival groups left three people wounded at a celebration marking the end of Ramadan, police in the US city of Philadelphia said.
11 Apr
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday promised "ironclad" support for Israel as Iran threatens reprisals over a strike that leveled an Iranian consulate building in Damascus and killed two generals.
11 Apr
Donald Trump has turned being a victim into a central plank of his campaign, an electoral strategy that will be put to the test Monday in Manhattan during the first ever criminal trial of a former US president.
10 Apr
President Joe Biden said Wednesday the United States was "considering" a request by Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges. Australia's parliament passed a motion in February with the prime minister's support calling for an end to the legal saga surrounding Assange, who is currently held in Britain while…
10 Apr
Donald Trump's former finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, was jailed for five months on Wednesday for perjury after he admitted lying to prosecutors as they investigated the former president for fraudulently inflating his wealth, US media reported. Weisselberg, 76, was the chief financial officer of former president Trump's real estate and entertainment group from 2005 to…
10 Apr
The new CEO of the world's top crypto platform stressed the importance of regulatory compliance for Binance's future success, months after its former chief executive pleaded guilty to violating US anti-money laundering laws and it paid $4.3 billion to settle charges. In an interview with AFP during a visit to Paris for a cryptocurrency sector…
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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 the alleged unlawful appointment of judges in Kogi.
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has placed former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on a watchlist. Immigration took this step after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declared Bello wanted. NIS placed Bello on the watchlist in a circular dated April 18 and signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, DS Umar, for…
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