INTERNATIONAL

The ECOWAS Court has dismissed an application filed by two Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) seeking to compel Nigeria to support Haiti’s membership application to join the African Union (AU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the applicants were: The Incorporated Trustees…

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation Wednesday that would force the popular TikTok video app to either separate from its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance or sell the U.S. version of the software. The bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary…

Haiti’s prime minister agreed late Monday to step aside as armed gangs plunge his country into anarchy, as he accepted a regional push for a transition that sets the stage for international intervention. Caribbean nations secured Ariel Henry’s resignation at an emergency meeting…

The United Kingdom (UK) has started the implementation of the dependants’ ban on migrant caregivers. In a post on its X handle on Monday, the UK Home Office said the move is part of plans to cut migration. From today, care workers entering the…

A French court on Friday sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for burning his partner alive for trying to leave him. Jonathan Boillet, 36, has been on trial since Tuesday at a criminal court in northern France for murdering 33-year-old Sandy…

Two-time world champion Anthony Joshua knocked out mixed martial arts star Francis Ngannou in just the second round of their widely-hyped heavyweight clash on Saturday, with his promoter quickly declaring him the division’s “number one” fighter. Joshua had his Cameroonian opponent on the…

Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO with the handover of documents at a ceremony in Washington, a historic move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said marked a “strategic debacle” by Russia. “Good things come to those who wait,” Blinken…

International patent filings declined last year for the first time in 14 years due to higher interest rates and economic uncertainty, the UN said Thursday, with India among the few countries bucking the trend. A total of 272,600 international patents were filed in…

Donald Trump marched Wednesday towards a bitter rematch against President Joe Biden in November as his final Republican rival Nikki Haley thew in the towel after a thumping defeat in the “Super Tuesday” primaries. Pointedly declining to endorse the man she has portrayed…

Spanish prosecutors on Wednesday called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly failing to declare earnings to the tax office. Madrid state prosecutor’s office accused the 64-year-old Italian of having deprived Spain’s treasury…