INTERNATIONAL

Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has appointed Kemi Badenoch as the new secretary of state for international trade and president of the board of trade. Earlier on Tuesday, Truss was announced as the UK prime minister replacing Boris…

Barristers in England and Wales are starting an indefinite, uninterrupted strike, in an escalation of industrial action over pay which began in April. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) walkout is likely to worsen existing court delays, with tens of thousands of cases…

Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld the election of William Ruto as the president-elect of the country. Ruto, Kenya’s Deputy President, was declared winner of the August 9 election by the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission. Raila Odinga had filed a suit challenging the election…

Liz Truss will be the next United Kingdom Prime Minister after winning the party vote on Monday. Truss of the Conservative Party is Britain’s Foreign Secretary and set to be the country’s next Prime Minister. She will be replacing Boris Johnson. Truss while speaking in…

A man attempted to shoot Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner near her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday, a shocking incident that prompted a wave of sympathy from Latin American leaders. “Cristina remains alive, because, for a reason that has not yet been…

Equatorial Guinea has detained a former justice minister after he criticised the president, his brother and the opposition said Thursday, adding that they had had no news of him in three weeks. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has ruled Equatorial Guinea with…

EU foreign ministers have agreed to suspend a 2007 visa facilitation agreement with Russia over the country's war in Ukraine, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Wednesday. "This will significantly reduce the number of new visas issued by the EU member states. It's…

At its 61st Ordinary Session, the Authority of Heads of States and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), adopted the Supplementary Act on the conditions of transfer of persons suspected of having committed Acts of Piracy and their…

A UK judge on Wednesday discharged the jury in the domestic violence case against former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, after it failed to reach a verdict despite days of deliberations. The jury of seven women and four men, which earlier this week…