President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [September 9] he would pay every American adult a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress in November’s midterm election,…
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Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has been re-elected for a second five-year term after securing a 60% share of the vote, the electoral commission has announced. Hichilema’s win was…
At least seven people have been killed in Russia following what officials described as one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks of the year, with hundreds of drones reportedly…
Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead. Emergency services said a man was found “unresponsive” at…
Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat,…
Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the…
Guinea has decided to opt out of the ECOWAS single currency scheme. The 12-member West African economic bloc is set to launch the monetary union and eco currency…
Russia has charged Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism over allegations the messenger app has been used for recruitment by Ukrainian secret services. The FSB – Russia’s…
Nigerian security forces have rescued 46 students who were held captive by Islamist militants for about 56 days following their abduction from three schools in Orire, Oyo State.…
The US and Iran have traded strikes for a second night, as observers report a “dramatic” drop in the number of ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz.…