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Timothy Choji Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima is expected to deliver Nigeria’s national statement at the 79th session of the on-going United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, on Tuesday. Based on the…

Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, local media reported, as proceedings began on in a rare graft trial involving a state official in this Asian financial hub. The case,…

In a concerted effort to bolster fact-based journalism, the global news industry will launch the "Choose Truth" campaign on September 25, ahead of World News Day, observed on September 28. This initiative, involving more than 100…

Police are offering a $50,000 (£37,400) reward for any information that leads to an arrest as the hunt continues for a group of attackers after a deadly shooting in the US city of Birmingham, Alabama. Four people were killed, and 17…

Two strikes by Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians, including four children, in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, medics said, as heavy rains flooded displaced residents' tent encampments The assault on Gaza, now nearly a year…

Wildfires in Bolivia are now running on a track to set an all-time record, latest satellite data show, with fire hot-spots to-date overtaking the rate in the same period during major blazes in 2010 as the wider South American region burns.…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) staved off the far right in a regional election on Sunday, likely providing him only a brief reprieve from growing criticism of his leadership within his own party. The center-left SPD…

Thailand will postpone a hike in the minimum wage to 400 baht ($12.15) per day scheduled for October 1 by about two weeks due to a lack of a quorum at meetings of the committee working on the increase, a senior labour official said on…

Raging flood waters swept through Cannes on Monday, pushing cars through the streets and leaving the French Riviera city known for its film festival on high alert. There were no injuries as a result of the deluge in the French southeast…

Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is emerging from its worst economic crisis in more than seven…