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China has confirmed the detention of a FedEx pilot, who was found trying to carry a box of air-gun pellets across the border, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The U.S. pilot was arrested last Thursday at an international airport in the…

The Tunisian government on Friday said it would allow the country’s late autocrat Zine-Abidine Ben-Ali to be buried in his homeland after his death in exile in Saudi Arabia. Ben Ali died on Thursday at a Saudi hospital at the age of 83,…

The ECOWAS Commission says it will continue to prioritise investment in border security to promote sustainable peace and tackle drug trafficking in the sub-region. Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, Head of ECOWAS Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster…

Iran’s Sports Minister, Masoud Soltanifar, on Thursday reported that Iranian women will be allowed into stadiums to watch the men’s national team play football. Soltanifar wrote in a statement “All necessary preparations have been made…

Britain’s Supreme Court will hear a third and final day of legal arguments on Thursday over whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament in the run-up to Brexit. If Johnson loses, he may be compelled…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ruled out “technocratic discussions or fancy speeches” during the high-level week of the organisation, beginning on Monday. Guterres told newsmen in New York on Wednesday that he had emphasised…

 U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Robert O’Brien, the current envoy for hostage affairs, as national security adviser following the ouster of John Bolton last week. “I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a…

DR Congolese armed forces said on Wednesday that they had killed Rwandan rebel leader Sylvestre Mudacumura, who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. The army said in a statement that Mudacumura and…

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, cancelled his trip to participate in the upcoming UN General Assembly session in the U.S., due to the results of the general election. A spokesman of the PM’s office stated,…

Eleven-year-old Nigerian artist, Waris Kareem, has emerged the recipient of the Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation 22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award for 2019. The Representative of Taiwan in Nigeria, Amb.…