The European Union (EU) on Tuesday called for maximum restraint and full respect for international law amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. It stressed its rejection of any threats against critical civilian infrastructure. “We have always said that diplomacy is the answer,” Anitta Hipper, the European Commission’s
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has released new fees for its various visa categories to take effect from April 8, 2026. Under the new pricing, a short-term visit visa, one of the most popular amongst Nigerians, will increase from £127 to £135 (N249,000) approximately). Others are student visas,
An Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killing both pilots, injuring dozens, and closing the facility, authorities said. The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its regional partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four
The death toll from an alleged airstrike on a girl’s primary school in Iran’s Hormozgan Province has risen to 165, with rescue operations now concluded. The officials said on Monday to the state news agency `Islamic Republic News Agency’. The governor of the southern city of Minab, where the school
Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection with alleged campaign finances from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. Sarkozy remained defiant until the end,
About $70billion dollars will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years of war, UN development experts said on Tuesday. At just 41 kilometres long and two to five kilometres wide, few places in the Gaza Strip had been left unscathed by the Israeli bombardment before
Israelis and Palestinians have celebrated as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza. In a crucial first phase of the US-brokered plan to end the war, Hamas returned all living Israeli hostages, while Israel freed almost 2,000
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has welcomed the release of the last living Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Guterres writing on X, said he was “profoundly relieved” that the individuals, who had endured “immense suffering”, had regained their freedom and would soon be reunited with
Americans are marking 24 years since the September 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims. Many loved ones of the nearly 3,000 people killed joined dignitaries and politicians at commemorations Thursday in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Others choose
No fewer than five people were killed in a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, according to paramedics. The Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom reported that four victims were pronounced dead at the scene in north Jerusalem, while one died of her injuries later