Andy Burnham Sworn In as UK Prime Minister, Vows Fresh Direction for Britain Andy Burnham formally becomes the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. Andy Burnham has officially become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham
U.S. President Donald Trump marks the country’s 250th anniversary on Saturday with a political rally on a fenced-off National Mall in Washington. The display capped a weeks-long celebration that has been widely criticised as divisive. Across the United States, Americans plan to celebrate the patriotic holiday with fireworks and parades.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party, bringing an abrupt end to a premiership marked by policy reversals and declining public support. Starmer made the announcement on Monday in an emotional address outside 10 Downing Street, where he said his decisions in
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