At least 40 people are missing and 10 have been rescued after a boat capsized in a river in northern Sokoto State, Nigeria, media reports said on Saturday. The passengers were travelling to Goronyo market, a popular food produce market in the state, when the boat capsized, Reuters reported. Ten people were rescued, Zubaidar Umar, More
US President Donald Trump has ruled out allowing Ukraine to join NATO or reclaim Russian-occupied Crimea as part of negotiations with Moscow, amid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington for talks. Ahead of meetings with European leaders in Washington on Monday, Trump said Zelenskyy could end the war with Russia “almost immediately” if he More
US President Donald Trump has said he would like journalists to gain access to Gaza to witness humanitarian efforts. “I’d like to see that happen. Sure,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, Reuters reported on Friday. “I would be very fine with journalists going. It’s a very dangerous position to be in, as you More
Five Pakistani policemen have been killed and as many others injured in militant attacks across different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Thursday. According to ARY News, the attacks occurred in Der, Lajbook, and Peshawar areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In Der, militants targeted a police patrol vehicle, killing three policemen and wounding three More
Pakistani and US officials have emphasized joint cooperation against terrorism during “counter-terrorism” talks in Islamabad. The talks were chaired by Pakistan’s Special Representative to the United Nations Nabil Munir and US State Department Interim Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Gregory de Logarfo, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It said both sides discussed effective solutions More
The Gaza Health Ministry has announced that five more people, including two children, have died of starvation in the past 24 hours. Al Jazeera reported: “As Israel keeps pounding Gaza, five more Palestinians, including two children, have starved to death in the enclave, according to the Health Ministry, raising the total number of hunger-related deaths More
Ahead of his meeting with his Russian counterpart, US President Donald Trump says that Kyiv and Moscow will both need to cede land to end the war in Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference at the White House on Monday, Trump said that talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week would quickly reveal More
Two people have been killed and 10 others injured following an explosion at a steel plant in Pennsylvania, United States. The Associated Press reported that the blast occurred on Monday at the Clairton Coke Works factory. Officials said the cause of the explosion is not yet known and advised residents to keep their windows closed More
Australia will recongnise Palestine as an independent state at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting next month, Reuters reports. “Australia will recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Sessions of UNGA in September, to contribute to international momentum towards a two-state solution, a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages,” Prime Minister More
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in what is being described as a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza, media reports said on Monday. According to Al Jazeera, seven people were killed in the strike on the tent, which was located outside the main gate of More
