Israel Sends Its First Spacecraft To Moon
An unmanned rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft, aiming to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon,…
Turkish Court Upholds Cumhuriyet Newspaper Convictions
Eniola Olayemi Turkish appeals court Tuesday upheld jail sentences against opposition journalists in a long-running case targeting the Cumhuriyet newspaper — one of the few remaining dailies critical of…
23 Feared Dead In Flood At Disused Zimbabwe Gold Mine
At least 23 illegal gold miners were feared dead in Zimbabwe on Thursday after water flooded two disused shafts in a mining town 145 kilometres (90 miles) south-west of the…
EU Adds Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, 21 Others To Dirty-Money Blacklist
The European Commission added Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Panama and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering,…
Brexit: UK Rolls Over £16bn Out Of £117bn Trade Deals
The government’s push to roll over EU trade deals from which the UK currently benefits has yielded agreements covering only £16bn of the near-£117bn of British trade with the countries…
Former Afghan President, Sibghatullah Mujaddadi, Laid To Rest
The body of former Afghan President, Sibghatullah Mujaddadi, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Kabul amid tight security on Wednesday. Mujaddadi, who died on Monday at the age…
England’s 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks has died aged 81
ADETOLA, M.A Regarded as one of the game’s greatest in his position, Banks was named Fifa goalkeeper of the year six times and earned 73 caps for England. He…
African Union calls for peace conference on Libya in July
ADETOLA, M.A The African Union (AU) has proposed a global conference in July to try to resolve the conflict in Libya with the aim of holding elections in October. The goal of the…
Nigeria Re-Elected Into AU Peace, Security Council
Nigeria has been re-elected into the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) for a new three-year term, 2019-2021. Alongside Nigeria, four other countries – Burundi, Algeria, Kenya and…
US Longest Serving Congress Member Dies At 92
John Dingell, a gruff Michigan Democrat who entered the US House of Representatives in 1955 to finish his late father’s term and became a legislative heavyweight and longest-serving member of…
