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Astronauts return safely after Moon orbit mission

Astronauts return safely after Moon orbit mission

By Ejire Folakunmi NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth after completing a historic crewed mission around the Moon, marking humanity’s first deep-space flight since 1972. The crew, Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on ...

Tinubu in talks with countries to end insecurity – Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim

ECHO programme targets $250bn gap, seeks African creator monetisation

Former Iranian foreign minister dies of wounds sustained in airstrike

Trump says Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through Strait of Hormuz

China welcomes ceasefire arrangement on Iran conflict

Artemis 2 astronauts break record for travelling furthest from Earth

Artemis 2 astronauts break record for travelling furthest from Earth

Cape Canaveral, Florida (dpa) – The crew of the Artemis 2 lunar mission has travelled further from Earth than any humans ever before, the US space agency NASA announced on Monday. Florida (United States), April 7, 2026 (dpa) The crew of the Artemis 2 lunar mission has travelled further from Earth than any humans ever ...

Türkiye moves to ban single-use plastics under new circular economy plan

Türkiye moves to ban single-use plastics under new circular economy plan

Türkiye has decided to phase out single-use plastics in line with the European Union’s acquis, aiming to further contribute to its environmental progress. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change is finalising a new regulation modeled after the EU’s Single-Use Plastics (SUP) directive. This was adopted in 2019 to prevent and reduce the impact ...

FCC Chair Omidiran, Tallen, others urge united front to break gender barriers

FCC Chair Omidiran, Tallen, others urge united front to break gender barriers

Hulayat Omidiran, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), has joined other women leaders to urge the female gender to forge a united front against all forms of barriers against them. Omidiran gave the advice in New York while presenting a keynote address at the Global Women Partnership Without Borders forum on the ...

UN adopts resolution condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf states

UN adopts resolution condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf states

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Wednesday condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, as well as Jordan. The resolution passed with 13 votes in favor, with Russia and China abstaining. Presented by Bahrain and co-sponsored by 135 countries, the resolution emphasised “strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence” ...

Iran war costs Europeans billions of euros in energy bills

Iran war costs Europeans billions of euros in energy bills

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has highlighted the economic consequences of the conflict in the Middle East for Europeans due to the EU’s high dependencies on fossil fuel imports. “Since the beginning of the conflict, gas prices have risen by 50% and oil prices by 27%,” von der Leyen said on Wednesday in ...

Turkish airspace cannot be violated for any reason — Erdogan warns

Turkish airspace cannot be violated for any reason — Erdogan warns

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has warned that the violation of Türkiye’s airspace “cannot be excused for any reason whatsoever.” Erdogan was speaking to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in a phone call discussing recent regional developments following the interception of another missile heading to Türkiye. “Türkiye will continue to take all necessary measures against this,” Türkiye’s ...

Netanyahu urges Iranians to ‘throw off the yoke of tyranny’

Netanyahu urges Iranians to ‘throw off the yoke of tyranny’

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday called on the people of Iran to bring about political change in their country. He said, it ultimately depended on the Iranian population to end the rule of the current leadership in Tehran. Speaking during a meeting with representatives of Israel’s Ministry of Health, Netanyahu said the government’s broader ...

Egypt raises fuel prices amid global energy market pressures

Egypt raises fuel prices amid global energy market pressures

Egypt has increased domestic fuel prices by between 14 per cent and 17 per cent, citing exceptional pressures in global energy markets, the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has said. According to the ministry, the price of 95-octane gasoline rose from 21 Egyptian pounds to 24 pounds (about $0.45) per litre. Prices for ...

Bahrain says dozens injured in Iranian drone attack on Sitra

Bahrain says dozens injured in Iranian drone attack on Sitra

At least 32 civilians were injured in a drone attack on the island of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, according to Bahrain Ministry of Health. In a statement carried early Monday by the Bahrain News Agency, the ministry said that all those injured were Bahraini citizens. Several of the wounded were children, and four ...

UAE airlines resume limited flights amid airspace restrictions

UAE airlines resume limited flights amid airspace restrictions

Airlines across the United Arab Emirates have begun a phased resumption of limited flight operations as regional airspace restrictions continue to influence travel patterns. Following a period of significant disruption, major national carriers including Emirates, Etihad Airways, flydubai, and Air Arabia announced that they are now running reduced schedules while closely monitoring ongoing developments. In ...

Pres. Trump dismisses Iranian threats, says ground invasion a waste of time

Pres. Trump dismisses Iranian threats, says ground invasion a waste of time

President Donald Trump has dismissed warnings from Tehran regarding a potential ground invasion, stating that deploying American ground troops into Iran would currently be a "waste of time". In a telephone interview with NBC News, Pres. Trump asserted that Iran has already suffered catastrophic military and strategic losses during the ongoing conflict. He claimed the ...

EU, GCC condemn Iranian attacks on Gulf states

EU, GCC condemn Iranian attacks on Gulf states

The European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have strongly condemned what they described as unjustifiable Iranian attacks on GCC countries, saying the action threatens regional stability and global security. The blocs called on Iran to cease the attacks immediately. The position is contained in a joint statement issued after an extraordinary virtual ...

Isolated, under fire: Iran strikes out as Russia, China stand aside

Isolated, under fire: Iran strikes out as Russia, China stand aside

With its supreme leader killed and its war machine under relentless U.S. pressure, Iran now stands largely alone – its longtime partners Russia and China offering nothing more than diplomatic condemnations and expressions of concern. Tehran has responded to the U.S. and Israeli attacks by widening the conflict beyond the Middle East, firing missiles and drones ...

Iran denies launching missile toward turkey after NATO interception

Iran denies launching missile toward turkey after NATO interception

Iran on Thursday denied allegations that it launched a ballistic missile toward Turkey after Ankara reported that a NATO defence system intercepted a projectile near its southern border. In a statement, Iran’s General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran rejected the claims, saying reports of a missile fired toward Turkish ...

Zambia begins process to evacuate citizens from Middle East

Zambia begins process to evacuate citizens from Middle East

Zambia has started the process of evacuating its citizens from countries in the Middle East, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mulambo Haimbe has said. The government is already dealing with an urgent matter involving a Zambian family of five living in Iraq’s Kurdistan region due to the deteriorating security situation, and that plans ...

Qatar reports missile attack amid regional escalation

Qatar reports missile attack amid regional escalation

Qatar’s Defence Ministry reported a missile attack on Thursday as escalation continued across the region in the wake of a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. A ministry statement said that the country had been subjected to a missile attack and that air defence systems were responding to the incoming missiles. The ministry urged citizens, residents and ...

China dispatches special envoy to intervene in surging Middle East tensions.

China dispatches special envoy to intervene in surging Middle East tensions.

In a strategic move to address the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Middle East, China has announced it will dispatch its special envoy to the region to intervene between conflicting parties. This diplomatic intervention follows a series of military strikes involving Iran, the United States, and Israel that have sparked global concerns over a ...

Sudan declares the end of the 18-month cholera outbreak.

Sudan declares the end of the 18-month cholera outbreak.

Sudan’s Ministry of Health has officially declared the country free of the cholera outbreak that has affected the nation for the past 18 months. The announcement, made on Wednesday in Khartoum, follows the successful meeting of international health standards and a significant period without any new reported cases. According to Montasir Mohamed Osman, the ministry’s ...

Diesel passes €2 per litre in Germany due to war in Iran

Diesel passes €2 per litre in Germany due to war in Iran

The price of diesel in Germany has climbed to more than €2 ($2.32) per litre as a result of the war in Iran, the ADAC automobile association said on Wednesday. The group said the average cost of a litre of diesel nationwide at 7:15 am (0615 GMT) was €2.054. Global markets have suffered significant losses in ...

Trump promises protection for ships in Strait of Hormuz

Trump promises protection for ships in Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump says he intends to secure shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, which is threatened by Iran, including with the U.S. Navy. “If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible,” he posted on his platform Truth Social on Tuesday. “No ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet flies to Madrid amid Gulf unrest

Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet flies to Madrid amid Gulf unrest

Al Nassr captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has flown out of the country in the middle of the night. Ronaldo’s departure from Saudi Arabia comes amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. The 41-year-old has flown out to Madrid, Spain in his personal £61 million private jet. Ronaldo, whose team is fighting for the league title, lives ...

Israel says it intercepted 2 drones from ‘direction of lebanon’

Israel says it intercepted 2 drones from ‘direction of lebanon’

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said early Tuesday that it had intercepted two drones approaching from “the direction of Lebanon.” According to the military, at 4:43a.m. (0243 GMT), two unmanned aerial vehicles crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon before being intercepted. They however did not provide further details about the incident. The announcement came hours ...

Ukraine strikes Russian port facilities

Ukraine strikes Russian port facilities

Ukrainian forces said on Tuesday that they struck a major oil terminal and a naval base in Russia’s southern port city of Novorossiysk. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, oil loading arms at the Sheskharis terminal and an S-400 air defence system were damaged in the overnight attack. A large fire was reported in the area. ...

Iran regime change welcome but not main goal – U.S. vice president

Iran regime change welcome but not main goal – U.S. vice president

U.S. officials have stressed that President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran are not primarily aimed at regime change. In an interview with Fox News published on Monday, Vice President JD Vance said that “in a perfect world,” the United States would welcome a leader in Tehran willing to cooperate with Washington. But Trump’s main objective, ...

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