By Ben Alon-Meir… The retaking of the House by the Democrats will soon allow them to exercise checks and balances and stop the Republicans from going...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… Dictators are easy to spot by their intolerance for journalists. Canada had raised concern about Saudi Crown Prince, only to retaliate. So,...
A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has retrieved his passports from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Sunday PUNCH can report. This...
I maintain that regardless of the political, strategic, demographic, and regional vicissitudes, the two-state option remains the only viably sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the...
The federal government will have to take foreign loans at higher cost as it seeks to finance the 2018 budget, due to the interest rate hike...
Plans by the administration of Donald Trump to deny green cards to immigrants who receive public benefits such as food stamps has been kicked against by...
The United States of America and Russia were involved in a verbal spat over international sanctions placed on Kim Jong-un’s North Korea. In an acrimonious meeting...
The US government has charged and sanctioned a North Korean man who took part in 2017’s global WannaCry ransomware attack and in a cyberattack on Sony...
The blame game between Beijing and Washington has taken another turn after the US accused China of launching a ‘super aggressive’ spy mission on social media...
A move by the International Court of Justice to rule on Iran’s demand for the suspension of fresh nuclear sanctions recently re-imposed on the country, has...
The United States of America has vowed to counter a lawsuit filed by Iran before the International Court of Justice seeking the nullification of re-imposed sanctions....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the reported comment of US President Donald Trump describing President Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless” was because he perceived Buhari’s “level...
President Donald Trump received very unsettling news Tuesday when his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, came out on the wrong...
The United States of America has threatened to deal more sanctions on Turkey over the continued detention of arrested American pastor Andrew Brunson. That much information...
The United States has stated it’s intention to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
Sanctions have been imposed on two Turkish officials by Washington over the detention of an American pastor identified as Andrew Brunson by the government of Recep...
The United States of America has threatened to impose significant sanctions on Turkey for daring to detain an American pastor identified as Andrew Brunson. Reacting to...
The U.S.- China AI Tech Summit took place on Friday in Silicon Valley, seeking to start an open dialogue between tech leaders of the two countries...
Days after China slammed heavy import duties worth tens of billions of dollars on US goods including lobsters, soybeans, electric cars and whiskey, more allies are...
The United States has announced through its ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley that it is withdrawing its membership from the United Nations’ top human rights...
Citizens of the United States of America and the United Kingdom have been warned by their various embassies to be wary of possible terrorist attacks in...
The United States of America is now feeling the impact of retaliatory tariffs imposed by China with heavy import duties worth tens of billions of dollars...
Ndigbo in the diaspora have resolved to use its upcoming World Igbo Congress (WIC) Convention which is to hold in Nashville, Tennessee, United States of American...
Days after a historic summit in Singapore between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the US has issued guidelines for the lifting of harsh sanctions against...
There is a possible risk of an impending diplomatic and trade crisis between the US and its Western allies after a conflict over international trade at...
Days after withdrawing from a nuclear deal, defying last-ditch diplomatic efforts by European countries, the US has slammed more economic sanctions on Iran. According to US...
The newly appointed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has revealed that his country is ‘deeply concerned’ about threats issued by Iran over a ‘new nuclear...
President Muhammadu Buhari has landed in Washington DC, for his three-day visit to that country. Read also: PHOTOSCENE: Buhari attends CHOGM Executive session The president was welcomed...
Russia‘s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is shifting the blame of the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter after claiming that the nerve agent...
Nine hackers of Iranian descent have been charged and declared wanted by authorities in the United States of America for stealing information from more than 300...
The United States has accused Russia of violating a rule to halt Syria’s use of chemical weapons after the war-torn country signed the international ban on...
Plans by President Donald Trump and other Republicans to change U.S. gun laws after the deadly school shooting in Florida that killed 17 students and staff...
The United States has dismissed claims made by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who pointed accusing fingers at its ‘enemies’ for sparking days of violent...
A new national security strategy by the United State which considers Russia and China as ‘rivals’ that challenge American power, influence, and interests has been criticised....
Following terror alerts contained in the latest travel advisories issued to their nationals visiting Nigeria by some western countries including the United Kingdom and the United...
A day after defiant North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un fired it’s first missile since September 15 which it claimed could reach mainland...
The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against 13 Chinese and North Korean organisations for helping Pyongyang evade nuclear restrictions and helping the pariah nation to proliferate...
The United States government has allocated $400 million to scale up treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, the Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...
In an obvious show of force over the continued missile activities of North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un, the US military has flown two strategic...
About four months after the Tincan Island Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, intercepted 440 pump action rifles smuggled into the country from Turkey, the government...
U.S. fighter jets and bombers conducted a show of force alongside Japanese and South Korean allies, days after defiant North Korea led by Kim Jong Un...
A day after the United States and Japan both stepped up defence cooperation with the two allies moving to strengthen their partnership as tensions in East...
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State insists that terror group ISIS has committed genocide. “ISIS is clearly responsible for genocide against Yazidis, Christians and Shia...
Nigeria and other sub-Saharan countries will now tap more from free trade agreement under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), as President Donald Trump has...
The United States of America, China and South Korea have both lauded sanctions recently slammed on defiant North Korea by the United Nations with the three...
A demand has been issued by the US State Department calling on Iran to immediately release American citizens detained on “fabricated” national security charges in Tehran....
Former Iowa governor and the new US Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad has revealed that stopping the threat of North Korea will be a top priority...
Adam Schiff, a top Democrat has blamed the past administration of President Barack Obama for the alleged influence played by Russia at the last elections staged...
The results of high level talks in Washington has seen both China and the US agree that efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula should be “complete,...
Signs that the Nigerian state may cave in have become too ominous to ignore. The growing demand by South-East groups to have a separate state, Biafra,...