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Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following a joint military offensive by the United States and Israel, marking one of the most consequential...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is piloting an interactive simulation tool aimed at improving how quickly countries detect, report and respond to disease outbreaks. The initiative centres on the “7-1-7...

An Igbo advocacy group, the Ndigbo Worldwide Union, has endorsed calls by some U.S. lawmakers urging Nigeria to remove Sharia and blasphemy provisions from its Constitution, arguing that no modern...

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has pushed back against reported calls by some U.S. lawmakers to end the practice of Sharia law in Nigeria, describing such proposals...

Oil prices dipped on Friday and were set for a weekly decline as traders weighed progress in indirect talks between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme and...

Global financial markets continue to trade cautiously, as renewed concerns over artificial intelligence disruption and escalating geopolitical tensions unsettled investors, driving demand for safer assets such as government bonds and...

Attacks by Islamist militants have sharply increased in the border areas linking Niger, Benin and Nigeria, transforming once-remote transit routes into active conflict zones, according to new research by a...

World stock markets hovered near record highs on Thursday as concerns over artificial intelligence-driven disruption continued to subside, while currency and commodity markets reflected cautious optimism ahead of key geopolitical...

Oil prices declined by about 1 per cent on Thursday after U.S. crude inventories recorded their largest weekly increase in three years, adding to signs of softness in the physical...

Ukrainian authorities say more than 1,700 African nationals are currently fighting on the side of Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine, raising fresh concerns about Moscow’s recruitment tactics abroad....