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Amid Nigeria’s many woes, entertainers set to thrill

16th October 2022

Road to 2023: I’m counting on you to deliver AP, Gombe governor tasks youths, others

16th October 2022

Zamfara govt shuts NTA Gusau, FRCN’s Prime FM, others

16th October 2022

US, Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti’s police

16th October 2022

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Blaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protests

16th October 2022

FILE – A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back. Celebrities have found themselves targeted for arrest, have had passports confiscated and faced other harassment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Iran’s celebrities face reprisals for supporting protests

16th October 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s ruling Communist Party held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. China on Sunday opens a twice-a-decade party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establishes himself as arguably the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Xi signals continuity at China Communist Party congress

16th October 2022

(AP) — Two men fired at soldiers on a Russian military firing range near Ukraine on Saturday, killing 11 and wounding 15 before being slain themselves, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that the shooting took place in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia that borders Ukraine. It said two men from an unnamed former Soviet republic fired on volunteer soldiers during target practice and were killed by return fire. The ministry called the incident a terrorist attack. The shooting comes amid a hasty mobilization ordered by President Vladimir Putin to beef up Russian forces in Ukraine — a move that triggered protests and caused hundreds of thousands to flee Russia. Putin said Friday that over 220,000 reservists already had been called up as part of an effort to recruit 300,000. He promised the mobilization would be wrapped up in two weeks. The mobilization was troubled from the start, with authorities issuing confusing signals about who should be called up for service in a country where almost all men under age 65 are listed as reservists. ADVERTISEMENT Even though the Russian leader declared that only people who had recently served in the military would be subject to the call-up, activists and rights groups reported military conscription offices rounding up people without any army experience — some of whom were also unfit for service for medical reasons. RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR Ukrainian deminers remove deadly threats to civilians EXPLAINER: What’s the state of Russia’s missile arsenal? Musk: SpaceX might keep funding satellite service in Ukraine 11 Russian troops slain at shooting range as fighting rages Some of the freshly called-up reservists posted videos of themselves being forced to sleep on the floor or even outside and given rusty weapons before being sent to the front lines. Russian media reports said some of those who were mobilized were sent to combat without receiving proper training and were quickly killed. Authorities have acknowledged the mobilization was often poorly organized and promised to improve the situation.

Russia: Shooting at military range leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded

16th October 2022

3 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in separate clashes

15th October 2022

FILE – Barbecue, the leader of the “G9 and Family” gang, stands next to garbage to call attention to the conditions people live in as he leads a march against kidnapping through La Saline neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government

15th October 2022

Catholic priest Flaviano “Flavie” Villanueva comforts relatives as they receive the urn containing the remains of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings at a church in Quezon city, Philippines, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. A program was created to assist in getting a final resting place for exhumed remains of alleged victims of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs.” (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Rights group: 59 lawyers slain in 6 years in Philippines

15th October 2022

Oil flow to Germany resumes after Poland fixed pipeline leak

15th October 2022