Six months after joining anti-corruption protests that rocked Nepal, 23-year-old Amrita Ban will vote in Thursday’s election, hoping the new government will realise the movement’s demands. Last September’s violence, in which at least 77 people were killed, parliament set on fire and the government ousted, still shadows her today. “It took months to sleep properly […]

France has deployed Rafale fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its naval and air bases against Iranian attacks, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Tuesday. France has hundreds of navy, air force and army personnel based in the United Arab Emirates. Its Rafale aircraft are stationed at the Dhafra base near Abu Dhabi. […]

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday his agency has “no indication” that any nuclear installations have been damaged or hit in Iran following US and Israeli strikes on the country. Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi said however that the key nuclear site Natanz had been attacked. […]

Black smoke rose from the US embassy in Kuwait on Monday, an AFP correspondent saw, while US warplanes crashed without causing casualties, as Iran pressed on with a third day of retaliation in the Gulf. A US base and a power station were also targeted, in what was the most dramatic escalation for the small […]

Nigeria could earn an extra $1.3 billion in crude sales in March as spiralling Middle East tensions threaten to trigger a supply shock that may see prices rally to $100 to $150 per barrel amid widespread fears of a possible disruption of the Strait of Hormuz. The fiscal gain, however, may cause a significant short-term […]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called for calm and unity Sunday after federal forces reportedly killed cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes pupularly known as El-Mencho. This operation, authorities say, has triggered roadblocks, flight disruptions, and scattered violence across parts of Mexico. In a late Sunday night statement addressing the developing security situation, Sheinbaum emphasised coordination among […]

The Trump administration is significantly expanding efforts to strip U.S. citizenship from naturalized Americans as part of its broader crackdown on immigration, according to people familiar with the plans. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been redeploying experts and reassigning staff across its field offices to identify potential denaturalisation cases. The aim is to […]

Manchester United co‑owner and INEOS founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has issued an apology following backlash over comments he made during an interview with Sky’s economics and data editor, Ed Conway, in which he said the UK had been “colonised by immigrants.” In a statement released after the interview, Ratcliffe acknowledged that his choice of words […]

The US has listed 18 Nigerians for deportation from the country, in addition to 79 others earlier earmarked, bringing the total number of those to be deported to 97. This is contained in a statement published on the website of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seen on Tuesday. It explained that the arrests […]