The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, vowing to cripple the tribunal’s operations just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize went to a former ICC…
South African protesters clashed with foreign nationals on Thursday as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Johannesburg’s…
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to South Africa’s Navi Pillay, the judge who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of…
After memorably winning the China Open this week, Novak Djokovic went down in straight sets to Hubert Hurkacz on Friday, exiting the Shanghai Masters in his first match. Hurkacz, the…
The United States Department of Defense plans to livestream the scheduled execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort…
Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.2 per cent in the first half of 2026, while state governments recorded a 93 per cent increase in revenue in real terms between 2023 and…
Oil prices soared Thursday following reports that the United States could launch fresh attacks on Iran before next month’s midterm elections, risking further supply disruptions. But the cost surge eased…
US President Donald Trump awarded Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk the National Medal of Science on Thursday, October 8, 2026, praising him as a “national treasure” during a…
The family of a prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State says it paid ₦6 million to secure his release, raising questions…
Canadian poet, essayist and classicist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, with Prime Minister Mark Carney describing the award as an “extraordinary achievement” and a “proud…
