Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow
Reuters JERUSALEM/BEIRUT – Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger…
Arrested investigative journalist released by Nigeria’s secret police; passport seized
Matthew Onocheta Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) released Adejuwon Soyinka, an investigative journalist and Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service on Sunday afternoon after public…
Shi’ites muslims, police clash in Nigeria’s capital; movement says members killed and injured by police as police say 2 cops killed, 3 others injured and patrol vehicles set alight
Olayomi Koiki ABUJA – The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ites, has accused police of attacking the peaceful Arba’een Symbolic Trek in Wuse, Abuja, killing and injuring many…
Reuters says team member missing In Russian strike on east Ukraine hotel
AFP The Reuters news agency said Sunday that a member of its team in east Ukraine was missing and two others were wounded in a night-time strike on a hotel…
Four injured in Sydney stabbing attack, Australia police say
Reuters SYDNEY – Four people including a police officer were injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of knife assaults…
Investigative journalist arrested by Nigeria’s secret police at Lagos airport after arriving from UK
Morakinyo Akinosun Operatives of Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested Adejuwon Soyinka, the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa. Soyinka, Pioneer Editor…
Nigerian crossdresser Bobrisky says interested in going to prison for another short term, rejects being an ex-convict “for spraying my hard-earned money”
Opeyemi Olamilekan A controversial Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has said he would love to go back to Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos State. Justice Abimbola Awogboro…
Russia, Ukraine swap 115 prisoners each
Reuters DUBAI/MOSCOW/KYIV – Russia and Ukraine exchanged 115 prisoners of war from each side on Saturday after the United Arab Emirates acted as an intermediary. It is the first such…
Vladimir Putin declares state of emergency in Russian region after Ukraine attack
Assault comes around third Ukrainian independence day since war broke out Agency Report MOSCOW, Russia – Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in the Voronezh region of Russia…
Telegram founder & billionaire Russian exile Pavel Durov ‘arrested at French airport’ after stepping off private jet
Since leaving Russia in 2014, Durov has been living in self-imposed exile Agency Report THE founder and CEO of Telegram has been arrested at an airport in France, reports say.…