International donors have pledged a total of $5.4bn to help rebuild war-stricken Gaza at a conference in Cairo, Egypt. Boerge Brende, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, who made the disclosure on Sunday, said the total pledge, which exceeded the $4bn the Palestinian government requested for, was a sign of solidarity with the Palestinian people in general.…
Ukraine Clashes Continue After Signing Truce
Ukrainian army and pro-Russia separatists have continued fighting even after signing a truce to create a buffer zone. NATO’s top military commander said, Fighting in Ukraine is continuing and a ceasefire signed on September 5 to end fighting between the army and pro-Russia separates is “in name only”. “The situation in Ukraine is not good right…
Scotland Votes Against Independence
Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom alongside England, Wales and Northern Ireland following a historic referendum vote that saw 2,001,926 votes against independence and 1,617,989 votes in favor of independence. David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, in a televised statement outside 10 Downing Street welcomed Scotland’s decision saying, “Like millions of other people, I…
Belarus Appoints Two Nigerians As Honourary Counsels
The Belarusian Government has appointed two Nigerians, Abba Usman and Oluseyin Olufade, as honourary counsels to represent the country’s interest in Nigeria. While speaking at a reception in his honour in Abuja on Monday, Vladimir Makei, Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs presented the new counsels to the general public. Makei, who described Nigeria as a…
Al-shabab leader killed in US strike
The United States government, on Friday, confirmed the killing of Ahmed Abdi Godane, leader of the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab in an attack carried out on Monday, September 1, 2014. According to Pentagon’s report, Godane was killed in a US attack of a convoy in which he was traveling. “Removing Godane from the battlefield is…
Two US Citizens found not guilty after 30 years In Jail
Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, two North Carolina men were declared innocent and ordered freed on Tuesday after more than 30 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl that recent DNA tests linked to another man. Mentally disabled half brothers McCollum, 50, and Brown, 46, were teenagers when they were…
Beheading Will Not Intimidate US, Obama Tells ISIS
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, USA, while speaking in Estonia vowed that the US will not be intimidated by the Islamic States militants, after they released a video showing the beheading of Steven Sotloff, an American journalist. Sotloff was the second American journalist to be so beheaded by the militant group.…
US to Verify Journalist’s Beheading Video
Officials of the United States said intelligence experts are working to determine the authenticity of a video released on Tuesday portraying the beheading of another US journalist. Two weeks after the gruesome murder of James Foley, American war reporter by members of the ISIS insurgency, it appears the group has lived up to its threat…
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Attack on Central African Church
Ban Ki-moon, United Nation’s Secretary General has condemned in strong terms, the attack on a Notre Dame de Fatima Catholic church in Bangui, the Central African Republic’s capital. Over eleven people, including the priest were killed on Wednesdaywhen gunmen suspected to be Muslims reportedly threw grenades and spurted the courtyard with bullets. Several other persons…
14 killed as Rebels shoot down Ukraine Helicopter
Not less than 14 Ukraine Army officials including a general were murdered on Thursday when Pro-Russian separatists shot down the country’s army helicopter, report says. This came four days after the country concluded its presidential election. The helicopter was said to be carrying supplies in eastern Ukraine when it was brought down by anti-aircraft fire…
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