NYC’s health commissioner resigns over response to Covid-19 pandemic
The New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, has resigned. The commissioner resigned on Tuesday August 4, 2020, after...
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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister resigns, cites lack of will to tackle financial meltdown
Nassif Hitti, Lebanese Foreign Minister, has quit from his ministerial position citing lack of will by leaders to enact reform...
Stranded Muslim Media intern receives free laptop from New York philanthropist
A Muslim Media Corporation intern has received a free laptop from a New York philanthropist after several failed attempts to...
UK signs coronavirus vaccine deal, secures 60 million doses
The United Kingdom government has signed another coronavirus vaccine deal, securing up to 60 million doses of an experimental treatment...
NCDC: No published studies on effectiveness of face shields against COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has warned that there are no published studies that could confirm the effectiveness...
Bushfires kill, displace 3 billion Australian animals
Not less than 3 billion koalas, kangaroos, and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019...
Yemen’s separatists abandon declaration of self-rule, pledges implementation of power-sharing rule
Yemenis southern separatists have made a pledge to rescind their aspirations for self-rule and implement a Saudi-brokered power-sharing agreement with...
Independent panel clears AfDB president of corruption charges
An independent panel which was in charge of the review of Akinwumi Adesina’s corruption case has cleared him of all...
President Buhari hails AFDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina on Clearance by independent Panel
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly rejoices with President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on the clearing of...
Pemex ex-chief rejects corruption charges, vows to name others
Emilio Lozoya, 45, the former chief executive of Pemex, a Mexican state oil firm, formally called Petroleos Mexicanos, has rejected...
Tizeti upgrades core network infrastructure capacity to 100Gbps
Tizeti upgrades core network infrastructure capacity to 100Gbps West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, Tizeti, has announced the successful...
Australia, US hold two-day talk to ensure rule of law on China Sea
The United States and Australian have held a two-day high-level talk on China on the need to uphold a global...
AfDB approves $27.4 million for AU’s COVID-19 response
The African Development Bank has approved $27.4 million in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to mobilize continental response...
Face Mask: Georgia Governor withdraws legal action against Atlanta
Georgia Governor, Brian Kemp, has withdrawn his request for a court to stop enforcement of Atlanta’s requirement that face masks...
65 migrants test positive for COVID-19 in Malta
Not less than sixty-five migrants among a group of 94 people rescued at sea and taken to Malta on Monday...
Turkey condemns hostile statements, flag-burning protest in Greece over Hagia Sophia
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned statements made by Greek officials and a flag-burning protest in Greece after the first...
Nigerian Muslim cleric rejects politician’s car gift
Sheik Ahmad Abdul-Rahman, the Chief Missioner of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, has rejected a car gift from a Lagos politician,...
WHO declares coronavirus public health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency worthy of international concern. This...
Greece mandates mask wearing on ferries as Covid-19 infections surge
Greece has disclosed that it would mandate mask wearing on ferries arriving on its islands from Tuesday August 4, 2020...
Somalia’s grenade attack kills deputy district Commissioner, injures 5
A Somali grenade explosion which occurred around Shabelle region has killed Mohamed Abdullahi Kosto, the deputy district commissioner and injured...
Lebanon’s foreign minister resigns over lack of will to reform
Nassif Hitti, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister, has tendered his resignation over what he described as a lack of political will to...
30 Nigerian Ladies stranded in Lebanon call for help
About 30 Nigerian ladies who were trafficked to Lebanon have been appealing to Nigerian government to rescue them as they...
British ministers okay relocation of TikTok headquarters to London
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has announced the British ministers have approved the relocation of its headquarters to London. The...
Afghan forces battle IS gunmen in mass jailbreak
Islamic State militants have clashed with Afghan security forces in a deadly gun battle, following an overnight assault on a...
Delhi men mob Muslim man on suspicions of transporting beef
A young Muslim man has been brutally attacked by a group of men near Delhi on suspicions of transporting beef....
Syria slams US oil firm deal with SDF
Syria’s foreign ministry has slammed an agreement between an American oil company and Kurdish forces who control northeastern oilfields in...
Israeli military intercepts rocket by Palestinian militants
The Israeli military has announced that it intercepted a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip. While disclosing...
US removes Sudan from terror list to strengthen bilateral relations
The United States has disclosed plan to remove Sudan from its terror list. This was disclosed in a statement on...
Iran arrests US-Based terrorist leader for Shiraz bombing in 2008
Iran has announced the arrest of a US-based terrorist leader accused of being behind a 2008 bombing in the city...
UAE begins start-up operations of nuclear power plant
The United Arab Emirates has begun start-up operations in the initial unit of its first nuclear power plant. This was...
WHO warns of lengthy Coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organization on Saturday warned that the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be “lengthy” after its emergency committee...
Nigeria: Reps summon NNPC, 3 others over alleged N13B debt, contracts scam
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream has invited the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,...
Republican senators back plan to sell TikTok’s US operations
Two Republican senators have backed plan by Beijing-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok following president Trump’s threat...
China sends health team to Hong Kong for full-scale Covid-19 testing
The first set of a 60-member team from Beijing that would carry out a full-scale COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong...
Pelosi expresses lack of confidence in Birx for spread of coronavirus disinformation
Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker, has expressed lack confidence in Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of White House coronavirus task...
US-backed forces capture ISIS security leader in Syria
US-backed forces, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have in a statement, stated that they had captured a leader of ISIS in...
Indian police launch manhunt on suppliers of adulterated alcohol
Indian police have arrested many illegal liquor suppliers in rural hamlets following spike in the alcohol-related deaths in the northwestern...
Toxic alcohol kills 86 people in India
Not less than 86 people reportedly dead on Saturday, after consuming toxic alcohol in the northern Punjab state. In a...
Lebanon prepares to prevent Israel’s attacks
Lebanese President, Michel Aoun said on Saturday that the country is prepared to defend itself against Israel’s attacks, which are...
Iranian workers protest on streets, demand payment of overdue wages
Workers in Iran have taken to the streets demanding payment of overdue wages and the implementation of the job-classification law....
Eddie Howe quits Bournemouth after club suffers relegation from Premiere League
Eddie Howe has stepped down as the Bournemouth manager following talks with Bournemouth officials over the weekend after the club...
Earthquake measuring 6.4 shatters Philippines
An earthquake has shattered Mindanao Philippines, at a depth of 473 kilometers (293.91 miles). While disclosing this on Saturday August...
Apple removes 29,000 apps, 26,000 unlicensed games from Chinese app store
Apple Inc has removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store, including more than 26,000 games. According to data from...
Covid-19 measures spark protest in Germany
Thousands of people have protested against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic. The gathering on Saturday August...
NDLEA arrests soldier with arms, cannabis in Nigeria
A 25 year old soldier, Mohammed Kashim has been arrested in Yobe State in possession of arms and some quantity...
Nigeria: Lagos reopens worship centres, social clubs
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced plan to reopen worship centres for Muslims and Christians in the...
