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Korea plane crashPHOTO: Irish Times A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok in Thailand to Muan airport in South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, with...

Kaaba in Mecca Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi on Saturday crowned the 39th winner of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition (Gwarzon Shekara), Malam Buhari Sanusi-Idris from Kano State. The governor’s...

File photo: Gaza up in flames from Israeli bombings Israel and Hamas on Wednesday accused each other of obstructing negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after Israel withdrew...

Gen Igor Kirillov A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow on Tuesday by Ukraine’s...

December 12, 2024 Tunisia's coast guard has recovered the bodies of seven migrants off its coast, the national guard said on Thursday, the latest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean....

December 11, 2024 An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued overnight after three days at sea as the sole survivor of a shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island, a rescue...

December 11, 2024 At least six migrants have died trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands using precarious boats from West Africa, the emergency services and the Red Cross said on...

December 9, 2024 British drugmaker GSK said on Monday its experimental cancer drug Blenrep in combination with other treatments reduced the risk of death by 42% in multiple myeloma, a...

South Korea President Yoon   The South Korean Government has ordered an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday that...

South Korea crisisPhoto: Reuters President Yoon Suk-yeol says he will lift a martial law order after the South Korean parliament passed a motion requiring it be lifted. In an unannounced...