An Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing five people and seriously injuring five others. The crash also triggered a major emergency response that grounded all flights at one of the country’s busiest international airports. The Boeing 767-300, operated by charter company 21…
Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland party has won a decisive victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, securing 43.8 percent of the vote in state elections on Sunday. Preliminary results show the AfD falling short of an outright majority, heading for approximately 39 seats in the 83-seat state parliament. However, 42 is what is needed for…
Three weeks in, the picture is already getting interesting as the road to the Premier League title is well and fully underway. Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea — Gunners Draw First Blood in London Derby The most anticipated game of the weekend failed to disappoint. Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1, maintaining their strong start to the campaign. The…
Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death by hanging after an Egyptian court convicted her and eleven other defendants on drugs charges, in one of the country’s most high-profile criminal cases in recent years. Khalifa is best known for hosting a television programme called Mission Impossible, which focused on crime issues. According…
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are heading to Kyiv on Sunday after spending three hours in closed-door talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his official Moscow residence on Saturday. A meeting whose outcome both sides describe in broadly positive but carefully guarded terms. The White House said the envoys had “discussed substantive…
Police operatives in Delta State have rescued a woman who was abducted from her residence in Sapele. The victim was reportedly ambushed by armed men while attempting to drive into her compound along Eko Amukpe Road. According to the Delta State Police Command, the incident was reported to officers at the Sapele Division through a…
US forces have struck and destroyed three Iranian crude oil tankers in retaliation after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at an American aircraft carrier and destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz region, US Central Command confirmed on Saturday. CENTCOM said two of the Iranian tankers were “permanently disabled” and a third was…
The Plateau State Government has ordered the temporary closure of all schools across the state over a suspected diphtheria outbreak. The directive covers all public and private primary and secondary schools and takes effect from Monday, September 7, 2026. Governor Caleb Mutfwang issued the directive as part of urgent measures to prevent further transmission of…
Two of Donald Trump’s most senior envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, have arrived in Moscow for weekend talks aimed at breaking the deadlock in efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The envoy also has plans to travel to Kyiv on Sunday for a separate round of discussions with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump told…
The Kano State Government has inaugurated a Special Committee on Diphtheria Outbreak Response. The committee is tasked with coordinating a stronger and more unified effort against the disease as outbreaks continue to spread across northern Nigeria. The committee was inaugurated on Friday by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, who described diphtheria as…
