Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia after a Syrian court convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s civil war. The verdict marks the first conviction against Assad, who fled Syria for Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024….
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles in overnight strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia. Also saying it marks the first time Moscow has openly relied on Pyongyang’s weaponry to sustain its attacks on Ukraine. At least six people were killed and nineteen others injured in the Zaporizhzhia strikes….
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has promised not to control the affairs of Oyo State after completing his eight-year tenure in 2027. The governor also said he would not become a political godfather to whoever succeeds him after leaving office. Makinde has endorsed former Commissioner for Finance, Bimbo Adekanmbi, as his preferred successor on the…
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for a reduction in the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11. Also recommending that the combined mumps, measles, and rubella shot be split into three separate injections given across multiple doctor visits. Standing in the Oval Office, Trump invoked the long-debunked claim that…
Colombia is in a state of national emergency after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the country on Monday morning. This killed at least 132 people, injuring more than 480, and leaving survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings across multiple cities. The quake hit at 07:34 local time, originating at a depth of 103 kilometres near the…
A former Thai lawmaker has allegedly shot dead a local government official in Nonthaburi province before confessing to the killing during a YouTube livestream. Former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Reawraeng allegedly shot Thongchai Yenprasert outside Thongchai’s office on Monday. Thongchai, a retired police colonel, was president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO). He was shot…
Chinese authorities have evacuated more than one million people from their homes across eastern China. This includes the financial capital Shanghai, after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on Sunday evening as the most powerful storm to strike the country in 2026. Dolphin slammed into Yuhuan in Zhejiang province at 17:30 local time with maximum wind speeds…
At least 13 people have been killed and 75 others injured after Ukrainian drones struck the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Tatarstan republic overnight. An attack Russian officials are describing as one of the deadliest single attacks on Russian soil since the war began. One child is among the dead. A period of mourning has…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, led by former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has endorsed the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of Saturday’s election. The group announced its support for Oyebamiji on Sunday at a gathering in Osogbo. Oyinlola said the decision followed concerns over the handling of government…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected the 15-point plan for Gaza put forward by US President Donald Trump. Also declaring that Israel will not withdraw its military forces from the territory until Hamas is what he described as “genuinely” disarmed. “Israel rejects the 15-point document,” Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday….
