International

Major airlines on Saturday cancelled flights to Tel Aviv following Palestinian militant group, Hamas, attack on Israel. The group in the early hours of Saturday launched a surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip and inflicted heavy casualties on the country. Over 300 people have been killed from both sides after Israel launched reprisal attacks on the enemy territories. …

President George Weah of Liberia, on Friday evening, conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election runoff, after nearly complete returns showed opposition leader Joseph Boakai was leading with 50.89 per cent of the vote. Weah, who conceded defeat in a speech on national radio, said: “Ladies and gentlemen, tonight the CDC (party) has lost the election, but Liberia has won. …

The Niger Republic military junta has reopened the country’s airspace more than one month after ousting President Mohammed Basoum in a bloodless coup. The military said on Monday the airspace was now accessible for both civil and commercial aircraft with immediate effect. The junta closed the country’s airspace a few days after ousting Basoum in a putsch on July 26 …

The plan by the government of the United Kingdom to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has been stopped by the country’s Supreme Court, which described it as illegal on Wednesday. This plan was devised to discourage individuals from making perilous journeys across the Channel in small boats. According to the government’s proposal, in Rwanda, individuals will be given the option …

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy has been booted out of his office in a historic vote by the lawmakers. The development followed Monday’s motion filed by Florida Congressman, Matt Gaetz, for the removal of the Republican after months of infighting between him and his party’s right-wing In Tuesday’s session, the lawmakers debated the leadership …

The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has suspended Gabon with immediate effect following the coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The suspension of Gabon by the 55-member bloc means the Central African nation will be barred from participating in all African Union activities, organs and institutions until restoration of constitutional order in the country. In a statement posted …

Separatist groups made up of Tuareg rebels have laid claims to killing over 98 Malian soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks witnessed in the country in recent months. In statements released by the separatists on Sunday by its propaganda arm, the Permanent Strategic Framework dominated by the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), the rebels said they also wounded dozens …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday dismissed the transitional proposal for the Republic of Niger currently in circulation as fake. In a communiqué sent by the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, it condemned the reports in media agencies across the world as fake news. The West African bloc was however silent on the content of the …

The wife of ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Sylvia, has been charged with money laundering and other offences including forgery. This was according to Andre Patrick Roponat, the country’s public prosecutor. The former Gabonese First Lady whose husband was overthrown on August 30 in a coup by the presidential guards, was put under house arrest by the military junta alongside …

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday praised the country’s ambassador to Niger for staying in the West African country despite pressure from the military junta to leave. The junta which seized power from President Mohammed Basoum last month had on August 25 ordered French ambassador Sylvain Itte to leave the country within 48 hours after he snubbed an invitation …