14+ hour, 6+ min ago   (263+ words) At least six people have died and 129 others are missing after a passenger ferry capsized in Indonesia’s Java Sea during bad weather. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency disclosed this on Sunday as efforts continued to locate survivors from the incident....

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (243+ words) Djibouti’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, says about 1,400 refugees have arrived in the country from Yemen within a 24-hour period. Dawaleh disclosed this in a post on X on Saturday. “1,400 refugees arrived in Djibouti from Yemen in…...

20+ hour, 1+ min ago   (181+ words) The Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff, Kyrylo Budanov, says the country is preparing for trilateral talks with Russia and the United States to resume in October. He disclosed this while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a conference in…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (297+ words) The current Miss Austria, Lucia Sisic, has passed away at 22. She had lived with a congenital heart condition since birth. Mission Austria, the organisation behind the Miss Austria and Mister Austria pageants, confirmed her death, calling it a time of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (521+ words) By Hudu Yakubu, Abuja The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has backed proposed reforms by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, including the migration of Nigeria’s national pilgrims’ quota to a…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (262+ words) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it launched ballistic missiles at a base used by U.S. forces in Jordan and attacked 10 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The development followed the U.S. military’s announcement that it had destroyed five…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (509+ words) Norway’s King Harald V will be laid to rest on Wednesday, bringing to a close 13 days of national mourning following his death at the age of 89. Harald, a reformer who spent more than three decades on the throne, gradually stepped…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (447+ words) Global climate discussions have long focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, limiting global warming, and mobilising resources for climate action. As the world prepares for COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye (November 9–20, 2026), attention is shifting to how commitments can deliver practical solutions that…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (325+ words) By Sekinat Salam, Abeokuta Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed condolences to the Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, following the death of her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan. Hafidh Ameir, Tanzania’s first Gentleman, died on Monday, September 7, while receiving treatment…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (195+ words) The United Nations, UN has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan as intensified drone attacks and the destruction of healthcare facilities worsen the country’s humanitarian crisis. UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk said civilians in several regions face an…...