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Hamas rejects Tony Blair’s potential role in post-war Gaza governance
Hamas has strongly rejected any role for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in governing Gaza following the recently declared ceasefire in the enclave. Speaking to Sky News, senior Hamas official Basem Naim said the movement welcomed efforts by US President Donald Trump to help end the two-year genocidal war but warned that Blair would not be welcome in any…
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White House blasts Nobel Committee for not awarding Peace Prize to Trump
The White House has accused the Nobel Committee of placing “politics over peace” for awarding its most coveted prize to a Venezuelan pro-democracy activist over US President Donald Trump. On Friday, the Committee announced María Coria Machado would receive the Peace Prize for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela”. Trump has been outspoken about his…
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Trump misses out as Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday, concluding months of speculation over whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s late push for a Middle East peace deal would earn him the award. The committee awarded the prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, recognizing her role in advancing democratic change and nonviolent resistance in…
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Serious market correction could come in the next six months, says America’s top banker
The head of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon said he is “far more worried than others” about a serious market correction, which he said could come in the next six months to two years. Dimon, who leads America’s largest bank, told the BBC that there is a higher risk of a serious fall in US stocks than is currently being reflected…
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Hamas accepts Trump peace plan ending 2 years of war in Gaza, returning hostages
Hamas has agreed to a peace deal pushed by President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza and return the hostages, two years after the terrorist network attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, sparking a deadly war and a humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip. Trump took to Truth Social Wednesday to make the announcement: “I am very proud…
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Burkina Faso military govment arrest NGO workers for accuse of ‘spying’
Burkina Faso military govment tok say dem don arrest eight members of one Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, wey dem accuse of “spying and treason”. Pipo wey dem arrest include Frenchman, French-Senegalese woman, Czech man, Malian and four Burkinabe nationals – among dem na di NGO kontri director and deputy. Di organisation tok say di govment don arrest dem bifor, but dem…
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Nigeria’s Francis Adewale becomes Washington State Bar Association President
A Nigerian from Ilesa in Osun State, Mr Francis Adewale, has become the new President of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA). Elected in September, Adewale will for the next year lead WSBA, which regulates the professional practice of about 40,000 legal practitioners in the Washington area. A press statement signed by the Communications Manager of WSBA, Jennifer Olegario, said…
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Cruz clashes with Nigeria over his claims 50,000 Christians killed since 2009 in religious violence
Nigerian minister calls senator’s allegations ‘absolutely false’ and ‘very misleading’ A diplomatic battle is being waged between leading Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Nigerian government officials. The Texas senator has warned he will hold them accountable for the reported “mass slaughter” of tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. The officials say Cruz is lying, with one claiming that despite…
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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio of scientists for discovering how the immune system is kept in check
The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists – two of them American and one Japanese – for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our bodies. Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi will share the prize “for their fundamental discoveries relating…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Western parts found in Russian drones, missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alleged that drones and missiles fired by Russia against his country are filled with parts sourced from Western companies. In a social media post on Monday, Zelenskyy said the hundreds of weapons used in Russian attacks over the previous two nights contained tens of thousands of components produced by firms in the United States, United…
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