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Oil settles higher after US seizes tanker off Venezuela's coast - Reuters

Oil prices settled higher on Wednesday after officials said the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela,...

Turkish Airlines, South African Airways sign codeshare agreement

Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of Türkiye, has signed a codeshare agreement with South African Airways, the national flag...

Australia moves first with bold social media ban for under 16s

Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday unable to log into their social media accounts, as the country becomes...

Nigerian CEO accused of defrauding US veterans of more than $7m

Cashmir Chinedu Luke, a Nigerian-born chief executive of a California home healthcare company, has been arrested in the United States...

NASA’s SWOT satellite captures first full view of a tsunami in motion

When a powerful earthquake shook the far eastern edge of Russia in late July, it set off more than a...

Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine's Donbas region militarily or otherwise - Reuters

President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region...

OPEC oil output slips in November despite agreed hike, survey finds - Reuters

OPEC’s oil output edged lower in November, despite an OPEC+ agreement to raise production for the month, due to outages...

Russia says world is entering irreversible multipolar era, calls Nigeria a pivotal power

Andre Podelyshev, Russia’s ambassador to Nigeria, has said the global system is moving toward an irreversible era of multipolarity and...

US Congress moves to step up pressure on Nigeria after experts warn of worsening violence

A joint briefing of senior United States lawmakers and foreign policy experts has pushed Congress toward a tougher response to...

Global HIV response at crossroads despite decades of progress, says WHO

The World Health Organisation says the global response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) stands at a crossroads despite decades of...

Belaunde survives shooting as Peru’s tense election season turns violent

Rafael Belaunde, a Peruvian presidential hopeful, escaped with minor injuries on Tuesday after gunmen opened fire on his car south...

Putin, Trump envoy hold tense but “useful” talks as pressure builds for deal

Talks between Vladimir Putin and United States special envoy Steve Witkoff ended on Tuesday with both sides calling the discussion...

US lawmakers set to hold joint briefing on persecution of Nigerian Christians

US lawmakers are preparing for a joint briefing in Washington to examine the growing persecution of Christians in Nigeria and...

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee will hold a joint congressional briefing on Tuesday to examine allegations of widespread persecution of...

Trump orders inquiry into attacks on Nigerian Christians, says US lawmaker

Riley Moore, a member of the US House of Representatives, says United States president Donald Trump has directed him and...