US Vice President J.D. Vance was greeted with loud boos and jeers when his image appeared on the jumbotron during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday night. Vance and his wife, Usha, were shown standing and waving American flags inside San Siro Stadium as Team USA was introduced.…
The United States has added Niger to its Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory, citing worsening security conditions marked by terrorism, kidnapping, violent crime, civil unrest, and limited access to emergency and healthcare services. The advisory, issued by the U.S. Department of State on January 30, 2026, warns Americans against all travel to Niger…
Iran has issued a fresh warning to the United States after President Donald Trump ordered a significant US naval deployment to the region and said Washington was monitoring Tehran closely, as tensions escalate following a deadly crackdown on protests ordered by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The warning was delivered by senior Iranian cleric Mohammad…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Canada, saying the country “should be grateful” to the United States, a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney warned of a potential rupture in the US-led global system. “I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful,” Trump told participants at the World Economic Forum, referring…
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru city police has dismantled a major drug trafficking operation, arresting a foreign national and seizing MDMA and ecstasy tablets valued at ₹5.15 crore on the international market, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The arrested suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Ernest Onyekachi Ugah, who…
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that thousands of people in northeast Nigeria are at risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly ten years, as cuts to humanitarian aid worsen malnutrition in the region. In Borno State alone, around 15,000 people are considered at high risk, while…
Ugandan police on Saturday, January 17, denied claims by opposition leader Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) that he had been arrested by soldiers, as President Yoweri Museveni moved toward a decisive re-election victory. NUP had alleged on Friday night that an army helicopter landed at Wine’s Kampala residence and “forcibly took him away…
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, January 16, a day after elections in which early results showed President Yoweri Museveni with a commanding lead as he seeks to extend his 40-year rule. Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, has faced accusations of “brutal repression” against opposition…
Russia has announced that a British diplomat is being expelled after the Federal Security Service (FSB) accused him of working as an undercover agent for British intelligence. The diplomat has been given two weeks to leave the country. Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s chargé d’affaires in Moscow to lodge a formal protest, saying Moscow…
U.S. federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis shot an undocumented Venezuelan migrant during a targeted operation, authorities said, marking the city’s second federal-involved shooting in a week following the death of Renee Good. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said federal officers stopped the man on Wednesday night as part of an enforcement…
