Foreign

The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and grief among young people in the country. A letter published by the Afghan education ministry said the decision was made in a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately. Girls were barred from returning to secondary schools in March, after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut hours after […]

The President of the United State of America Joe Biden has condemned Antisemitism at a White House Party to Commemorate the Second Day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The joyful holiday, which is marked by lighting candles and eating oily foods, comes amid reports of a national and global uptick in anti-Semitic rhetoric. Biden, the second Catholic US president, said he will not be silent and America will […]

People are feared to have died after a small migrant boat ran into difficulties in the early hours of today in the English Channel near Kent. The UK coastguard, the French Navy and an air ambulance were all sent to help with the rescue operation which was launched in UK waters in freezing conditions after reports of the incident at about 3am local time. Home Secretary, Suella Braverman expressed her […]

The Bahamas police have arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and he will appear in a Magistrates Court in The Bahamas today. Police said Bankman-Fried was arrested for Financial Offences against laws in the United State and the Bahamas. Last month FTX filed for bankruptcy in the United State, leaving many users unable to withdraw their funds. The Attorney General of the Bahamas in a statement […]

Peru has named Dina Boluarte as her first female president ever after ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached hours after he tried to dissolve parliament. Boluarte who was previously the vice president was sworn in after a dramatic day in Lima yesterday. Earlier in the day, Castillo had said he was replacing Congress with an exceptional emergency government but lawmakers ignored it, and in an emergency meeting impeached, detained him, and […]

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of crimes against humanity after a new missile barrage caused blackouts across the country, killing at least seven people. Zelensky told the United Nations UN Security Council via video link that the Russian formula of terror had forced millions of people to stay without energy supplies, without heating, without water in sub-zero cold. Nuclear power plants went offline and the three […]

Japan's defence ministry says North Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with sufficient range to hit the US mainland. The missile landed in the sea roughly 210km west of Hokkaido. As a result, South Korea's President ,Yoon Suk-Yeol called for stronger deterrence measures against the North. Recall that North Korean finance minister, Choe Son Hui, had warned of a "fiercer" response to any increased US military presence. North […]

Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo yesterday fired his junior finance minister, Charles Adu Boahen over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining. The presidency’s statement said Akufo-Addo’s decision came after “being made aware of the allegations” against Boahen in the documentary “Galamsey Economy,” scheduled to be released yesterday.. Teasers from the expose show Boahen in what the documentary claims are images of him trying to demand $200,000 […]

US President Joe Biden says Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson shows its military has "some real problems". Biden said he had been expecting the move for "some time" and that it would allow both sides to "recalibrate their positions" over the winter. An army general, sergei Surovikin, who was given command just weeks ago, confirmed Russian troops would withdraw entirely from the western bank of […]