Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Elizabeth Omojenrola Oso is a Communications and Language Arts graduate, content writer, and reporter with a focus on thoughtful, human-centered storytelling. She is passionate about crafting clear, compelling narratives that inform, engage, and inspire.

Israel-Iran conflict

A coalition of 25 Western nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, has issued a strongly worded statement calling on Israel to immediately end its war in Gaza and condemning what they described as the “inhumane killing” of Palestinian civilians. In a joint declaration released on Monday, the countries criticised Israel’s handling of humanitarian aid in Gaza, particularly the “drip feeding” of assistance and the recent deaths of more than 800 civilians near food distribution points. Many of these fatalities reportedly occurred near facilities run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an organisation that has recently…

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American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his iconic role as Theo Huxtable on the 1980s hit television series The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 54. Warner drowned while vacationing with his family in Costa Rica, according to a law enforcement source who spoke to Reuters. The tragic incident occurred when Warner was pulled out to sea by a rip current. The Central American nation’s Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ) confirmed that a U.S. citizen with the surname Warner drowned and was declared dead at the scene by Red Cross lifeguards. Representatives for the actor have not yet…

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The Ecuadorian government has extradited the country’s most notorious drug trafficker, Adolfo Macías, known widely as “Fito”,  to the United States, over a year after his dramatic escape from a high-security prison. Macías, leader of the powerful Los Choneros gang, arrived in New York state on Sunday night, according to flight-tracking data. He is due to appear in a Brooklyn federal court on Monday to face charges of cocaine distribution, conspiracy, and firearms violations, including weapons smuggling. His lawyer, Alexei Schacht, has confirmed that Macías intends to plead not guilty. A letter filed by the US Department of Justice on…

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Alaska Airlines was forced to ground all its flights on Sunday evening following an unspecified IT outage that disrupted key operational systems, the carrier confirmed. This marks the second time in a little over a year that the airline has been compelled to halt its entire fleet. In a statement released late on Sunday, the Seattle-based airline said: “At approximately 8pm Pacific on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday), Alaska Airlines experienced an IT outage that’s impacting our operations. We requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights.” The airline warned of lingering disruption to flight schedules…

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Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine early Monday, killing at least one person in Kyiv and striking a metro station where hundreds of civilians were sheltering from the bombardment. The attack caused fires across the capital and left at least six people injured, with emergency workers deployed to multiple districts. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed that rescuers and medics were active at the scenes of destruction in four separate areas. Lukianivska metro station, in central Kyiv, was hit directly, sending thick smoke through the air. The station, often used as a shelter during attacks, lies…

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Migrants held at a federal immigration jail in downtown Miami were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and forced to kneel to eat food off chairs, “like dogs”, according to a damning new report published on Monday. The report, compiled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South, details alleged abuses across three overcrowded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centres in South Florida. It draws on interviews with dozens of current and former detainees. In one harrowing account, Pedro, a detainee at the Miami federal detention centre, described how dozens…

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Pope Leo XIV has denounced the ongoing war in Gaza as an act of “barbarity”, condemning the “indiscriminate use of force” amid mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions. The pontiff’s comments followed reports from Gaza’s civil defence agency that at least 93 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while queuing for food aid, mostly in northern parts of the besieged enclave. According to the agency, 80 of the victims were shot dead by Israeli forces as they waited for UN food trucks arriving through the northern Zikim crossing. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that a 25-truck convoy…

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An 82 year old man from Pennsylvania has been discovered in a Guatemalan hospital after being secretly deported by U.S. immigration authorities, weeks after he attended an appointment to replace his lost green card. Luis Leon, a long-time resident of Allentown, was granted political asylum in the United States in 1987 after surviving torture under the brutal dictatorship of Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet. According to his family, Leon vanished without a trace on 20 June after visiting an immigration office to replace the green card he had lost along with his wallet. Upon arrival at the office, Leon was reportedly…

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