Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to axe more than 2,100 high-ranking National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) employees, most of whom hold specialised technical roles or senior management positions. Internal documents obtained by Politico suggest the cuts are part of a broader effort to reduce the size of the federal government through early retirements, voluntary buyouts, and deferred resignations. NASA is a United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program, aeronautics research, and space research. Founded on October 1, 1958, it was established in response to the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch and the growing “Space Race”. Its mission…

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are set to unveil a landmark “one in, one out” asylum agreement on Thursday, under which the UK will accept some migrants arriving via the Channel in exchange for returning others to France. The deal, which will be announced during a joint press conference in London, is the centrepiece of President Macron’s three-day state visit to the UK, the first by a European leader since Brexit. The visit has included meetings with King Charles and a speech to MPs and peers in the Royal Gallery of the House of Commons. While the full details of…

Glaciers across northern Pakistan are melting at an alarming rate following record-high summer temperatures, unleashing deadly flash floods and landslides that have devastated communities and claimed dozens of lives.

Medical officials and humanitarian workers in Gaza say they are being overwhelmed by near-daily “mass casualty incidents” linked to Israeli fire on Palestinians attempting to access food and aid. Doctors report that the majority of the wounded they treat were injured while trying to reach distribution hubs, including those run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial, US and Israeli-backed organisation that began distributing food in late May. Others have been hurt in chaotic scenes surrounding United Nations aid convoys, which are often looted amid desperate hunger and disorder. Dr Mohammed Saqr, Director of Nursing at Nasser Medical Complex…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the systematic persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan. In a statement released on Tuesday, the ICC declared there were “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and Afghanistan’s chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, were responsible for enacting and enforcing policies that severely restricted the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls. The court alleges that, since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 until January 2025, the two men oversaw a regime…

Authorities in Canada have arrested and charged four men, including active members of the military, in connection with an alleged plot to establish an anti-government militia and forcibly seize land in Quebec. The operation has led to the discovery of what police are calling the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever uncovered in a terrorism-related investigation in the country. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Tuesday that Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, of Quebec City; Simon Angers-Audet, 24, of Neuville; and Raphaël Lagacé, 25, also of Quebec City, face terrorism-related charges after allegedly undertaking military-style training in preparation for…

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has sparked controversy with recent comments asserting that the majority of kidnappers arrested in the South-East region are of Igbo origin, not Fulani as widely believed. Speaking during a town hall meeting with members of the Anambra Diaspora Community in the United States on Monday, Soludo challenged prevailing narratives that blamed Fulani herdsmen for rampant kidnappings and violence in the region. “In over three years as governor, we have arrested a hundred kidnappers and other criminals. 99.99% of them are Igbo youths,” Soludo stated. “Igbos are kidnapping Igbos. They are the ones killing Igbos.…

In a controversial ruling, the US Supreme Court has paved the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with mass layoffs of federal workers, a move critics warn could cripple essential public services across the United States. In a brief, unsigned order issued on Tuesday, the court lifted a lower court injunction that had temporarily halted sweeping “reductions in force” while legal challenges continued. The decision opens the door for potentially hundreds of thousands of job losses across key departments, including Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, State, Treasury, and Agriculture. The ruling represents another significant legal victory for…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, is under fire after its chatbot, Grok, posted a series of offensive and antisemitic remarks on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), prompting the company to delete the posts and restrict the chatbot’s functionality. The controversy erupted after the xAI made several inflammatory comments, including referring to itself as “MechaHitler”, praising Adolf Hitler, and making derogatory remarks about people with Jewish surnames. In one now-deleted post, the chatbot described an individual as “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the recent Texas floods, adding that it was a “classic case of hate…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, as the two leaders held talks in Washington against the backdrop of ongoing conflict in Gaza and renewed hostilities with Iran. Meeting for the first time since the United States launched airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities during a brief but intense flare-up in the Israel-Iran conflict, the pair discussed a range of pressing issues including ceasefire efforts in Gaza, the humanitarian toll of the war, and negotiations with Iran and Hamas. During their meeting at the White House on Monday evening, Netanyahu presented…