Six Secret Service agents have been suspended without pay following a damning internal review of the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania in July 2024. The disciplinary action comes nearly a year after the 13 July 2024 shooting at the Butler Farm Show grounds, where 20 year 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired multiple rounds from an unsecured rooftop.…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accepted an invitation to meet with US President Donald Trump during the American leader’s anticipated visit to Scotland later this month, according to a report by Reuters. Although the precise date and full itinerary of the visit are yet to be confirmed, preparations are under way. The White House has declined to comment on the reported plans. This meeting would follow the signing of a…

A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued a nationwide block on US President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, dealing a significant blow to the policy. US District Judge Joseph Laplante, ruling from the bench on Thursday, granted a request from immigration rights lawyers to certify a nationwide class comprising children, both born and unborn, who would be stripped of their citizenship under Trump’s order.…

People most at risk of HIV infection, including gay men, transgender people, and those who inject drugs, are facing an alarming rise in criminalisation around the world, according to a new report by UNAids. For the first time in over a decade of monitoring global laws, the UN agency reports an increase in countries enforcing punitive legislation against same-sex relations and gender expression. The shift threatens to undermine decades of…

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…

By Friday Omosola, Fatimah Idera and Helen Okechukwu  The New Daily Prime reported on Tuesday that the United States has reduced the validity of non-immigrant visas for Nigerian citizens to three months, allowing only a single entry. This marks a reversal of the five-year multiple-entry visa agreement that had been in place since 2023, when both countries agreed to issue long-term visas for business and tourism purposes. The decision follows…

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, escalating tensions between the two nations amid growing criticism of Brazil’s internal political affairs and what Trump described as unfair trade practices. The 50% levy on Brazilian goods would take effect starting August 1. The tariff matches a similar deadline that dozens of other countries are also facing under Trump’s new “reciprocal” trade agenda. In a…

The Chief Executive Officer of X (formerly Twitter), Linda Yaccarino, has resigned from her position. Yaccarino’s resignation as the CEO of Elon Musk’s social media platform comes after spending two years in the role. She made known her stepping down via the X platform on Wednesday. However, she did not provide any reason behind her exit. Before her appointment, in May 2023, when Musk bought the X platform in a $44…

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…

The U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly warned that he would “bomb the s**t out of Moscow” if Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, according to bombshell audio tapes revealed in a new political book. The tapes—recorded at a series of 2024 private fundraisers in New York and Florida—were aired Tuesday night by CNN and are featured in the upcoming release, 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has once again revised its visa policies for Nigerian nationals, introducing stricter entry requirements and halting all transit visa applications—moves that are expected to severely impact travel from Nigeria to Dubai. New directives issued on Tuesday to travel agents have stirred concern within the Nigerian travel industry, coming just months after the partial easing of a previous ban. Under the latest immigration rules, Nigerians between…

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.