US President Joe Biden says he would not pardon his son Hunter or commute his sentence following his conviction on charges of lying about his drug addiction while buying a handgun. “No,” Biden replied when reporters at a G7 summit press conference in Italy asked if he would commute any sentence that 54-year-old Hunter faces….
Russia has been accused of forcing thousands of migrants and foreign students, particularly from Africa, to fight in its war against Ukraine in exchange for visa renewals. According to a Bloomberg report, the assessment was done by some European officials who alleged that the Kremlin is using foreign students as extra manpower. The report added…
In a significant shift in geopolitical relations, the Kremlin has officially declared the United States an “enemy” for the first time ever amid ongoing tensions over Ukraine. The announcement comes from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, citing this as part of a broader pattern of preventing U.S. citizens from interacting with Russia. This marks a notable…
The jury in a New York Court has found former US President Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. This historic decision makes Trump the first former US president to be criminally convicted. He was found guilty of all 34 counts he faced. Unanimity was required for any verdict. Trump will…
A British nurse, Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to appeal. Letby, 34, had asked for permission to challenge the verdict after she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year. A three-judge panel of Britain’s Court of…
UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), hasd ordered Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah”. It acted in support of a South African application last week which sought a number of measures against Israel, accusing it of stepping up what it says is a genocide.Presiding judge Nawaf Salam said the…
A helicopter carrying Iran’s President and Foreign Minister, Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has been involved in an accident Reports say the helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – made a “hard landing” after it got into difficulties in heavy fog in the north of the country. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi…
Russian soldiers are advancing into northeastern Kharkiv as a ground offensive attack was launched overworking the outstretched Ukrainian military- with the defence ministry alleged to have taken charge of 12 settlements in 7 days. In a recent report by the Ukrainian police, five civilian were wounded and lots of infrastructure damaged as a…
British journalist and presenter, Kevin O’Sullivan, has criticised the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, for visiting Nigeria. This comes after another British journalist, Christopher Wilson, drew backlash for comparing Nigerians to Nazis due to the royal couple’s visit. The couple visited Nigeria to celebrate the Invictus Games, Harry’s tournament for…
British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday that his Conservative government would cut taxes should it win reelection this year. “I can’t today tell you what will be in the Conservative manifesto for the next parliament,” the chancellor of the exchequer said in a speech. “But what I can do is make a very…
