Japan plans to distribute 100,000 yen ($880) in cash, vouchers or a combination of both to people who are 18 years or younger as part of an economic stimulus plan aimed at blunting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The economic stimulus package, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, is planned to be created by the end of...
A fully vaccinated passenger infected with coronavirus was found dead in his seat inside a flight.
The Pegasus Airlines crew found the 51-year-old man lifeless in his seat after Flight 1043 from Istanbul, Turkey, to Hamburg, Germany, last week.
The man, who was born in Russia and lived in the German...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, 37, wants to be worshipped by his people.
The dictator is pushing "Kimjongunism" which hails him as a "Great Leader".
Portraits of his father and grandfather in the capital city of Pyongyang have been taken down to present Kim John-un as unrivalled in his position of power.
Kim Jong-Un's grandfather, Kim...
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million today, November 1, less than two years into a health crisis that humbled wealthy countries with first-rate health care systems and devastated poor countries
Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil - all upper-middle- or high-income countries -...
The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department in their lawsuit over the shooter's weapon purchase.
The settlements range from $6 million to $7.5 million per claimant for those killed at Emanuel...
A serial killer nurse who killed patients by injecting them with air “for fun” has been sentenced to death in Texas.
The former nurse at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler who was charged with killing multiple patients back in 2017 and 2018, was sentenced to death by a Smith County...
Taiwan's President for the first time in the Island's history has confirmed the presence of US military troops on the island.
President Tsai Ing-wen says the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," adding that Taiwan, which is located fewer than 200 kilometers (124 miles) away from China's southeastern coast,...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered its citizens to eat less food until the country re-opens its border with China in 2025.
Food shortages are already affecting North Koreans, but citizens were told to tighten their belts for at least another three years by officials, according to RFA.
However, people have already...
Sudan's military coup leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the military seized power to prevent "civil war".
Protests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, with roads, bridges and shops closed, while phones and internet links are also disrupted and least 10 people are reported to...
The United States has suspended $700 million in aid to Sudan after a military coup on Monday, October 25, telling the military of the country to immediately restore its civilian government.
“The civilian-led transitional government should be immediately restored and represent the will of the people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk and extremely-damaging Malware called Flubot.
Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affairs at NCC said information received from the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), reveals that the Flubot “targets Androids with fake security updates and App installations”.
Adinde...
The US suffered a setback in the arms race with China and Russia to develop hypersonic weapons after its latest test failed, the Pentagon said in a statement Thursday, October 21.
A booster stack, which is the rocket used to accelerate the missile to hypersonic speeds, failed and the test...
Former US President, Donald Trump has announced the launch of his new social media platform called 'Truth social'.
Trump's media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly listed company with a potential valuation of up to $1.7 billion.
The former president...
The Taliban was welcomed in Moscow today, October 20 during talks on Afghanistan as Russia seeks to exert influence over the new regime.
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov opened the talks and emphasised that 'forming a really inclusive government fully reflecting the interests of not only all ethnic groups but...
The UK government is keeping a “close watch” on a descendant of the coronavirus Delta variant which is being seen in a growing number of cases.
Downing Street said it was monitoring the AY4.2 variant but insisted there was no evidence it spreads more easily.
While the Delta variant remains the dominant strain in the...
An English council has urged parents not to allow their children to watch the hit Netflix show "Squid Games" due to its graphic nature and the amount of violent content.
In email sent to parents and guardians, the Central Bedfordshire council's education safeguarding team advised them to 'be vigilant after hearing reports that children and...
Security forces in Libya have freed a large group of African migrants who were held captive and tortured by human traffickers in Tripoli,
The victims were rescued from their kidnappers during a security operation, the 444th Brigade of the Libyan army said on Saturday, October 16.
A special force from the...
At least 46 people have been killed and dozens left injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday, October 14.
The blaze started in the 13-story commercial and residential building at 2:54 a.m. local time (2:54 p.m. ET) in Kaohsiung city's Yancheng district,...
Facebook has announced that it would start removing “severe sexualizing content” targeting public figures as part of a new update to its bullying and harassment policies.
As part of this new policy update, Facebook said on Wednesday that it would remove any profiles, pages, groups, or events dedicated to sexualizing...
Afghans recently resettled in Britain, after the Taliban overthrew the Afghan government, have begged to be allowed to return to their country.
A shortage of available permanent homes meant thousands of those Afghans who fought alongside British forces or fled in fear of their lives have been put up in hotels.
Late last month the Home...
China is reportedly denying the World Health Organisation access to hundreds of bat caves and wildlife breeding farms in the nation's Hubei province near Wuhan which could hold clues to determining the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the Washington Post, scientists want to visit a series of caves and wildlife farming areas in the Enshi prefecture...
The United States has been rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale.
It struck the Alaska Peninsula on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The earthquake struck 114km east of the city of Chignik and was a depth of 75km according to the EMSC.
No tsunami warning...
Lebanon has been plunged into darkness after the country’s two main power stations ran out of fuel.
The power outage is expected to last for ‘several days’ after al Zahrani and the Deir Ammar power stations stopped working after supplies of diesel were apparently exhausted, and energy production dropped to below 200...
The Nigerian international passport has been ranked 103 (with 45 score) out of 116 in the world, behind African nations like Ghana (84), Liberia (99), Guinea, (94), Mail (94), among others. The ranking was based on the most travel-friendly passports across the globe.
This was confirmed in the latest report...
Trans-Atlantic security alliance, NATO has halved the size of its Russian contingent at its Brussels headquarters from 20 to 10 accusing the Russian diplomats have been working secretly as intelligence officers.
The expulsions came in response to suspected malign Russian activities, including killings and espionage carried out by the Russian state...
The Afghanistan girls' football development squad have been reportedly granted visas to come to the UK.
Home Secretary Priti Patel revealed that a group of players, coaches and family members' 111 visa applications to be approved.
The squad have been in Pakistan on temporary visas since fleeing Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country, but face being sent back...
Squid Game is on its way to becoming Netflix's biggest TV show ever, if the early viewership figures hold.
The creepy hyper-violent Korean series premiered on the platform last month and sees 456 desperate contestants compete with each other in a mysterious and deadly survival game. The multiple rounds of games has a top prize of...
Asia is currently on high alert after North Korea claimed that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8 on Tuesday, September 28.
The country's state media said the new missile is one of the "five most important" new weapons systems laid out in its five-year military development plan.
They...
Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary, has warned lawmakers that the country's government will likely run out of cash by October 18 as Senate Republicans blocked attempts to increase the borrowing limit.
“At that point, we expect Treasury would be left with very limited resources that would be depleted quickly,” she said in a...
The Taliban have banned barbing salons in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law and that anyone caught violating the rule will be punished.
Since taking over power last month in Afghanistan, the Taliban have carried out harsh punishments on opponents.
On...
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, a founder of the Taliban who will control prisons under the new government in Afghanistan, has revealed that harsh punishments, including amputations and executions, will return to the country .
"Everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but we have never said anything about their...
North Korea says South Korea's call to declare a formal end to the Korean War is premature as there is no guarantee it would lead to peace in the Korean peninsula.
The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a ceasefire following huge involvement...
Fraud in the UK has sparked a warning of “national security threat” after £754m was stolen from bank customers during the first half of this year, a 30% rise on the same period in 2020.
According to UK Finance, fraudsters had capitalised on the coronavirus pandemic, with criminals targeting children...
The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City.
A United Nations committee will rule on the request but it is very unlikely to happen during the current session of the body.
Before making their request, the Taliban who are...
A coup attempt has been thwarted in Sudan and the situation is under control, the country’s military said on Tuesday, September 21 in a statement read on state TV.
According to the Sudanese Military spokesman, Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman, interrogation of suspects involved in the attempted coup will begin immediately and...
A first edition copy of the classic novel "Frankenstein" sold for $1.17 million at a recent auction in New York.
Christie's, which hosted the auction, estimated the book would go for $200,000 to $300,000. But by selling for nearly four to six times as much, the book set a record...
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards was held on Sunday night at L.A. Live’s Event Deck, instead of the Microsoft Theater which has been home to the Emmys since 2008.
Cedric the Entertainer hosted the show, which was broadcast live from Los Angeles on CBS and Paramount+.
Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" came into the night with the...
The surviving family members of Mr Ahmadi, who was killed by a US drone strike in August after US military intelligence mistakenly took him for an ISIS-K terrorist, say they want the Americans responsible for the tragic mistake to be taken to court, while also asking for financial compensation...
The Taliban appear to have shut down the women's affairs ministry and replaced it with the 'Morality police' a department that once enforced strict religious doctrines in the country before the US invasion in 2001.
Footage on social media posted on Friday, September 17, shows the sign at the ministry...
She died “suddenly and peacefully” at a London hospital, the family said according to the Daily Telegraph.
She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 40 and later became president of the European Commission for Human Rights.
The Prime Minister once described her as the “supreme authority” in his family.
Labour...
North Korea says it successfully test-fired new long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, developed by the country's engineers.
According to a Monday, September 13 report published by the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the country's Academy of Defense Science successfully test-fired the missiles on September 11 and 12,...
US President, Joe Biden has announced a sweeping plan that could force millions of unvaccinated Americans to get the COVID-19 shot.Biden announced Thursday night, September 9, that all companies with more than 100 employees will be forced to either require their employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 or mandate weekly...
The Taliban Government has announced that they are willing to establish relations with all countries except Israel.
Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Islamist militant group told Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik: 'In a new chapter if America wants to have a relation with us, which could be in the interest...
North Korea held a midnight military parade in Pyongyang early Thursday morning, September 9, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the country's founding.
During the event, soldiers could be seen wearing hamzat suits while North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un looked way slimmer as he waved at the crowd at...
Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that criminal penalties for abortion in the world's second largest Catholic nation are unconstitutional in a landmark ruling.
The unanimous vote by the 11 members of the high court on Tuesday comes as Texas took steps to restrict access to the procedure after enacting the strictest anti-abortion...
A Taliban spokesperson has warned the US not to interfere with Afghanistan culture even as the group will like to have a normal better relationship with the US following the militant group’s takeover of Afghanistan.
According to the Taliban "there will be no issue about women’s rights" despite widespread international...
A bare-chested "shaman" wearing horns and face paint who became one of the most infamous faces of the US Capitol insurrection, has pleaded guilty to felony.
The Arizona man identified as Jacob Anthony Chansley was caught on camera shirtless, carrying a spear and sporting a horned fur hat during the violence. It...
A looting incident broke out in New Orleans, a Louisiana city, after Hurricane Ida flooded wide areas, plunged 1million into darkness and reversed the flow of the Mississippi.
The hurricane which first claimed the life of a 60-year-old man after pushing down a tree on his house near Baton Rouge, has been declared...
Twenty US states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration after the US Department of Education ordered schools to allow biological males to compete in girls’ sports teams.
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and his counterparts in 19 other states in the lawsuit filed in the US district court in Knoxville...
Nazi's ‘death quarry’ which is filled with more than 3,500 bodies has been discovered in Russia.
The mass graveyard which gives new evidence of crimes committed by Adolf Hitler during the Nazi occupation of the region in World War II, is located in the city of Salsk in the Rostov region.
Diggers were especially...
Taliban fighters fired their guns into the air in celebration in Kabul as the last US troops left Afghanistan nearly twenty years after it arrived the country following the September 11, 2001 attacks on America.
Marine General Frank McKenzie, the head of the US Central Command, made the withdrawal announcement at a...
U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassin was granted parole Friday, August 27, after two of RFK's sons spoke in his favor.
Sirhan Sirhan, 77, who was convicted of fist-degree murder, has served 53 years for murdering Kennedy, then a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
On Friday, August 27, a California parole board panel voted in...
Former US president, Barack Obama has released a statement addressing the terrorist attack outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, that killed and injured over 100 persons.
The statement released Friday morning, August 27 grieves with the over 90 Afghans who were killed, while he also sent his condolences to the...
In an unfolding of the terrible humanitarian scenes in Kabul, Afghanistan, at least 60 people including 12 US marines have been reportedly killed after a third bomb explosion was heard at the Kabul airport on Thursday, August 26.
Taliban officials earlier said that at least 13 people including children have...
A senior member of the Japanese Yakuza criminal syndicate has been sentenced to death by hanging.
A court in Fukuoka found Satoru Nomura, 74, the head of the Kudo-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, had ordered four assaults, one of which resulted in death. Nomura denied any involvement.
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper reports that...
US President, Joe Biden has rejected pleas from his fellow G7 leaders to extend the evacuation date of people from Aghanistan beyond August 31 .
According to Biden, who will have the Afghanistan debacle as one of his foreign policy failures, the U.S. is on pace to complete its evacuation...
