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An emergency summit of Arab and Muslim countries held in Doha has declared its solidarity with Qatar and condemned Israel’s bombing of the Qatari capital last week.The extraordinary joint session between the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered nearly 60 member states on Monday. Leaders said the meeting marked a critical moment to deliver a united message following what they described as an unprecedented escalation by Israel.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Israeli attack targeted senior Hamas leaders who were meeting to discuss a United States-backed ceasefire proposal. At least six people were killed…

Here are the key events on day 1,300 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 16 Sep 202516 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Tuesday, September 16 :Fighting A Ukrainian drone attack killed two women in the village of Golovchino in Russia’s Belgorod region, Russia’s state TASS news agency reports. A man who was seriously injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Belgorod region in April has died in hospital, TASS reports. TASS also reported that Russian forces shot down 82 Ukrainian drones in a 24-hour period. Russian forces have captured the village…

Israel has bombed and destroyed the tallest residential building in Gaza, the Al-Ghafri high-rise, as it launched a massive wave of strikes on Gaza City on Monday evening, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to continue to flee the city.Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel is using unconventional weapons to forcibly evict Palestinians from Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the enclave.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIsraeli media source Channel 12 reported that “exceptionally intense air strikes” were concentrated in the city’s north and west, while the Palestinian Civil…

The sudden winding down of USAID by the Trump Administration, the linchpin of America’s annual $40 billion vast footprint in global assistance programs led to wide ranging discussion on the future of foreign aid. Africa, a major recipient of foreign aid is now in the eye of the storm as United States and Western allies continue to reduce foreign aid commitments since 2018 according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In this article, I argue that Africa has an extraordinary opportunity to recast its relationship with donor nations by focusing on durable partnerships. As noted recently by the Mo…

new video loaded: Emmys Host Donates to Charity, With No Help From StarstranscriptBacktranscriptEmmys Host Donates to Charity, With No Help From StarsNate Bargatze, host of the 77th Emmy Awards, pledged $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. To keep speeches short, he deducted $1,000 for every second a winner went over their given time.“45 seconds. That’s what you got. I am going to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Every second you go over 45 seconds, we will deduct $1,000 away from the Boys & Girls Club. I know, I know. If you go…

This is why the African Union has backed calls to stop using the Mercator map of the world.

194 The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has criticised the conduct of the 2023 general elections, saying it weakened public trust in the nation’s democracy. But the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the claim, describing the bishops’ verdict as “ungodly” and unfounded. Speaking at an interactive session with Catholic faithful of the Calabar Ecclesiastical Province in Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, the CBCN President and Archbishop of Owerri, Lucius Ugorji, said Nigeria was “sinking on many fronts,” with the disputed 2023 elections making matters worse. He argued that corruption remained the root cause of the country’s crises,…

BBCWhen life gets busy and stress levels rise, it’s not uncommon to find yourself walking into a room and forgetting why you went there, losing your train of thought mid-sentence or struggling to stay focused on simple tasks. Especially after the weekend, it can be hard to get back into work or study mode.This mental cloudiness is often called brain fog and while it isn’t a medical condition in itself, it refers to a collection of cognitive symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, and mental slowness.Common causes of it can include menopause or perimenopause, and conditions such as long Covid…

In an increasingly divided world, one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that artificial intelligence is a hugely disruptive—and sometimes downright destructive—phenomenon.At WIRED’s AI Power Summit in New York on Monday, leaders from the worlds of tech, politics, and the media came together to discuss how AI is transforming their intertwined worlds. The Summit included voices from the AI industry, a current US senator, a former Trump administration official, and publishers including WIRED’s parent company, Condé Nast. You can view a livestream of the event in full below.Livestream: WIRED’s AI Power Summit “In journalism, many of us have…

Things got tricky on the second day of the Sea.Hear.Now music, arts, and surfing festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey this Sunday when Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-DMC joined Public Enemy for a rousing surprise performance of “Walk This Way” and “It’s Tricky,” thrilling a sold-out crowd of 35,000 fans gathered on the beach. DMC’s appearance was one of several major moments at the seventh iteration of the annual seaside festival, which took place this past weekend with a wildly eclectic lineup that included headliners Hozier and Blink-182 along with Lenny Kravitz, Alabama Shakes, ZZ Top, De La Soul, Sublime,…