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The International Human Rights Commission – Rights for All and its Nigeria chapter, IHRC-RFT, has called for an urgent review of Nigeria’s criminal justice system, particularly the handling of suspects accused of serious offences such as murder, kidnapping and armed robbery.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in central Kyiv on Friday, in a rare direct attack on a key Ukrainian government facility.
Sep 5, 2026 · 2 min read
The Trump administration has quietly closed a long-running criminal investigation into Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, according to the report.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
WASHINGTON, D.C. — September 5, 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Republican campaign committees to purchase television advertising at discounted rates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, temporarily blocking a lower-court ruling that had prevented political parties from accessing the cheaper rates.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
NEW YORK — September 5, 2026: The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution promoting a new world map designed to represent the relative size of continents more accurately, following an African-led campaign to address longstanding distortions in the widely used Mercator projection.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
Only six vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to new shipping-tracking data from Kepler cited by Reuters.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
Sabbin bayanan sa ido kan zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa na kamfanin Kepler, da kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters ya wallafa, sun nuna cewa jiragen ruwa shida kacal ne suka bi ta mashigin Hormuz a ranar Laraba.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
Senior US technology executives, alongside the Trump administration, have urged G20 ministers to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) and establish dedicated infrastructure and development centres for the technology.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
Indonesia has been battling severe forest fires for several weeks, generating thick and hazardous smoke that has covered large parts of the country.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
A court in Madagascar has sentenced former Senate President Richard Ravalomanana to 10 years in prison with hard labour after finding him responsible for the use of force to suppress youth-led protests that resulted in deaths last year.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
A day after the US launched attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump said at a White House press conference that the new US military campaign to weaken Iran would not take long.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1 min read
At least 22 people have been killed and 28 others injured in a serious bus crash in Egypt’s South Sinai Governorate, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1 min read
