Global News Archives - TheCitizen - It's all about you https://thecitizenng.com/category/global-news/ Nigeria's leading online newspaper Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:43:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thecitizenng.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-TheCitizen-330x50-1-32x32.png Global News Archives - TheCitizen - It's all about you https://thecitizenng.com/category/global-news/ 32 32 Trump, Iran at odds over nuclear inspections, frozen assets in deal to end war https://thecitizenng.com/trump-iran-at-odds-over-nuclear-inspections-frozen-assets-in-deal-to-end-war/ https://thecitizenng.com/trump-iran-at-odds-over-nuclear-inspections-frozen-assets-in-deal-to-end-war/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:43:59 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284687 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran ​had agreed to nuclear inspections into “infinity,” while Tehran said it had made no such concession in negotiations, raising questions about the viability of their fragile ‌peace deal. The two countries, which held a first round of negotiations in Switzerland that ended on Monday, also offered […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/trump-iran-at-odds-over-nuclear-inspections-frozen-assets-in-deal-to-end-war/feed/ 0 Keir Starmer announces resignation as UK Prime Minister https://thecitizenng.com/keir-starmer-announces-resignation-as-uk-prime-minister/ https://thecitizenng.com/keir-starmer-announces-resignation-as-uk-prime-minister/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:21:00 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284585 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he was stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party and would leave office within weeks, scarcely two years after being elected in a landslide. Starmer said he would remain caretaker prime minister until a new Labour leader was chosen by the party. Starmer is the sixth prime minister in a decade to announce […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/keir-starmer-announces-resignation-as-uk-prime-minister/feed/ 0 Israel, Hezbollah agree to ceasefire https://thecitizenng.com/israel-hezbollah-agree-to-ceasefire/ https://thecitizenng.com/israel-hezbollah-agree-to-ceasefire/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:16:24 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284554 Israel ​and Iran-backed Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire beginning ‌at 4 p.m. local time on Friday (1300 GMT), a senior U.S. official told Reuters, after hostilities between them had escalated sharply overnight in ​Lebanon. “Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire,” ​the official said, adding that negotiators for the U.S. ⁠and Qataris worked […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/israel-hezbollah-agree-to-ceasefire/feed/ 0 US bids goodbye to Air Force One as Trump’s Qatari jet awaits takeoff https://thecitizenng.com/us-bids-goodbye-to-air-force-one-as-trumps-qatari-jet-awaits-takeoff/ https://thecitizenng.com/us-bids-goodbye-to-air-force-one-as-trumps-qatari-jet-awaits-takeoff/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:14:05 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284529 White House officials bade farewell on Thursday to one of the two jets that have been used to transport US presidents for more than 30 years. The goodbye messages fueled speculation that a Boeing 747 controversially gifted to President Donald Trump by the Gulf emirate of Qatar is now due to enter service. “‘Well done, […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/us-bids-goodbye-to-air-force-one-as-trumps-qatari-jet-awaits-takeoff/feed/ 0 Fear heightens as deadline for migrants to leave South Africa looms https://thecitizenng.com/fear-heightens-as-deadline-for-migrants-to-leave-south-africa-looms/ https://thecitizenng.com/fear-heightens-as-deadline-for-migrants-to-leave-south-africa-looms/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:22:50 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284448 South Africa has become a hostile place for undocumented migrants, as a deadline set by protesters for them to leave the country approaches. “I am very scared and traumatised,” Esnat Joseph, a 36-year-old Malawian woman, told the BBC as she tried to comfort her crying one-year-old triplets. She fled her home in an informal settlement […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/fear-heightens-as-deadline-for-migrants-to-leave-south-africa-looms/feed/ 0 Somaliland opens Jerusalem embassy after Israel’s recognition of independence https://thecitizenng.com/somaliland-opens-jerusalem-embassy-after-israels-recognition-of-independence/ https://thecitizenng.com/somaliland-opens-jerusalem-embassy-after-israels-recognition-of-independence/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:23:56 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284452 The breakaway state of Somaliland has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, six months after Israel became the first country to recognise it as an independent nation. The opening of the diplomatic mission at a technology park in West Jerusalem came while Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi was on an official visit to Israel. During a […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/somaliland-opens-jerusalem-embassy-after-israels-recognition-of-independence/feed/ 0 UK bans U-16s from social media https://thecitizenng.com/uk-bans-u-16s-from-social-media/ https://thecitizenng.com/uk-bans-u-16s-from-social-media/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:28:17 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284390 Under-16s will be banned from all the major social media apps, UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, announcesd on Monday. It followed a similar move by Australia in December last year. Sir Keir Starmer said: “This is not something I do lightly, and I will not present it as cost-free, as if social media has […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/uk-bans-u-16s-from-social-media/feed/ 0 US B-52 bomber crashes after take-off from base https://thecitizenng.com/us-b-52-bomber-crashes-after-take-off-from-base/ https://thecitizenng.com/us-b-52-bomber-crashes-after-take-off-from-base/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:18:35 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284387 A United States Air Force bomber has crashed shortly after taking off from an American base. The B-52 Stratofortress came down shortly after taking off from the Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to the base’s X account. It said the crash was just after 11.20am local time, around 7.20pm in the UK. “Emergency […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/us-b-52-bomber-crashes-after-take-off-from-base/feed/ 0 Iran, US agree to halt war, reopen Hormuz https://thecitizenng.com/iran-us-agree-to-halt-war-reopen-hormuz/ https://thecitizenng.com/iran-us-agree-to-halt-war-reopen-hormuz/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:26:30 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284334 The U.S. and Iran said they have agreed terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, news that brought relief to markets worldwide, although the pact may ​hinge on events in Lebanon and defers tricky talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme. The framework deal marks the biggest breakthrough towards resolving a war that began with […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/iran-us-agree-to-halt-war-reopen-hormuz/feed/ 0 Xenophobia: Our artistes losing gigs, businesses affected – South African minister laments https://thecitizenng.com/xenophobia-our-artistes-losing-gigs-businesses-affected-south-african-minister-laments/ https://thecitizenng.com/xenophobia-our-artistes-losing-gigs-businesses-affected-south-african-minister-laments/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:05:28 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284319 The South African Government has begun to lament the impacts of xenophobic claims by some individuals, leading to income loss for businesses of its citizens abroad. The government, through its Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, clarified that the mass evacuation that recently happened in the country was targeted at illegal African immigrants, […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/xenophobia-our-artistes-losing-gigs-businesses-affected-south-african-minister-laments/feed/ 0 Iran vows devastating response to Trump’s threat of seizing Kharg Island https://thecitizenng.com/iran-vows-devastating-response-to-trumps-threat-of-seizing-kharg-island/ https://thecitizenng.com/iran-vows-devastating-response-to-trumps-threat-of-seizing-kharg-island/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:06:58 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284300 A senior Iranian official has warned that any US attack on Iranian territory – “not just on Kharg Island but anywhere in the country” – would receive a response that “will be recorded in history,” as President Donald Trump threatened to seize Iran’s main oil export hub. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s National […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/iran-vows-devastating-response-to-trumps-threat-of-seizing-kharg-island/feed/ 0 UK Defence Minister resigns with stinging rebuke of PM Starmer https://thecitizenng.com/uk-defence-minister-resigns-with-stinging-rebuke-of-pm-starmer/ https://thecitizenng.com/uk-defence-minister-resigns-with-stinging-rebuke-of-pm-starmer/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:03:41 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284274 British Defence Secretary John Healey sensationally quit on Thursday, accusing beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the finance ministry of failing to commit enough money to protect the country. His shock resignation deals a fresh blow to Starmer and comes at a precarious moment for the embattled Labour leader, a week before a by-election which […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/uk-defence-minister-resigns-with-stinging-rebuke-of-pm-starmer/feed/ 0 Iran strikes 18 US military targets in two missile waves, Fifth Fleet in Bahrain hit by drones https://thecitizenng.com/iran-strikes-18-us-military-targets-in-two-missile-waves-fifth-fleet-in-bahrain-hit-by-drones/ https://thecitizenng.com/iran-strikes-18-us-military-targets-in-two-missile-waves-fifth-fleet-in-bahrain-hit-by-drones/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:49:34 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284212 The Iranian Army has announced a series of coordinated retaliatory military operations targeting US military installations across the region, including assets in Bahrain. The statement, issued in early Thursday, described the operations as a response to American aggression targeting various regions in southern Iran. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said its Aerospace Force and […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/iran-strikes-18-us-military-targets-in-two-missile-waves-fifth-fleet-in-bahrain-hit-by-drones/feed/ 0 Canada moves to ban under-16s from social media https://thecitizenng.com/canada-moves-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/ https://thecitizenng.com/canada-moves-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:51:20 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284195 Canada’s culture minister on Wednesday introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and require AI chatbot services to limit production of harmful content. The proposed “Digital Safety Act” makes Canada the latest in a wave of countries moving to crack down on social media platforms over concerns of harm […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/canada-moves-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/feed/ 0 UK Police hunt Nigerian man after prison escape https://thecitizenng.com/uk-police-hunt-nigerian-man-after-prison-escape/ https://thecitizenng.com/uk-police-hunt-nigerian-man-after-prison-escape/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:02:22 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284139 British police have launched a manhunt for a Nigerian-born prisoner who escaped from custody while being transported from court in south-east London. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Temitope Segun, was serving a sentence for supplying Class A drugs before he escaped on Monday, June 8, 2026. The Metropolitan Police, as reported by the BBC, said […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/uk-police-hunt-nigerian-man-after-prison-escape/feed/ 0 Iran launches retaliatory strikes against American targets after fresh US attacks https://thecitizenng.com/iran-launches-retaliatory-strikes-against-american-targets-after-fresh-us-attacks/ https://thecitizenng.com/iran-launches-retaliatory-strikes-against-american-targets-after-fresh-us-attacks/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:56:19 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284111 Iran has launched retaliatory operations against American military targets in the region after fresh American aggression struck several locations in the country’s southern Hormozgan Province. On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) noted how the “warmongering American regime” had attacked several locations in Jask, Sirik, and Qeshm in the province earlier in the day […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/iran-launches-retaliatory-strikes-against-american-targets-after-fresh-us-attacks/feed/ 0 Anti-immigrant violence erupts across Belfast after knife attack https://thecitizenng.com/anti-immigrant-violence-erupts-across-belfast-after-knife-attack/ https://thecitizenng.com/anti-immigrant-violence-erupts-across-belfast-after-knife-attack/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:48:04 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284106 Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast and torched a number of vehicles in a wave of anti-immigrant ​violence on Tuesday night that followed a knife attack for which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder. Hundreds of protesters, many with their faces ‌covered, attacked police and burned vehicles in […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/anti-immigrant-violence-erupts-across-belfast-after-knife-attack/feed/ 0 Gunmen kill 12 in South Africa mass shooting https://thecitizenng.com/gunmen-kill-12-in-south-africa-mass-shooting/ https://thecitizenng.com/gunmen-kill-12-in-south-africa-mass-shooting/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:41:58 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284078 Gunmen stormed an informal settlement near Johannesburg and shot dead 12 people overnight, South African police said Wednesday. It was the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary country, where more than 60 homicides are recorded on average each day. The attack happened shortly after 11:00 pm Tuesday after more than 10 armed people were driven […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/gunmen-kill-12-in-south-africa-mass-shooting/feed/ 0 Trump urges Israel, Iran to cease fire after fresh attacks https://thecitizenng.com/trump-urges-israel-iran-to-cease-fire-after-fresh-attacks/ https://thecitizenng.com/trump-urges-israel-iran-to-cease-fire-after-fresh-attacks/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:52:20 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=283943 US President Donald Trump has called on Israel and Iran to halt hostilities and pursue an immediate ceasefire after the two countries exchanged direct strikes for the first time since a ceasefire agreement took effect in April. The renewed confrontation began after Iran launched missiles at northern Israel, prompting Israeli air strikes on targets in […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/trump-urges-israel-iran-to-cease-fire-after-fresh-attacks/feed/ 0 UK gives Apple, Google deadline on child safety, nude image filters https://thecitizenng.com/uk-gives-apple-google-deadline-on-child-safety-nude-image-filters/ https://thecitizenng.com/uk-gives-apple-google-deadline-on-child-safety-nude-image-filters/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:39:35 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=283892 The UK government has issued a warning to technology giants including Apple and Google, giving them three months to activate built-in safeguards on smartphones and tablets that can detect and block nude images from being viewed, shared or created by children — or face legislation compelling them to do so. The move, announced by the […]

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