Global News Archives - TheCitizen - It's all about you https://thecitizenng.com/category/global-news/ Nigeria's leading online newspaper Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:20:27 +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 Nine European countries, Ukraine form defence coalition https://thecitizenng.com/nine-european-countries-ukraine-form-defence-coalition/ https://thecitizenng.com/nine-european-countries-ukraine-form-defence-coalition/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:20:27 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=285195 Nine European countries and Ukraine, on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition to develop “purely defensive” anti-ballistic capabilities in Europe. They cited “the growing threat” of ballistic missiles as reason. “We believe that the protection of Europe requires a global solution of integrated missile defence architecture to deter and defeat future missile threats,” said […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/nine-european-countries-ukraine-form-defence-coalition/feed/ 0 EU, UK hit Russia with joint sanctions over cyber attacks https://thecitizenng.com/eu-uk-hit-russia-with-joint-sanctions-over-cyber-attacks/ https://thecitizenng.com/eu-uk-hit-russia-with-joint-sanctions-over-cyber-attacks/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:05:46 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=285189 The European Union and Britain targeted Russia Monday with coordinated sanctions over cyber attacks in Europe, accusing Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency over involvement in digital strikes. The move comes as Western officials warn Russia has stepped up its “hybrid” campaign to destabilise Europe over four years into the war on Ukraine. Brussels said it was […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/eu-uk-hit-russia-with-joint-sanctions-over-cyber-attacks/feed/ 0 Xenophobic attacks: Reps reject calls to suspend ties with South Africa https://thecitizenng.com/xenophobic-attacks-reps-reject-calls-to-suspend-ties-with-south-africa/ https://thecitizenng.com/xenophobic-attacks-reps-reject-calls-to-suspend-ties-with-south-africa/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:31:46 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=285115 The House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the recurring xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa, but rejected calls by some lawmakers to immediately suspend diplomatic relations between the two countries. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau), who decried what […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/xenophobic-attacks-reps-reject-calls-to-suspend-ties-with-south-africa/feed/ 0 US readies more Iran strikes after ditching ceasefire https://thecitizenng.com/us-readies-more-iran-strikes-after-ditching-ceasefire/ https://thecitizenng.com/us-readies-more-iran-strikes-after-ditching-ceasefire/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:56:48 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=285045 President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday that the U.S. was preparing for another night of strikes, just hours after he said the ceasefire was over following Iranian attacks on American military sites in the Persian Gulf. Trump renewed his past threats to strike Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including electric plants and desalinization plants, and to seize Kharg […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/us-readies-more-iran-strikes-after-ditching-ceasefire/feed/ 0 China test fires missile into Pacific, alarms regional powers https://thecitizenng.com/china-test-fires-missile-into-pacific-alarms-regional-powers/ https://thecitizenng.com/china-test-fires-missile-into-pacific-alarms-regional-powers/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:51:34 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284943 China’s ‌military test-fired a missile from a nuclear submarine into the Pacific on Monday, state media reported, drawing criticism and concerns from Japan, Australia and New Zealand. A nuclear submarine of the People’s Liberation Army Navy launched the ​missile carrying a dummy warhead toward international waters in the Pacific at 12:01 p.m. (0401 ​GMT), China’s […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/china-test-fires-missile-into-pacific-alarms-regional-powers/feed/ 0 Nigeria to receive 270 more returnees from South Africa Wednesday https://thecitizenng.com/nigeria-to-receive-270-more-returnees-from-south-africa-wednesday/ https://thecitizenng.com/nigeria-to-receive-270-more-returnees-from-south-africa-wednesday/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:45:51 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284940 The Federal Government will receive another batch of 270 Nigerians from South Africa on Wednesday as it continues the voluntary evacuation of its citizens. In a statement on Monday, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, said an Air Peace aircraft assigned for the evacuation exercise would depart Lagos for Johannesburg […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/nigeria-to-receive-270-more-returnees-from-south-africa-wednesday/feed/ 0 US Supreme Court rejects ban on birthright citizenship https://thecitizenng.com/us-supreme-court-rejects-ban-on-birthright-citizenship/ https://thecitizenng.com/us-supreme-court-rejects-ban-on-birthright-citizenship/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:01:06 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284793 The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s historic bid to restrict birthright citizenship. The court, in an eagerly awaited decision on the final day of its term, ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil. Trump signed an executive order last year on the […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/us-supreme-court-rejects-ban-on-birthright-citizenship/feed/ 0 Venezuela earthquakes leave 920 dead, 50,000 missing https://thecitizenng.com/venezuela-earthquakes-leave-920-dead-50000-missing/ https://thecitizenng.com/venezuela-earthquakes-leave-920-dead-50000-missing/#respond Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:00:40 +0000 https://thecitizenng.com/?p=284717 At least 920 people have been killed and 3,360 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday night. According to Sky News, the latest casualty figures were confirmed on Friday by the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez. No fewer than 50,000 people have been reported missing following the 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes, […]

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]]> https://thecitizenng.com/venezuela-earthquakes-leave-920-dead-50000-missing/feed/ 0 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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