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Gabon Suspends Social Media Amid Strikes, Unrest

February 18, 2026 10:13 am

Gabon suspended access to Facebook, TikTok, and other social media platforms Wednesday after authorities accused digital networks of spreading content that undermines social cohesion and threatens national security, a crackdown that comes amid strikes by teachers and civil servants over poor pay and working conditions less than a year after President Brice Oligui Nguema won elections.

The High Authority for Communication ordered the immediate suspension “until further notice” in a televised statement Tuesday evening, with spokesman Jean-Claude Mendome saying “inappropriate, defamatory, hateful and insulting content” was undermining “human dignity, public morality, the honor of citizens, social cohesion, the stability of …

U.S. Strikes ISIS In Syria After Deadly Attack On Troops

December 20, 2025 6:31 am

The United States has carried out a large-scale military operation against Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria, launching what officials described as a “massive strike” in response to a deadly ambush that killed two American soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the operation, carried out late Friday, hit more than 70 ISIS-linked targets across central Syria using fighter jets, attack helicopters, and artillery, with support from aircraft based in Jordan.

The assault came days after a December 13 attack in Palmyra, where an ISIS gunman opened fire on U.S. personnel. Two American service members and …

UK Rail, Postal Staff End Strikes Following Queen’s Death

September 10, 2022 7:01 am

British railway and postal workers, at the forefront of sector-wide strikes over a cost-of-living crisis, have suspended upcoming walkouts following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Communication Workers Union had planned to continue a 48-hour stoppage Friday but it was called off ‘out of respect for’ the queen, CWU general secretary Dave Ward said in a statement following the queen’s passing in Scotland on Thursday.

The Trades Union Congress said it had postponed its four-day annual conference due to have begun Sunday.

‘The UK’s trade union movement sends our condolences to the Royal Family on the death of …

US Official Decries Rising Spate Of Russian Strikes In Ukraine

June 28, 2022 4:45 pm

One of the Senior United States defence officials has revealed that the Russian Nation has increased its rate of destructive strikes by launching some more strikes on Ukraine in the past week than America has seen in recent weeks.

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The official had also revealed that the Ukrainians are using the (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) HIMARS that were delivered to their country in security assistance packages “very well.”

According to CNN, the official said this “could be related to the G7. It certainly could be related to the Ukrainian movement

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US Hits Pro-Iran Group With Deadly Strikes In Iraq, Syria

December 30, 2019 4:58 pm

The US has carried out air strikes against a pro-Iran militant group in Iraq, killing 19 fighters, two days after a rocket attack that killed an American civilian contractor.

The Pentagon said on Sunday it targeted weapons caches or command and control facilities linked to Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) in Western Iraq, as well as Eastern Syria, in response to a barrage of 30 or more rockets fired on Friday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of Iran to take actions that put American men and women in jeopardy”.

Four US service members …

Child Killed As Quake Strikes Southern Philippines

December 15, 2019 3:19 pm

A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Sunday, killing a child, injuring dozens and damaging buildings in an area still recovering from a string of deadly quakes in October.

Police said a rescue operation had been launched at a heavily damaged market building in Padada near the 6.8 magnitude quake’s epicentre, which is about 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the major city of Davao.

Patients were evacuated from hospitals as a precaution and nervous crowds massed outside shopping malls after the jolt and dozens of smaller, but strong aftershocks.

“We can no longer use our …

Israel Resumes Strikes On Gaza

November 15, 2019 4:37 pm

Israel resumed strikes on Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza Strip, its military said in the early hours of Friday morning, less than a day after a fragile ceasefire deal went into effect to stop the most intense fighting in years in the region.

A fragile calm descended on Israel and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants took hold in the early morning hours.

According to the Israeli army, however, rockets were fired at Israel from the coastal enclave after the ceasefire had gone into effect at 5:30 …

Supreme Court Strikes Out Ex- CJN Onnoghen’s Appeal

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

The referral appeal filed by Dr Samuel Nwawka was struck out by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who led five justices after the appellant failed to appear and was not legally represented.
Nwawka had approached the Apex Court to invoke section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to determine Constitutional questions relating to the ways and manners the Federal Government caused the removal of Onnoghen’s as CJN through an ex-parte

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Turkey Launches Offensive Air Strikes In Northern Syria

October 9, 2019 3:21 pm

Turkey warplanes have bombed parts of north-eastern Syria at the start of an offensive which could lead to conflict with Kurdish-led allies of the US.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation was to create a “safe zone” cleared of Kurdish militias which will also house Syrian refugees.

Several locations were hit, and at least two civilians died, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.

It vowed to resist any Turkish advance across the border.

Amid growing humanitarian concerns, the SDF asked the US-led coalition against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) to establish a no-fly zone in the …