Global Politics

Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering

US President Donald Trump greets Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, on April 30, 2018. 

Foreign policy

'More amusing than disgusting': Why Trump is so popular in Nigeria

A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021. 

Social media

Nigeria's indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech

US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet smiles ahead of a meeting in Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. 

Ukraine

America’s top priority is to help Ukraine ‘defend itself’ as a sovereign nation, Blinken adviser says

Disease

A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop

The Inca temple of Sacsayhuamán gets only a handful of visitors per day now, as tourists cancel their trips to Cusco amid protests taking place in Peru.

Protest

Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations

The new reception center at a cruise terminal on the Brooklyn waterfront will house 1,000 migrant men until May 1, when cruise ships will be back.

Migration

New York City struggles to accommodate new migrants

People and rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.

Natural disasters

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,300

Kiribati Minister of Justice, Hon Takarabu Tofinga, speaks at a panel discussion on climate security in the Pacific, in the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion of the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

Kiribati rejoins collective of Pacific Island states after ‘crisis’ withdrawal period

Irish singer-songwriter Dani Larkin navigates a troubled border with song 

Men remove debris as they search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.

After deadly quake in Turkey, rescue teams struggle to help amid frigid temps

‘There were screams everywhere’: Residents of northwest Syria grapple with quake aftermath

The Sagrada Familia, with its incomplete Glory facade, faces an apartment complex that could get demolished if construction plans go through. 

Development

Barcelona residents in limbo over Sagrada Familía construction plans

Supporters of Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his election victory on March 31, 2015. Buhari is the first Nigerian to peacefully oust a sitting president under the country's democratic system.

Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria's president concedes election defeat

Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, a Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after over two years of captivity with Boko Haram militants, presents her child to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria May 19, 2016. 

Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president

Muhammadu Buhari

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