Queen Elizabeth II will make a rare special broadcast this weekend to Britain and the Commonwealth on the coronavirus pandemic, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
“The televised address will be broadcast at 8 pm (1900 GMT) on Sunday 5th April 2020. The address was recorded at Windsor Castle,” a statement...
The Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, it has been reported.
The Times said officials are mulling it as a way to prevent migrants who cannot be housed in limited detention sites from absconding.
The Illegal Migration Act places a...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was still in hospital on Monday suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, although Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government.
“The PM is still at hospital,” a British government source said. “He spent the night in...
Inaugurating the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament, President Bola Tinubu, Chair of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, emphasized the crucial need for strong and direct representation to combat divisive forces and foster unity in West Africa.
Speaking in Abuja, President Tinubu highlighted the urgency of regional...
Boris Johnson’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, on Saturday said they had named their newborn son after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated the British prime minister for COVID-19.
Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson was born on Wednesday, just days after his father returned to work following several weeks recuperating from...
Former US vice president Mike Pence launched his presidential campaign Wednesday by framing the Republican nomination as a choice between “reckless” Donald Trump and the Constitution — arguing that his old boss’s bid to overturn the last election should bar him from returning in 2024.
Offering a spirited defense of...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson began a post-Brexit shake-up of his top team Thursday by sacking his Northern Ireland minister, despite his role in restoring devolved government to Belfast.
Julian Smith was a surprise casualty of the Conservative leader’s first cabinet reshuffle since his victory in December’s general election and...
Following his historic indictment on criminal charges, Donald Trump was preparing Friday to go where no former US president has gone before — a prosecutor’s office to be booked, fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken.
Trump’s pending arrest, expected on Tuesday, throws a political grenade into the 2024 presidential race,...
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Thursday insisted he was not a “dictator”, days before an election in which he is aiming to extend his family’s decades-long domination over the West African nation.
The incumbent looks set to claim a fourth term in power, as the country of 8 million goes...
The United States President, Donald Trump, has announced the suspension of funding to the World Health Organisation, claiming the agency had covered up the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in China allowing it to spread around the world.
Mr Trump on Tuesday at a press conference said he has instructed...
