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The United States on Thursday, April 18 stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world governing body. The Palestinian push for full U.N. membership came six months into a war between Israel and …

Move comes after months of back-and-forth with western countries over new additions to alliance amid war in Ukraine. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a bill on Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament, after months of back-and-forth with western countries over the issue. Erdogan’s office said on Monday that …

President Biden said in an interview that aired on Sunday that Ukraine was not ready for membership in NATO and that it was “premature” to begin the process to allow Ukraine to join the alliance in the middle of a war. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Mr. Biden …

  Ukraine’s war with Russia must conclude before the country can join NATO, President Biden said in a CNN interview Sunday, July 9. Biden made the statement during a sit-down with Fareed Zakaria, saying there is no agreement within NATO on when to allow Ukraine to join the military alliance.  …

President Biden has taken every opportunity over the past 16 months to celebrate NATO’s unity on Ukraine. But on one key topic, Mr. Biden finds himself somewhat isolated within the alliance: when and how Kyiv would join. Mr. Biden, who has been cautious about getting NATO into a direct fight with Moscow, …

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Finland asked to join Western defence alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Turkey was last holdout. Turkey’s parliament has approved a bill to allow Finland to join NATO, clearing the last major hurdle for Helsinki to join the Western defence alliance as war rages …

The Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in Adamawa State, Ishaku Abbo has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Adamawa. Naija News reports that Abbo’ was expelled after some party members on Friday accused him of anti-party activities. Recall, Abbo described Bola Tinubu’s decision to pick a …

The membership list of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) was reviewed behind closed doors by the strategic planning committee of the council on Tuesday in Abuja. The Director-General of the council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong chaired the meeting held at the PCC office in Abuja. A …

It’s been a banner week for Republicans and Democrats coming together in solidarity – with the overwhelming approval by the Senate for Sweden and Finland’s inclusion into NATO. This comes on the heels of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, which also had Republicans locking arms with their Democrat counterparts …

Chairman of the AVRS Mahmood Ali-Balogun who presented the award at a brief presentation ceremony held at the Glover Memorial Hall in Lagos, on August 3, 2022, said the Octogenarian actor deserved the award for his meritorious contribution to the development and growth of the audio-visual industry in Nigeria …