Nigeria on Sunday conferred the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first official visit to the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday received a ceremonial welcome at Abuja's Aso Rock Villa, which serves as the office and residence of the Nigerian Presidency, ahead of his one-on-one meeting with the country's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
India has expressed dissatisfaction over the unwillingness of developed countries to engage with the developing world on the Climate Finance and Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) at CoP29 being held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his choice to lead the Department of Energy.
Eleven people were killed, and 11 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, media reported.
The move comes after Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed "Harsh punishment" against Israel for Haniyeh’s killing.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council has confirmed that President Nicolas Maduro won last week's elections with 51.95 per cent of the vote.
The institute said the quake, which occurred at 6:22 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 9 km, about 66 km northeast of Lingig, a coastal town, Xinhua news agency reported.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for safeguarding the rights of indigenous people to live in peace and dignity, in his message on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, observed annually on August 9.
The death toll from the partial collapse of a residential building in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil has risen to 10, said the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
