The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement. The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution’s guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. With the landmark ruling, […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – United States (US) President Barrack Obama will play host to his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari next month – July 20, 2015. This is contained in a press statement issued Wednesday from the White House. The release informed that the visit would underscore the United States’ “longstanding friendship with Nigeria, […]
France has summoned the US envoy in Paris over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors, officials say. Whistleblower website Wikileaks reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Mr Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006-12. Mr Hollande called an emergency meeting and said France would […]
Five days after last Wednesday deadly shooting attack by the young Dylann Roof, in which nine people were killed, the African-American church in the South Carolina, Sunday was reopened and worshipers in their hundreds, trooped in for weekend services. Amid tight security, services began at 09:30 (13:30 GMT), with a black cloth being displayed on one of the […]
(Reuters) His uncle worried he was cooped up in his room too much. The few images of him found easily online suggest he had a fascination with white supremacy, publicly embracing its symbols. And for his birthday this year, his father bought the young man a pistol, the uncle said. Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white […]
Efforts initiated by the European Union (EU) Leaders to check lingering crisis associated with the transit of migrants to the continent via sea, has begun to manifest as the body pleaded Monday to the United Nations (UN) to dismantle the syndicates that responsible for the illegal human movement. EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini at […]
Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a U.S. diplomat along with pro-democracy activists, journalists and musicians on Sunday following a news conference in the capital Kinshasa, a government spokesman and witnesses said. The event was held by activists from Congo, Senegal and Burkina Faso at a cultural center and was attended by around […]
…Says It Will Demand EU Collaboration Apparently worried about the fierce and bloody fight between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters, the United States (US) has decried the escalation and frown at the Russian authorities’ support to the rebels in Ukraine. US President, Barrack Obama in a national broadcast on Tuesday afternoon frowned […]
The U.S. government partially shut down for the first time in 17 years on Tuesday as a standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans over healthcare reforms closed many government offices, museums and national parks and slowed everything from trade negotiations to medical research. Federal agencies were directed to cut back services and up […]
The United States on Friday lifted aid restrictions to Mali after the West African nation’s democratically elected government formally took office. U.S. assistance was suspended after a military junta toppled the Malian government in March 2012 and al Qaeda-linked militants seized northern cities. Those militants were defeated after thousands of French soldiers intervened, which paved […]
The United States tightened security at diplomatic missions in Lebanon and Turkey on Friday because of threats, ordering personnel out of Lebanon and offering to evacuate those in Adana in southeastern Turkey. The State Department also warned U.S. citizens against traveling in Lebanon and southeastern Turkey and urged Americans in the rest of Turkey “to […]
