Tag: United States
You plan religious discord in Nigeria, FG tells US
The Federal Government has accused the U.S. of attempting to sow seed of religious mistrust among the various religious groups…
U.S. blows hot over South Sudan peace process
The United States has threatened visa restrictions on anyone, who attempts to damage the peace process in South Sudan.
US, Iran swap detainees in rare exchange
The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare swap, an act of cooperation between…
US resumes talks with Taliban in Doha
The United States resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald…
Trade war leaves China, USA badly bruised: UNCTAD
Tariffs imposed by the United States on China are economically hurting both countries, UNCTAD warned in a new report released…
Updated: 4 killed, 5 injured in Kansas City bar shooting
In another mass shooting in the United States, a gunman killed four persons and injured five others at a bar…
North Korean and U.S. negotiators meet to end nuclear stalemate
The United States and North Korean officials arrived to begin nuclear talks at an isolated conference centre on the outskirts…
Income inequality widens in US, worst in 50 years
The gap between the richest and the poorest U.S. households is now the largest it's been in the past 50…
US battles China at Universal Postal Union, threatens to quit
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is starting crisis talks in Geneva today after the U.S. said it would withdraw its…
US records 8th Vaping death as cases soar to 530
An eight death from vaping has been reported in the United States. It was of a man in his mid-forties…
America points to southwest Iran as staging post for Saudi attack
The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a U.S.…
Britain not blaming Iran for Saudi attacks
Britain said it is not jumping to conclusions yet like America, that Iran was responsible for the drone attacks on…
Imminent attack on Iran as Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’
Is a US attack on Iran imminent? U.S. President Donald Trump fuelled the speculations when he said on Sunday that…
Iran accuses US of arresting stem cell scientist Soleimani on flimsy charge
The brother of Iranian stem cell scientist Professor Massoud Soleimani and the minister of science have accused the United States…
US accuses Iran of drone attack against Saudi oil facility
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has blamed Iran for attacks on a massive Saudi Aramco oil facility at Abqaiq,…
North Korea fires new missiles, proposes talks with Trump
North Korea on Tuesday fired projectiles into the sea, South Korea's military said, hours after Pyongyang said it was willing…
38 killed in August by America’s mass shooters
Fifty-three persons died in 38 mass shootings in the U.S. in August, according to data released by the website, Mass…
Trade war: 4 lessons US needs to learn from China
It is time for trade hawks in Washington to start learning at least four lessons from their futile trade war…
U.S. showing ‘some flexibility’ on oil sales – Iran
A senior Iranian official said on Saturday the United States had shown flexibility on the licensing of Iranian oil sales…
Trump: US will win trade war against China
The United States 10-15 percent tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods will take effect from tomorrow, with President…
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Oregon
The United States Geological Survey has reported a 6.3 magnitude earthquake which struck 284 kilometres West-Northwest of Bandon, Oregon, in…
U.S close to a deal with Taliban, Kabul regime in the dark
The US and the Taliban are "close" to a deal that would see the Pentagon slash troop numbers in Afghanistan,…
400 years of slavery: Lagos obas, chiefs’ culpability
Bells tolled Sunday, 25 August at houses of worship, municipal buildings and national parks across the U.S. to commemorate the…
Read Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib statement on aborted trip to Israel
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, representing Michigan, released the following statement regarding why she decided to abandon the scheduled trip to Israel…
US, China tariff war could trigger global recession in months:Morgan Stanley
Researchers at Morgan Stanley, a leading investment bank, have alerted that if US and China continue to heap increasing tariff…
Japan’s economy declines amid U.S-China trade tensions
Japan said on Friday its economy had slowed in the April-to-June quarter amid escalating trade tensions between China and the…
China rejects currency manipulator label
China has outrightly rejected a U.S. decision to label it a currency manipulator, its central bank said on Tuesday.
China to US: Don’t deploy missiles to Asia-Pacific region
China warned Tuesday it would take some unspecified countermeasures if the United States goes ahead with plans to deploy ground-based…
Just IN: US labels China currency manipulator as trade war deepens
The US Treasury Department on Monday labelled China a currency manipulator, escalating the U.S.-China trade war with a significant rebuke…
US nears peace deal with Taliban
The United States is hoping for a breakthrough as talks with the Taliban resumed in Doha on Saturday in a…