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The head of the UK’s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and a top news executive resigned from the organisation on Sunday after a memo criticising the editing of a 2021 speech by US President Donald Trump shortly before protesters stormed the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, was leaked. The BBC said Director-General Tim…
The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka, who became the first African author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Speaking at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in Lagos on Tuesday, Soyinka read aloud from a notice he recently received from the local US consulate, asking him to…
The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka, who became the first African author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Speaking at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in Lagos on Tuesday, Soyinka read aloud from a notice he recently received from the local US consulate, asking him to…
British political commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi has been detained by federal authorities in the United States in what a US Muslim civil rights group has called an “abduction”. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned Hamdi’s detention at San Francisco airport on Sunday as “a blatant affront to free speech”, attributing his arrest to…
Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, accusing him of creating a “terrorist organisation”…
Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, accusing him of creating a “terrorist organisation”…
The hardline rulers have previously announced local blackouts as part of attempts to combat purported ‘immoral activities’. Published On 1 Oct 20251 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Taliban has denied implementing a nationwide internet ban, following a communications blackout across Afghanistan this week. In a statement made to…
The Irish rap group has been denied entry for their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah, accusations the group denies. Published On 20 Sep 202520 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Irish band Kneecap has slammed the Canadian government for banning the rap trio from entering the country over accusations…
United States television host Jimmy Kimmel’s live show was pulled off the air by Disney-owned ABC after he made comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot last week in what has been deemed by right-wingers in the US a political assassination. But critics claim Kimmel’s removal is a violation of his free…
“Is home a memory, an emotion, or just four walls?” The quandary returned to trouble Shekhar Kapur during the COVID pandemic when the world was shutting down. The celebrated filmmaker, who describes himself as a nomad and is fondly addressed as Ibn Batuta by his close friend Shabana Azmi, found refuge in the Jones Estate of…
