Foreign Affairs

China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan ($38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. The court ruled that the bribes “caused …

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sharply denounced Western countries for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending a message that “murdering Jews pays off.” Speaking at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu pushed back against diplomatic moves by leading US allies that have deepened Israel’s international isolation over its conduct of a nearly two-year-old war against Hamas militants …

The UK will make it easier to attract global talent at a time when the US is making it harder, the chancellor has said, in a direct reference to a recent overhaul of American visa policy. On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced a 50-fold hike in the cost of skilled-worker permits to $100,000 (£74,000), causing confusion as staff from …

The United Kingdom is considering a major change to its visa policy as it looks for ways to attract the best brains from around the world. One of the key proposals is removing visa fees for highly skilled workers, including Nigerians, who want to move to the UK to work in science, research, technology, and other fields. Why the UK …

Malawi President Lazarus ChakweraMalawi President Lazarus Chakwerafacebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonemail sharing buttonsharethis sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonMalawi President Lazarus Chakwera has conceded defeat to Peter Mutharika, his opponent in the nation’s presidential election. Chakwera accepted defeat on Wednesday during a national broadcast, and also called Mutharika. “It is only right that I concede defeat out of respect for your will …

In what has been described as an unusual diplomatic nod, United States President Donald J. Trump has showered praise on Nigeria’s Labour Party flagbearer in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, expressing optimism that Nigeria’s future could be brighter with leaders of his mold. Trump, speaking at an event in Washington over the weekend, said he was “impressed by …

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance, has disclosed that former President Joe Biden of the United States, US, refused to meet President Bola Tinubu during last year’s United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. Gambaryan also disclosed that President Donald Trump doesn’t care about meeting Tinubu, hence the Nigerian president refusal to attend. He explained that Biden refused to meet Tinubu during …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said there would be no Palestinian state, in a message addressed to the leaders of Britain, Australia and Canada after they recognised Palestinian statehood. “I have a clear message for those leaders who recognise a Palestinian state after the horrific massacre on October 7: you are granting a huge reward to terror,” he …

Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman representing Minnesota’s 5th District, has criticised President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers, saying their recent remarks show that the United States is “being led by idiots”. Omar’s comments came after Trump attacked her in a social media post, accusing her, a Somali descent, of “telling us how to run our country”. Trump also called for …

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, has condemned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood. In a post on X, the Tory leader described the policy as an “absolutely disastrous” decision made by the ruling Labour Party under the prime minister’s leadership. The Conservative Party leader stated that the administration has only made this decision to …