Foreign Affairs

President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department’s official name is set in law, Trump, in an executive order, is authorising use of the new label as a “secondary title” by his administration, a …

Melinda French Gates has revealed that she “had to leave” her marriage to billionaire ex-husband Bill Gates, because it lacked honesty. According to her, the lack of honesty impacted their ability to “have intimacy.” Melinda revealed this while answering questions from Late Show host, Stephen Colbert. The 60-year-old walked out of her 27-year marriage to Bill, the founder of Microsoft, …

Donald Trump has broken his social media silence for the first time since wild rumours that he had died emerged online. The US President shared a new photo on Truth Social which shows him playing golf with American football coach Jon Gruden. He captioned it, “Great playing Golf with Jon Gruden — A really nice guy, and true character!” It …

Unverified claims about the death of United States President Donald Trump spread rapidly on X on Saturday, drawing thousands of reactions and questions about his whereabouts. The trending hashtags “Trump is Dead” and “Trump Died” gathered tens of thousands of posts, while phrases like “Where is Trump” also dominated discussions. The rumours gained ground amid a quiet weekend at the …

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal, striking a massive blow to the core of his aggressive trade policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in a 7-4 ruling that the law Trump invoked when he granted his most expansive tariffs — including his “reciprocal” tariffs — …

United Kingdom opposition leader Kemi Badenoch recently voiced out her shock at the level of racist abuse she has faced since her election as the first Black woman to lead the Conservative Party. BENJAMIN SAMSON, in this report, takes a deep look at the claim amidst and reactions from her homeland. Despite previously calling Britain “the best place in the …

ECOWAS TO RAISE 260,000 COUNTER-TERRORISM BRIGADES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says plans are underway by the regional bloc to activate a 260,000-member counter-terrorism brigade. President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, stated this at the 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Staff summit in Abuja. The summit’s theme was, “Combating contemporary threats to regional peace and security in …

‘I’M UNDER ATTACK OVER MY RACE AND ETHNICITY’ – KEMI BADENOCH CRIES OUT Kemi Badenoch has spoken openly about the racism she has endured as the first black woman to lead the Conservative Party, admitting she has been surprised by the scale of the abuse. The Tory leader told the Sunday Times she had not expected the level of hostility …

CAMEROON COURT REJECTS BID TO BLOCK BIYA FROM RE-ELECTION Cameroon’s constitutional court on Friday rejected an attempt to bar veteran President Paul Biya from seeking an eighth term of office and extend his nearly 43 years in power. Biya, at 92 the world’s oldest president, is running for a new seven-year term in elections on October 12. His age, his …

U.S WARSHIP CATCHES FIRE, BURNS 12 HOURS, INJURED TWO SAILORS IN JAPAN A fire burned aboard a 🇺🇸 US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship with a crew of more than 360 sailors …