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Malaysia bans under-16s from social media accounts under new safety rules
Malaysia has barred individuals under the age of 16 from registering accounts on social media platforms as part of new measures aimed at protecting minors online. The decision, announced by the country’s communications regulator on Monday, forms part of efforts to reduce children’s exposure to harmful content on digita...
Nigeria evacuates citizens from South Africa as anti-migrant sentiment rises
Nigeria has become the latest African state to repatriate some of its citizens from South Africa following a rise in anti-migrant sentiments in the country. A flight carrying 268 Nigerians has landed in Lagos after leaving Johannesburg on Thursday morning. The passengers were part of around 1,000 people who the Nigeria...
Snap alumni launch Ghost Angels fund to back AI-driven social media startups
A group of twenty former Snap employees has launched a venture fund known as Ghost Angels to support early-stage companies building the next generation of social media platforms. The fund, which focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments, has already backed at least five startups and plans to deploy its remaining c...
US government prepares to print $250 note featuring Trump’s face
US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to print a new $250 bill that could feature his portrait, if lawmakers allow it. Federal law bars printing US money featuring the image of a living person, but Trump allies in Congress have introduced legislation to make an exception. A Treasury Department spokesp...
Ghanaians stranded in South Africa appeal to Mahama for help after evacuation exercise ends
A group of Ghanaians stranded in South Africa has made a passionate appeal to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene and facilitate their return home, saying they are living under difficult conditions following the conclusion of Ghana’s evacuation exercise. In a video circulating on social media and shared by WeLov...
Russian strikes kill 11 and set historic cathedral in Kyiv ablaze
At least 11 people have been killed in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine that set a major religious landmark in Kyiv on fire, President Volodymyr Zelensky says. Four people were killed in attacks on the Ukrainian capital, while five rescue workers died trying to put out a fire caused by a strike on […]
Jailed South Korea ex-president gets 30 more years for sending drones into North
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in jail for sending drones into North Korea. Prosecutors argued that Yoon ordered the operation in October 2024 to provoke Pyongyang and create a pretext for his failed martial law bid later that year. When Yoon declared martial law on 3 […]
Iran rejects ceasefire as deadline nears on Trump ‘hell’ ultimatum
Iran said on Monday, April 6 it wanted a lasting end to the war with the U.S. and Israel, and pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a temporary ceasefire as the Americans and the Iranians weighed a framework plan to cease their five‑week-old conflict. Iran conveyed its response to [...
Trump paused attacks on Iran to make space for talks, US ambassador says
President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran for the second night in a row to give diplomacy more time, the US ambassador to the UN said. Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Ambassador Mike Waltz said the president was “giving talks some space; he’s giving it a little bit of room”. An Iranian army […]
Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz reopening, Iran says
A deal with the US to end fighting in Iran is close and includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister has said. Seyed Abbas Araghchi told state TV the deal also includes the lifting of a US blockade of Iran, but that talks on Iran’s nuclear programme would begin later. US officials have […]
US kills leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says
The US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump has announced. “At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero,” Trump wrote on social media. Niño Guerrero, whose fu...
International Criminal Court faces challenging search for new prosecutor
The International Criminal Court faces a challenging search for a new prosecutor after Karim Khan was dismissed, against the backdrop of a U.S. diplomatic campaign to undermine the court and a rise in states withdrawing from the institution. On Monday Chad became the fifth country to start the formal withdrawal proces...