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Nigeria’s telecom landscape just shifted in a way that affects millions of people who never read regulatory notices. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has stopped telecom operators from offering airtime loans — credit you borrow against your phone and pay back within days, usually at a cost. The decision has triggered a […]

Twenty thousand crew members have been waiting in a kind of maritime limbo for months. Their ships sit stuck in the Persian Gulf, unable to move, unable to leave, unable to go home. The reason is geopolitical tension between two major powers that closed one of the world’s most important shipping routes—the Strait of Hormuz—leaving

US President Donald Trump has sparked backlash in Japan after sharing an AI-generated video that portrayed him as Naruto Uzumaki, the protagonist of one of the world’s most popular anime franchises. The video was part of an AI-generated music clip titled Thank You President Trump, created by Republican politician Anthony Constantino and later shared by

Donald Trump has said the United States will not rush into an agreement with Iran, even as negotiations continue over reopening the Strait of Hormuz and reducing tensions in the Middle East. Trump confirmed that the US naval blockade on Iranian ships will stay in place until any deal is formally certified and signed, according

A gunfight broke out inside the Philippine Senate compound in Manila on July 1, 2025, in what Foreign Policy described as the latest violent escalation in a deepening power struggle between two of the country’s most powerful political dynasties — the Marcoses and the Dutertes. The shooting occurred during a hearing related to the ongoing

CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Havana in a secret meeting that Foreign Policy has now reported, carrying an offer from the United States government: Washington would help restore electricity to Cuba’s crumbling power grid, in exchange for concessions from the Cuban government. The trip marks one of the most significant direct engagements between American