Israel’s war with Hamas erupted again, on Friday, hitting buildings in the Gaza Strip, minutes after a weeklong truce expired. Palestinian Health authorities reported dozens of Palestinians killed. Israel dropped leaflets over Gaza City and southern parts of the enclave, urging civilians to flee to avoid the fighting. Hamas in Gaza also resumed firing rockets into […]
Russia’s Supreme Court has outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the country. Ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, the court labelled what the suit called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organization and banned it. The ruling […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two universities in the United Kingdom, on strategic collaboration in relevant fields of studies, on Thursday, in London. The College Rector, Dr Adedotun Abdul, who is currently in the UK, gave the hint in telephone interview with TheNewsZenith on Friday. “While […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted $148 million in financial support to the Commercial International Bank (CIB) of Egypt to prop up small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and trade. In a statement received by TheNewsZenith on Friday, AfDB said the financial package “comes amid a shortage of foreign currency in Egypt due […]
Rescuers have pulled out all 41 construction workers, trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India on Tuesday. The collapsed tunnel had trapped the workers in the last 17 days. The successful operation bring an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days. A crowd of local residents […]
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of Hamas hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Eleven Israeli women and children freed, entered Israel on Monday night after more than seven weeks in captivity in Gaza in the fourth swap. This is […]
A 9-year-old girl, initially thought to have died, is among 17 hostages freed by Hamas as part of a temporary cease-fire on Saturday. Hamad reportedly held Irish Israeli citizen, Emily Hand, hostage for seven weeks after the Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel. “After weeks of trauma, this is a precious and […]
Hamas group, the Military wing of the Palestinian enclave, said released a new set of 20 Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday night. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed Hamas transferred the hostages back to Israel through the Palestinian enclave’s border with Egypt. IDF has acknowledged the exchange, […]
Qatari and Egyptian mediators say Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis and seven foreigners on Saturday in exchange for 39 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The announcement came after Hamas delayed the releases for several hours, saying Israel violated the terms of a truce deal. The deal had set the stage for such swaps. Saturday marked […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde A Nigerian, Dr Ikpeme Neto and two other African entrepreneurs, have emerged winners of the 2023 African Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, receiving combined grants of $700,000. TheNewsZenith reports that the other winners are Thomas Njeru from Kenya and Ayman Bazaraa from Egypt. In a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith on Saturday, organisers […]