MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON – An unknown number of students and staff were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an attack on a Catholic boarding school in western Nigeria early Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred before dawn, around 2 a.m. local time, at St. Mary’s School in Papiri community of Agwara local government area of…
The Trump administration’s 28-point draft proposal to finally end the Russian invasion of Ukraine would require Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government to make significant concessions, but also includes NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine, according to a senior US official. The plan, which is still a draft and could change, was presented in kyiv on Thursday…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine planned to meet with Nigeria’s national security adviser Thursday night, following President Donald Trump’s threats to send U.S. troops into the country with “firearms” to “take down Islamic terrorists” who he said were killing Christians. The meeting, confirmed by two…
As the Justice Department’s criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey appears increasingly threatened, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan and other Justice Department officials are launching unusually public attacks on the judge overseeing the case by mischaracterizing comments he made at a Wednesday hearing. “Personal attacks, like Judge Nachmanoff…
Three Chinese nationals charged with Nvidia and HP smuggling products to China, according to charges unsealed by the Justice Department on Thursday. Starting in September 2023, Hon Ning Ho, Brian Raymond, Cham Li and Jing Chen allegedly exported chips to China. The Department of Justice alleges that the three Chinese nationals and one American were…
The long-awaited jobs report due out Thursday will offer the latest look at the health of the labor market at a difficult time for the U.S. economy. Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, before a government shutdown halted the release of federal data on the gold standard for weeks. A sell-off in the stock market…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected questions Wednesday about whether he had solicited campaign donations from Jeffrey Epstein, calling House Oversight Chairman James Comer a “cold liar” after Comer alleged Tuesday that Jeffries had solicited money from the convicted sex offender in 2013. During debate over the Epstein files bill Tuesday afternoon, Comer took direct…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral will be held in Washington on Thursday, and several high-profile political figures will attend the service for the man considered one of the most influential vice presidents in American history. Former President Joe Biden plans to attend, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. The funeral will be held at…
The biggest stars of country music wore their best models on the red carpet of the CMA Awards 2025 on Wednesday night. Mickey Guyton and Colbie Caillat were among the first stars to hit the carpet at the 59th annual Country Music Association. awards ceremony at Music City Center in Nashville. Other stars who showed…
The director of the Louvre in Paris on Wednesday addressed a new security breach at the museum and detailed plans underway to overhaul the facility’s security system in the wake of the theft of $102 million worth of jewelry last month. Laurence des Cars, president and director of the Louvre, appeared before the Cultural Affairs…
