Author: Solomon Alaka

NEW YORK — Bitcoin fell more than 5% on Tuesday, sliding to a multi-week low of $62,700 as digital assets bore the brunt of a massive global rotation away from risk. The sell-off follows a weekend of high-stakes policy shifts in Washington, where President Trump announced a hike in the proposed global tariff rate to […]

WASHINGTON — As the most significant American military buildup in the Middle East since the Iraq War reaches its crescendo, the global community has issued an urgent plea for restraint. With two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups—the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford—now positioned in the region, President Donald Trump faces a […]

DHAKA — A major financial investigation has been launched in Bangladesh targeting a firm with deep links to the globally exposed Panama Papers. Authorities are probing allegations that more than Tk220 billion (approximately $1.85 billion) was illicitly siphoned out of the country through a distributor connected to bKash, the nation’s largest mobile financial services (MFS) […]

BEIJING — In a major escalation of the deepening diplomatic rift between East Asia’s two largest economies, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday imposed sweeping export restrictions on 40 Japanese companies and institutions. Citing “national security concerns,” Beijing has effectively prohibited or strictly regulated the flow of “dual-use” goods—items with both civilian and military […]

As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has issued a harrowing assessment of a humanitarian landscape in rapid decline. Marking the February 24 anniversary, international monitors warn that systematic strikes on energy infrastructure and housing have turned the current winter—the coldest since […]

GUADALAJARA — In a seismic shift for international security, Mexican authorities confirmed the capture and death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the elusive mastermind behind the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The operative, known globally as “El Mencho,” was intercepted Sunday in a high-stakes military strike that ended a decade-long manhunt for one of the world’s […]

HERTFORDSHIRE — What was intended to be a celebratory two-month road trip across the American West has culminated in a harrowing legal battle and a public warning for international travelers with any expired Visa or other paperwork. Karen Newton, a 65-year-old retired primary school administrator with no criminal record, has detailed her 42-day incarceration by […]

GUADALAJARA — The decade-long reign of Mexico’s most elusive and ruthless drug kingpin has come to a violent end. Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the infamous leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) known as “El Mencho,” was killed Sunday, February 22, 2026, during a precision military operation in the mountain town of Tapalpa, Jalisco. […]

KOTA KINABALU — A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck deep beneath the Celebes Sea off the coast of Malaysia’s Sabah state early Sunday morning. The seismic event, recorded at 12:57 a.m. local time on February 22, 2026, sent tremors across the northern reaches of Borneo, though its extreme depth likely spared the region from significant surface […]