Category: Politics

The official portraits of US President-elect Donald Trump and his second-in-command JD Vance have been released ahead of their inauguration on Monday.Both Trump and Vance are pictured in blue suits, white collared shirts and blue ties, with Trump wearing a small US flag pin on his lapel.Trump’s expression contrasts with Vance’s, with the president-elect’s head...

President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a US official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.Congress last year, in a law signed by Biden, required that TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance divest...

The former president of the United State, Barack Obama in a tribute to its outgoing president Joe Biden stated that he “passed landmark legislation to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.”Biden has been the president since 2021 served under Barrack Obama as the 47th vice president from 2009-2017.Obama as characterised Biden as “the right leader.”According to the...

The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for a crucial bilateral meeting to strengthen and expand the growing relationship between both countries.According to the nigerian president: “Our discussions focused on key areas of mutual...

South Korea’s impeached president’s lawyer has maintained that investigating their client is illegal and will thereby refuse further questioning.President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested and detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month.Yoon exercised his right to remain silent as he underwent more than 10 hours of questioning on...

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s traditional inaugural lunch.Obama received an invitation but declined to attend, according to a source familiar with the matter. Clinton also was invited but does not plan to attend, according to a second source familiar with the matter, while Bush’s...

Tulip Siddiq Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister) at HM Treasury has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.She had referred herself to the prime minister’s standards adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, after questions about links to her aunt, who was ousted last year as Bangladesh’s prime minister.Sir Laurie said...

South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, ending a weeks-long standoff between investigators and his presidential security team.Yoon, whose failed attempt to impose martial law plunged the country into turmoil and saw him impeached by parliament, is being investigated on charges of insurrection.He is, however, still technically...

Iran “never” plotted to assassinate Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign and never will in the future, President Masoud Pezeshkian told NBC News’ Lester Holt in an exclusive interview in Tehran. Asked about the reported plot against Trump outlined by U.S. authorities, Pezeshkian said: “This is another one of those schemes that Israel and...