The United States said on Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world’s two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Responding to a request from Congress, the State Department faulted Russia for suspending inspections and canceling talks but did not accuse its Cold War rival of …

The police in Peel Region, Southern Ontario, Canada have arrested a 32-year-old man of Nigerian descent, Adebowale Adiatu; while an arrest warrant has been issued for his compatriot, Gbemisola Akinrinade, 44. They were alleged to have fraudulently issued and sold 250 airline tickets valued in excess of $500,000. Adiatu is from Vaughan, while Akinrinade, female, is of Brampton. According to …

At least 24 people died Saturday when a bus carrying 60 passengers, including an unknown number of Haitians, plunged over a cliff in northwestern Peru, police said. They had earlier stated the toll in Piura province as 25, before correcting it to 24. The bus, belonging to the Qorianka Tours company, departed from Lima and was en route to Tumbes, …

At a gathering at what United States police characterised as a short-term rental house, three people were shot dead and four others were hurt on Saturday at a luxurious home close to Beverly Hills. Emergency services rushed to the swanky address in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles overnight, where they found three people dead in a vehicle parked …

United States President Joe Biden on Thursday called for calm after five police officers were charged in the beating to death of a Black man following a traffic stop and said he backed “peaceful protest”. “As Americans grieve, the Department of Justice conducts its investigation, and state authorities continue their work, I join Tyre’s family in calling for peaceful protest,” …

Netflix has confirmed that three people received medical attention during the filming of Netflix’s Squid Game reality show. The popular streaming platform refuted claims of contestants getting serious injuries in the reality TV show game based on the blockbuster series. Netflix disputed claims by an anonymous contestant who claimed the conditions on set were similar to a war zone. Netflix …

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians accused of undermining democracy, noting that this was part of the action to advance democracy and tackle corruption in Nigeria. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said that the sanctioned individuals, whose names he did not reveal, would be ineligible for …

Burkina Faso has asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a letter to Paris from the authorities in the West African country, which was obtained by AFP on Sunday. The foreign ministry letter, dated last Wednesday, ends the 2018 agreement under which French troops were stationed there and sets a deadline of …

Czech police said on Saturday they were investigating an anonymous threatening letter against presidential candidate Andrej Babiš. The letter contained live ammunition and explicit insults, Babiš told Czech news agency CTK. Babiš, a billionaire who founded the centre-right populist ANO 2011 (Action of Dissatisfied Citizens 2011) political party, said such threats against a political candidate and his family should have …

The conflict-torn Anglophone North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon have received praise from the Canadian government for their peace-making efforts. A complex military struggle between the government forces and armed separatist organizations has developed from what started as a political disagreement in Cameroon’s Anglophone region. According to a report by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, English-speaking lawyers, …