MS NOW journalists blocked from White House after Trump bans three media outlets
Journalists from MS NOW were denied access to the White House grounds early Saturday, one day after Trump banned three media outlets over their coverage of him.
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Russia-backed South Ossetia elects leader close to Moscow
TBILISI, Sept 19 - A former Russian federal official has been elected president of South Ossetia, a Russia-backed breakaway region of Georgia, in a vote Moscow hailed on Saturday as a sign of the territory's desire for closer ties with Moscow.
Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 - US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest threat to the independent press.
US used Israel’s isolation after Doha strike to secure Gaza deal: Kushner - Anadolu Ajansı
US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner said Washington used international pressure on Israel following its September 2025 airstrike in Doha, Qatar, targeting Hamas leaders to help push the country toward a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release agreement.
I don’t tolerate godfathers so I won’t be one – Otti - Vanguard News
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says he will neither be a godfather nor impose his successor on the state after serving his second tenure in 2031.
FG appoints Adeyanju, Ciroma, others to probe Niger miners’ deaths - Vanguard News
The Federal Government has constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the reported deaths of 37 people held by the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on suspicion of illegal mining.
MS NOW says its journalists were denied access to White House after Trump announced ban
MS NOW said Saturday that its journalists have been denied access to the White House grounds, a day after President Donald Trump said in a social media post he had banned the news outlet alongside CNN and Politico over what he called their “constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS.”
Municipal elections: DA sticks to its stalwarts as ANC & EFF look to wrestle control of Cape Town - EWN
Twenty years since taking control of the Cape Town metro, the DA is largely sticking with its stalwarts to keep the city under its control in the upcoming municipal polls.
Protesters counter Trump’s Kennedy Center demolition threat - Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON - Protesters formed a human chain on Friday around the Kennedy Center, the Washington arts hub that US President Donald Trump threatened to demolish unless his name is restored to it.
No justification for China Coast Guard to ram BFAR vessel — DFA
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs said there was no justification for a China Coast Guard vessel to ram a Philippine civilian vessel conducting a humanitarian mission in the West Philippine Sea.
NSW Liberals pledge to scrap gun buyback amid election countdown - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
NSW Liberals pledge to scrap gun buyback amid election countdown ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
How the desire for change and the threat of a referendum are shaping the Quebec election - National Post
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon arrives at the Noovo leaders' debate in Montreal on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. Photo by Paul Ducharme/Noovo and CraveArticle contentOTTAWA — The Quebec election campaign is already more than halfway done, with polls showing that the...
Opinion: Time to lower our elbows and make a deal - National Post
Mark Carney strikes a fighter's pose at a 2025 campaign rally. Janice MacKinnon and Jack Mintz write that it's time for Canada to get back to the table to negotiate a new trade agreement with the U.S. Photo by John Mahoney / PostmediaArticle contentCanada’s “elbows-up” approach t...
Denmark and Greenland leaders cautiously optimistic after U.S. security deal
President Trump announced he struck a deal to give the U.S. "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns."
NEWT GINGRICH: Xi is coming to Washington. He should bring one unexpected guest
Jimmy Lai's release could reset U.S.-China relations as Xi Jinping prepares to meet Trump in Washington with a business delegation next week.
Lawyer says 250-foot Trump arch disrupts historic sightlines cherished by veterans seeking burial at Arlington
Three Vietnam veterans are suing to block Trump's Great Triumphal Arch, saying it would destroy iconic views near Arlington National Cemetery.
Deprogrammed: Former DSA insider reveals ‘frightening’ socialist agenda drove him from ‘extreme’ ideology
Jake Altman, a former DSA executive board member, reveals how the Democratic Socialists of America silenced dissent and defended the Maduro regime.
‘Nervous and Skeptical,’ Greenlanders Question the New Deal With Trump
The U.S. president’s threats to seize Greenland left its people on edge, and with details scarce, the news of an agreement didn’t seem to be putting minds at ease.