LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and its allies fired more than 100 missiles at Syria on Friday in a “one-time shot” the Pentagon said followed evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack using at least chlorine gas. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine General Joseph Dunford said…
LAGOS APRIL 13RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed on the need to “take action” to deter use of chemical weapons following an emergency meeting at Downing Street. The prime minister summoned her senior ministers to No 10 to discuss joining the United States and France in possible military strikes against Syria after saying “all the…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Algerian military plane has crashed near the capital killing 257 people on board, officials say. The aircraft came down just after taking off from Boufarik military airport, west of Algiers. An inquiry is under way into the cause of the crash – Algeria’s worst-ever air disaster. The government has declared three…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor at an Illinois church that serves more than 25,000 worshipers at eight locations stepped down more than six months ahead of his scheduled retirement amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with parishioners. The Rev. Bill Hybels, founder of the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, resigned on Tuesday after an…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political leaders from the U.K. and abroad will not be attending Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming wedding ceremony, Kensington Palace announced today. The announcement puts to rest speculation that President Donald Trump could be among the 600 guests at Markle and Harry’s May 19 wedding at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An investigation has been launched after 27 people, most of them children, died when a school bus fell into a gorge in a mountainous region of India. Most of the passengers were below the age of 10, police said. The bus driver and two teachers were also killed in the accident on…
LAGOS APRIL 9H (NEWSRANGERS)-Swaziland’s King Mswati’s eighth wife has committed suicide following drug overdose. Senteni Masango was found dead in the early hours of Friday morning, news outleto in the South African country reported. According to Mpumalanga news, the late queen’s funeral will be held at Ludzidzini Royal Kraal on Saturday, April 7. She will…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump blamed Russia and Iran for backing Syrian dictator Bashar Assad after reports of further suffering for Syrian civilians at the hands of their own government — calling out Vladimir Putin specifically. Trump delivered his critique of the Russian leader during a Sunday-morning tweetstorm that covered a variety of topics and…
