The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is evaluating the certification process for China's C919 aircraft, potentially allowing Nigerian carriers to operate the jet on domestic routes . The Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Ona Najomo told Reuters the agency is considering the months-long certification process for the jet to operate on domestic routes. Chinese planemaker COMAC is producing the narrow-body C919 to compete with leading Western planemakers Airbus and Boeing, and has held several talks with Nigeria over the aircraft. However, the report noted that the state-owned COMAC, which hopes to access the wider African market, faces challenges. Its two-plane models lack benchmark certifications from Western regulators, and it is falling behind on delivery targets. The U.S. this year temporarily halted exports of the CFM engines it uses on the C919 due to trade conflicts. “We’re looking at the certification of the airplane. First of...

The man accused of killing a devoted political activist, Charlie Kirk, appeared in a US court on Monday, where his lawyers asked for more time to review the large amount of evidence in the case. On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk,, was assassinated while addressing an audience on the campus of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah, United States. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested the day after the September 10 killing. He faces the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder. Robinson appeared virtually for Monday’s hearing from the Utah jail where he is being held. Lawyer Kathryn Nester, who was appointed by the state last week to defend Robinson, told the court she needed more time to review the “voluminous” evidence the investigation has generated. “It’s my understanding from our meeting today that there is massive amounts of digital (evidence) that is going to be coming,” she said. Judge Tony Graf set the next hearing for October 30, when Robinson is expected to appear in ...

  Police have identified the Michigan church shooter as Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old from Burton, Michigan. The attack took place on Sunday, September 28, 2025, during a service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township.  Sanford was killed in a shootout with officers after the incident. Sanford is believed to have driven his pickup truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Police said he then got out of the truck and started firing shots from an assault rifle. Police said the shooting happened at 10:25 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 4200 block of McCandlish Road in Grand Blanc Township. Police said at 1 p.m. Sunday that 10 people from the church had been taken to nearby hospitals. Two of those people have been pronounced dead. The second person who died was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds at a hospital. Police said they are still early in the investigation, an...

  American actress and singer Selena Gomez married music producer Benny Blanco on Saturday, September 27, 2025. The private, star-studded wedding was held in Santa Barbara, California. Gomez shared the news and photos from the event on her Instagram with the caption "9.27.25" The “Only Murders in the Building” star posted a slideshow of pictures and videos on Instagram from the wedding, showing Gomez, 33, in a wedding dress and Blanco — real name Benjamin Joseph Levin — donning a tuxedo, with the couple seen in a variety of affectionate poses. The post is captioned “9.27.25” between two white emoji hearts, with Blanco commenting: “my wife in real life.” Among the 170 guests were US pop superstar — and longtime Gomez best friend — Taylor Swift, as well as British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, socialite Paris Hilton, and Gomez’s “Only Murders” co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short. Both Gomez and Blanco wore custom outfits by Ralph Lauren. The bride wore an elegant, hand-drape...

Recent news reports indicate that the U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he might move 2026 FIFA World Cup matches from cities he deems "even a little bit dangerous". The U.S. will co-host the tournament with Canada and Mexico. World governing body Fifa is in charge of organising the tournament and selecting host cities, and any changes now - or at a later stage - would face logistical challenges. It is also unclear whether Trump has the authority to make such changes, though he does have a close working relationship with its president Gianni Infantino and is chair of the World Cup taskforce. "It will be safe for the World Cup," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "If I think it isn't safe, we'll move it into a different city." The 11 host cities in the US are Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. Trump was asked specifically about matches in the Demo...

  According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Delta Airlines flight DL055 from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta, United States, was forced to make an emergency landing in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, due to an oven fire on board. While the fire was quickly contained and did not endanger passengers, the delay caused the crew to exceed their duty time, preventing them from continuing to Atlanta as scheduled. Stranded passengers were rebooked on other flights, including a Delta Accra-New York flight and flights with other airlines like Air France, British Airways, KLM, and Lufthansa. Flight DL055 finally departed from Accra on September 25, 2025. In related news, Delta also canceled its inbound flight from Atlanta to Lagos scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 2025. Affected passengers were provided with hotel accommodations.

  Speaking on September 25, 2025, ahead of his trip to the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced countries recognizing a Palestinian state . His comments followed a recent wave of diplomatic recognitions, including by the UK, Australia, and Canada. Netanyahu is due to address the assembly on Friday. “At the General Assembly, I will speak our truth — the truth of the citizens of Israel, the truth of the (Israeli) soldiers, the truth of our nation,” Netanyahu said at Ben Gurion airport ahead of his departure, according to a statement from his office. “I will condemn those leaders who, instead of condemning the murderers, rapists and burners of children, want to give them a state in the heart of Israel. This will not happen.” On Wednesday, Netanyahu said the recent flurry of recognitions of Palestinian statehood, including by Britain and France, did “not obligate Israel in any way,” calling it a “shameful capitulation of some leaders to Palestinian terror”...

  In late September 2025, all 23 miners trapped in a collapsed gold mine in Colombia were brought to the surface alive after more than 40 hours underground. The successful rescue operation took place at the La Reliquia mine, located in the Antioquia department of northern Colombia. The main access shaft to the mine collapsed on Monday, September 22, 2025, due to a "geomechanical failure". Images shared by the state mining agency showed the miners brought out one by one, supported by rescuers and clutching water bottles at La Reliquia mine, some four hours from Colombia’s second city of Medellin in the northwestern Antioquia department. “Come on, come on, you can do it!” well-wishers encouraged as the men were hauled out, clutching ropes, before falling into the embrace of family members, visibly relieved. The miners, stuck underground since the early hours of Monday in a shaft 80 meters (262 feet) underground, had been receiving food, water and oxygen through underground pipe...

  Military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger jointly announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on September 23, 2025, calling it a "neo-colonial" tool.  This decision marks a significant turn away from Western institutions for the three military-led states, which are now members of the Alliance of Sahel States. In a joint statement, the three Sahel nations, now allied under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), accused the ICC of failing to prosecute major war crimes and vowed to establish homegrown justice mechanisms. The juntas offered several reasons for their departure, accusing the ICC of bias and a "neo-colonial" agenda. They allege the court unfairly targets African nations while ignoring serious crimes committed elsewhere. They stated that the ICC has proven "incapable of handling and prosecuting proven war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of genocide, and crimes of aggression". The three countries framed the...

Thank you very much. Very much appreciate it. And I don't mind making this speech without a teleprompter because the teleprompter is not working. [Laughter] I feel very happy to be up here with you nevertheless. And that way, you speak more from the heart. I can only say that whoever's operating this teleprompter is in big trouble. [Laughter] Hello, Madam First Lady. Thank you very much for being here, and Madam President, Mr. Secretary General, First Lady of the United States, distinguished delegates, ambassadors and world leaders. Six years have passed since I last stood in this grand hall and addressed a world that was prosperous and at peace in my first term. Since that day, the guns of war have shattered the peace I forged on two continents. An era of calm and stability gave way to one of the great crisises of our time. And here in the United States, four years of weakness, lawlessness and radicalism under the last administration delivered our nation into a repeated set of...