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NEW YORK, Feb 5 — The leader of Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months, according to a United Nations report released yesterday, in what will be seen as a huge breakthrough in the fight against the global jihadist threat. The document said Khalid Batarfi, the leader…

The Ooni of Ife, Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, said he has forgiven Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), over the Fulani slave comment Igboho made in a viral video. The media aide to Ooni, Moses Olafare, disclosed this on Thursday, stating that the monarch was behind Igboho. Olafare explained that Ogunwusi…

FILE PHOTO: Vice magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes speaks during "A Night for Freedom" event in Manhattan, New York. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Business File photo of the Parler logo on a smartphone. (File photo: AFP/Olivier Douliery) 04 Feb 2021 08:00AM(Updated: 04 Feb 2021 10:43AM) NEW YORK: The board of Parler, a social media platform backed by Republican Party donor Rebekah Mercer and favored by US conservatives, has fired its CEO John Matze,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and James Harden relished a chance to test themselves against the NBA’s best. The Los Angeles Clippers left Brooklyn impressed — and eager for another shot at the Nets. Irving scored a season-high 39 points, including eight straight in the fourth-quarter run…

Charles Krupa/Associated Press If the New York Jets shop quarterback Sam Darnold on the trade market this offseason, they may get back a better value than people think. ESPN's Adam Schefter speculated on the Haberman and MiddleKauff podcast that New York could get a late first-round pick for Darnold. uSTADIUM…

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway, former manager of the New York Mets, “aggressively pursued” several women who work in sports media and sent three of them inappropriate photos, The Athletic reported Monday night. Callaway sent uninvited and sometimes unanswered messages to the women via…

A powerful winter storm has engulfed the US north-east, blanketing much of the region in heavy snow. The storm is expected to bring nearly 2ft of snow to New York, Boston and several other cities. ’This is a dangerous, life-threatening situation,’ New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo, said while declaring a state of…

Winter Storm Orlena is barreling towards the East Coast after blanketing the Midwest in white, and is set to drop up to two feet of snow in the Big Apple, prompting New York City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia to declare states of emergency. More than 100million people from the Midwest to the…

A banner hangs from the ceiling at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on January 13, 2021 during a media tour of the new state vaccination site in New York City. Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP (Getty Images)It’s no secret that New York City, like many other places in the U.S.,…