Britain, France and the United States have dispatched hundreds of military advisors to Libya to set up military bases in the country’s oil-rich east, reports say. Read the full story

The International Civil Aviation Organization on Thursday criticized Washington over a budget proposal to charge travelers a $5.50 fee for entering the United States by air or sea Read the full story

The United States has asked the Chinese government to do more to stop Chinese companies helping Iran with its nuclear programme and missile technology. Read the full story

A former US envoy to the UN has hinted that as of next week any Israeli attack on a nuclear power plant in southern Iran could trigger a humanitarian disaster. Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States should dismantle its nuclear bases around the world as a step to create a nuke-free world. Read the full story

Israel may come under new pressure next month at a UN meeting on atomic weapons as the United States, Britain and France consider backing Egypt’s call for a zone in the Middle East free of nuclear arms, envoys said. Read the full story

Nigeria continues to feature under the critical lens of the United States, which has again condemned the country’s human rights record in the last one year. Read the full story

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday tried to tone down rhetoric against Iran and Syria, less than a week after President Mahmoud Ahamedinejad visited Syria and from a podium flanked by the Syrian president and the leader of Hizbullah thumbed his nose at the United States and Israel. Read the full story

A TWENTY-four-year-old American lady, Sharon Denis Thorpe, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for her alleged involvement in a scam valued at $760,668. Read the full story

China’s military warned the United States on Thursday to “speak and act cautiously” to avoid reigniting tensions between the two powers, denying the People’s Liberation Army played a part in Internet hacking. Read the full story

World powers discussing possible new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program should take as much time as necessary to secure China’s backing, France’s U.N. ambassador said on Thursday. Read the full story

Officials from the United States, France and Russia said Monday serious measures should be taken against Iran after the country informed the UN nuclear agency of its plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity for a medical research reactor in Tehran. Read the full story

Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of fighting like children in an interview with The New Yorker on Thursday regarding the prospects of peace in the Middle East. Read the full story

Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a Pakistani television channel that the plan was being considered. The use of armed drones by US forces in strikes against militants in Pakistan has led to huge anti-American feeling. Read the full story

“I read that 3,000 soldiers are arriving, Marines armed as if they were going to war. There is not a shortage of guns there, my God. Doctors, medicine, fuel, field hospitals, that’s what the United States should send,” Chavez said on his weekly television show. “They are occupying Haiti undercover.” Read the full story

A prominent Nigerian politician has described the U.S. as one of the worst terrorist countries on earth, saying the listing of Nigeria by the U.S., following the failed plane bomb attempt was not only rash but devoid of rational thinking.

Gabam said “the United States ought to have labelled itself as the worst terrorist in the world. Terrorism started from the U.S. because of their foreign policy. The shoe bomber is a UK citizen.”

“They are supposed to consider UK as a terrorist country. We have other countries where individuals have participated in terrorism and I see no reason why simply because of an individual, an isolated case, they declare Nigeria a terrorist interest country.

“It is absolutely unfair and that is why U.S. will continue to isolate itself so long as it continues with these rash policy without rational thinking and rational decisions being debated. It is unfortunate and we have rejected it in totality. The National Assembly has rejected it, the Federal Executive Council has rejected it, and we will continue to reject it.

“If they declare Nigeria as a terrorist country, they are terrorists as well, because they are also terrorising other countries. We reject it. Until they formalise this and respect the sovereignty of our country, our citizens would continue to disrespect them.

“There are other countries that we can have so many businesses, political interests with. We don’t have to go to U.S. My advice is that anybody who is going to U.S. should have a rethink.

“There is no need for you to go to a country where you will be humiliated like an animal. Nigerians should respect themselves and forget about any country that considers them as second class citizens.”

On plans by eminent Nigerians like former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka and other prominent Nigerians to lead a protest to the National Assembly to force the President, Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua to resign over his ill health, Gabam said that their action does not represent the interest of Nigerians.

“They have the right to protest, but they are just individuals. They are not the majority in terms of Nigerians’ decisions. Nigerians are in the majority. We accept their criticisms and observations, but they should also respect majority opinions. They don’t have any veto power to decide on behalf of millions of Nigerians or a monopoly of knowledge or wisdom. But they have the right to express their view,” he said.