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Nigeria's military said on Monday that several of its officers will stand trial for allegedly plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu's government last year.    At least 16 officers were arrested in October over what military authorities described as "acts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations." Authorities then launched an investigation into the officers' conduct.Musa: Nigeria security 'a lot better than it used to be'To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What did the investigation reveal? The probe revealed a plot to overthrow the government, Samaila Uba, Nigerian military spokesman said in a statement Monday. "The findings have identified a number of the officers with allegations of plottin...

Lawmakers in France's National Assembly on Monday passed a bill that would ban children under 15 years old from usingsocial media. They voted 116 to ⁠23 in favor the bill. The legislation will now go to the Senate, the upper house of parliament. President Emmanuel Macron has championed the ban saying it's necessary to protect French children and teenagers from excessive screen time. He hailed Monday's vote as a "major step" and stressed in a post on X that "our children's brains are not for sale. Not to American platforms, nor to Chinese networks." What to know about the bill? The draft bill proposes banning under-15s from social networks and "social networking functionalities" embedded within broader platforms. It, however, excludes online encyclopedias and educational platforms. ...

Hundreds of people rallied at Minneapolis-Saint Paul ⁠International airport in the US state of Minnesota on Friday to protest flights carrying immigrants detained by federal immigration enforcement. Authorities said about 100 clergy members and dozens of other protesters were arrested outside the airport's main terminal for overstepping their protest permit and disrupting airline operations.  The clergy were given misdemeanor citations for trespassing and failing to comply with officers before being released, according to an airport spokesperson. The rally was one of many held in Minnesota, as organizers from various groups, including labor unions and religious groups, called on people to protest against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state.Minnesota residents p...

The United States military on Friday struck another boat it suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two people, the US Southern Command said. The attack represents the first known strike by the administration since US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on January 3. "Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the US Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, said. SOUTHCOM's post on X included a clip of a multi-engined boat being smashed by an explosion. The footage showed three people on the vessel before the strike.   Two people were killed and one survived, SOUTHCOM said, adding it "immediately" notified the US Coast Guard to search for the survi...

Some 200 million people in the United States were preparing for a massive winter storm that is expected to affect two-thirds of the country beginning Friday. Snow fell over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday. The storm is set to move to the northeast this weekend, dumping about a foot (30 centimeters) of snow from Washington through New York and Boston, the National Weather Service predicted. What do we know about the massive winter storm? Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, as well as Arctic temperatures, are forecast to sweep across the country from the Rocky Mountains to the mid-Atlantic states to New England. Forecasters warned the damage from the storm could rival that of a hurricane, especially in areas hit by ice.  At least 14 states and the District of Columbia hav...