Nigeria's former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is prepared to run for the presidency in 2019, his spokesman told Reuters on on Nov. 24.
The former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari quit the ruling party earlier on Nov. 24, saying it had "failed."
Russia is escalating its four-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine with deadly ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 20, urging a global response after a Russian overnight attack killed at least 13.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham must decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize two North Sea drilling projects, an issue which has divided his own Labour Party.
Anderson Talisca converted a second-half penalty to guide Fenerbahçe into the UEFA Champions League playoff round with a 1-0 victory over Sturm Graz on Aug. 11 night, completing a 3-0 aggregate triumph.
