CCTV footage broadcast on Indian television channels showed the couple walking on a busy street when they were attackedSix people have been sentenced to death for the murder of a man from In… Read More

A huge fire ensued - police now say a technical fault was to blameA big blast has rocked a major natural gas hub in Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 18, police say.A fire fo… Read More

Mr Jenkins walked across the DMZ and surrendered to North Korean soldiers there when he was 24A former US sergeant who defected to North Korea and became Pyongyang's prisoner for nearly 40 y… Read More

Signing Space Policy Directive 1, Mr Trump said the US was "going to stay the leader".US President Donald Trump has directed Nasa to plan a crewed mission to the Moon for the first time sinc… Read More

Akayed Ullah emigrated to the US with his family in 2011Suspected New York City bus terminal bomber Akayed Ullah has been charged with terror offences, police say.The 27-year-old Bangladeshi… Read More

The race between Doug Jones (left) and Roy Moore is too close to callAlabama voters are heading to the polls in a Senate election that could have wider implications for Donald Trump.Republic… Read More

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has called for a joint declaration by the African Union and European Union on the issue of slave trade and other crimes against humanity in L… Read More

The appointment of senior Zimbabwean military officials for top cabinet positions by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has drawn mixed reactions from the public.The new president who was sworn in… Read More

Police in Tanzania have arrested a woman after a video clip showing her kissing and embracing another woman at a party was widely shared online, a senior official said.Homosexuality is a cri… Read More

On Friday, EC President Donald Tusk (R) said Europe would stand by IrelandIreland's deputy prime minister has said his country has "no desire" to delay the UK's Brexit talks.But Simon Covene… Read More

At least 13 people have died after a fishing boat collided with a 336-tonne tanker and capsized off South Korea's west coast.Two others were missing, South Korea's coast guard said, as a sea… Read More

ABC's incorrect report on Michael Flynn (pictured) hit US stock marketsUS news network ABC has suspended its chief investigative reporter after he made a "serious error" about Donald Trump's… Read More

White House national security adviser HR McMaster says the US is "in a race" to address the threat from North Korea.The potential for war is increasing every day but armed conflict is not th… Read More

"Merry Christmas," the president told reporters as he walked across the South Lawn.It was a warm day at the White House with the scent of roses in the air and it hardly felt like Christmas.Y… Read More

Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday launched out at critics of his person and administration daring any of them to match his achievements in government with contemporary indices of… Read More

Six years after award of contract, a new state-of-the-art cancer centre at the National Hospital has eventually been constructed and commissioned for use.The plan had been in place to replac… Read More

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame said Wednesday that the mission is working on holding elections in Libya before the… Read More

They might appear to be far away from home but they still haven’t forgotten their roots. In 2016, Africa received more than $60 billion (according to ADB in share transfers f… Read More

One week after the worst bloodshed of its kind in Egypt’s modern history, residents in a village in North Sinai on Friday (December 1) recalled the attack at Al Rawdah mosque, in which… Read More

An arrest warrant was issued for Ahmed Shafiq after he lost the 2012 electionEgyptian ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has been deported from the UAE, reports say, days after saying he wanted… Read More

US senators have passed a sweeping tax cuts bill, paving the way for Donald Trump's first big legislative victory.The package would mark the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s. It was pass… Read More

Nabih al-Wahsh has previously denied the HolocaustAn Egyptian lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison for saying that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped in punishment.Nab… Read More

Barnaby Joyce had to run again for his own seat following a dual citizenship rowAustralia's former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has won back his seat, just a month after being forced… Read More

Many Zimbabweans saw President Mnangagwa's cabinet as a betrayal of his promisesZimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has replaced two ministers, two days after announcing his cabinet… Read More

James Levine was also a conductor with the Boston Symphony OrchestraNew York's Metropolitan Opera says it has opened an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against the conduc… Read More

Five demonstrations were planned to coincide with the AfD convention on Saturday in Hanover, said reportsSeveral people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrator… Read More

Mr Milburn took up his role with the board in 2012All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a "f… Read More

Grainy images showed Houthi rebels under fire from Mr Saleh's forces in Sanaa on SaturdayThe Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has welcomed an offer of talks by former President Ali Abdullah Sale… Read More

Donald Trump has responded to a guilty plea by his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying Mr Flynn's actions as a member of his transition team "were lawful".Mr Flynn has ent… Read More

Ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about meetings with Russia's ambassador weeks before Donald Trump became president.The cha… Read More

EU leaders must decide whether "sufficient progress" has been made in the Brexit talksIf, in the coming days, the EU does finally give the go-ahead for Brexit negotiations to move to talk of… Read More

A small community of Tibetan Muslims have returned to SrinagarOn his latest visit to Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, Andrew Whitehead came across a little-known communi… Read More

A bakery in MontrealThe unofficial greeting in the bilingual Canadian city of Montreal has long been a friendly "Bonjour, Hi!"But that standard is no more since a motion mandating store cler… Read More

The bill was passed by senators after a marathon debate on Capitol HillUS senators have passed a sweeping tax cuts bill, striking a key political victory for President Donald Trump's adminis… Read More

The All Africa Business Leader Awards (AABLA) in partnership with CNBC has named the Group Managing Director/CEO, Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, as the 2017 African Business Leader of the Y… Read More

Five African teams were part of 32 others that were entered into a draw for the group stages of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The five African teams are Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and… Read More

CEO of Microsoft and the world’s richest man Bill Gates has lauded two anti-AIDSactivists for their efforts in combating the deadly disease. Gates described the two as heroes who… Read More

Cameroon President Paul Biya has described separatists in the country’s restive Anglophone region as criminals and has vowed to halt their deadly attacks on the central African country… Read More

Women account for up to 80 percent of small holder farmers but gender inequalities make it difficult for them to access land in Africa.The second ordinary session of the ECOWAS par… Read More

Mr Ozakca (L) and Gulmen (R) lost their jobs in the post-coup crackdownA Turkish professor, on hunger strike since losing her job in a purge after last year's failed coup, has been convicted… Read More

Police in the German city of Potsdam are investigating a device filled with nails found next to a Christmas market.The device, that also held batteries and wires, was sent to a pharmacy in t… Read More

A French police chief praised the "responsiveness of passengers" for reporting suspicious behaviourA Belgian comedy theatre group on tour in France has caused a major security alert after pr… Read More

Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak died after taking potassium cyanide in The Hague's courtroom, Dutch prosecutors say, citing the results of a preliminary post mortem examination."… Read More

The case involving Mr Zarrab (centre) is being closely followed in TurkeyTurkish prosecutors have ordered the seizure of assets of a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who is testifying in a US tri… Read More

Protesters rally against the bill outside Congress earlier this weekRepublicans who control the US Senate say they are confident of passing the biggest tax cuts since the Reagan era as soon… Read More

The world's major fishing nations have agreed a moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean, before it has even become established.Much of the Arctic was once permanently frozen but… Read More

Pope Francis has met a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit.The Pope told a group of 16 refugees at an interfait… Read More

The British government has issued a fresh warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software.The National Cyber Security Centre is to write to all government departments w… Read More

Hawaii already tests warning sirens for natural disasters such as tsunamisThe US state of Hawaii has tested a nuclear attack warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.Th… Read More

Supporters of opposition leader Salvador Nasralla clashed with police in TegucigalpaHonduras has given its army and police more powers to contain unrest following violent protests over last… Read More

Rex Tillerson could be gone by JanuaryThe White House is discussing plans to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA chief Mike Pompeo, US media say.Mr Tillerson has been at odds w… Read More

"Shock horror!" Russian state TV airs some sarcastic views on sexual harassment claims in the WestRussian TV has broadcast sharp criticism of the Western focus on sexual harassment - and som… Read More

Kenya’s inflation fell to 4.73 percent year-on-year in November from 5.72 percent a month earlier, the statistics office said on Thursday.The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said i… Read More

Oil dropped after OPEC and allies led a coalition of major crude producers agree to a drop in oil cuts halfway through 2018.The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Thu… Read More

Nigeria’s president said on Wednesday the government had started bringing stranded citizens home from Libya after a global outcry over reports that migrants there were being sold into… Read More

A technical fault at Tanzania’s national electricity supply company plunged the East African nation into total darkness.Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), the supply company s… Read More

The United States says it is concerned over seeming media clampdown in Uganda after five publishers and three journalists were recently charged with treason.Heather Nauert, a Department of S… Read More

Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan is set to have new metro system following the launch of work on the facility by President Alassane Ouattara.The launch was done by Ouattara along with Fre… Read More

Some senior opposition figures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been arrested by the police.Martin Fayulu and Kabund leaders of opposition in the country are under the poli… Read More

Zambia fears a looming humanitarian crisis after more than 6,000 refugees fleeing turmoil in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) entered its territory.* Thousands of people have been kill… Read More

At least 250 Cameroonians returned home from Libya, days after media reports of migrants being traded as slaves in Libya sent shockwaves through sub-Saharan A Africa and angered the world.Th… Read More

More than 700 thousand migrants held in Libya are to be evacuated urgently.The question of migrants and their mistreatment dominated the just concluded AU-EU Summit, where this immediate mov… Read More

Migrants are put in dire detention camps after getting stuck in Libya while trying to reach EuropeAn urgent evacuation plan has been devised for migrants facing abuse in Libyan detention cam… Read More

Houthi supporters marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed in Sanaa on ThursdayThere have been deadly clashes between Yemen's allied Houthi rebels and supporters of ex-president Ali Abdul… Read More

The grenade were detonated during a murder hearing, local police say.A man has set off two hand grenades in a courtroom in eastern Ukraine, killing himself and one of the suspects on trial f… Read More

The case involving Mr Zarrab has been closely followed in TurkeyTurkey has attacked the US judicial system after a controversial gold trader told a New York court he had bribed a Turkish gov… Read More

Katrín Jakobsdóttir's Left-Green Movement finished second in last month's snap electionKatrín Jakobsdóttir has become Iceland's new prime minister after her Left… Read More

Senator Franken said this week he was "ashamed" of his past behaviourA US army veteran is accusing Senator Al Franken of having touched her breast while posing for a photo on a 2003 tour to… Read More

Jewish groups want senior Polish officials to condemn the videoHolocaust survivor groups have asked the Polish president to explain how artists were able to film a naked game of tag inside a… Read More

Kim Jong-nam (pictured in 2001) was former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's oldest sonThe half-brother of North Korea's leader was carrying bottles of the antidote to the toxin used when he… Read More

Ikea has been in Italy for 29 yearsItalian unions are in dispute with Swedish retail giant Ikea over a single mother sacked because she struggled with early morning shifts.Marica Ricutti sai… Read More

A vial drained by Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak in front of the Hague tribunal contained a lethal chemical, Dutch prosecutors have confirmed.The authorities are investigating h… Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the US of seeking to provoke North Korea into stepping up its nuclear missile programme.He rejected a call by the American envoy to the UN… Read More

An overnight attack in Cameroon’s Southwest region has killed four soldiers. The attack took place specifically in the town of Mamfe.“Four soldiers were killed around 02:00 in th… Read More

Former Ivorian International Didier Drogba is playing a key role in the ongoing African Union (A.U.) and European Union (E.U.) summit currently underway in Abidjan.Drogba, 39, has been engag… Read More

Britain could take steps to stabilise Zimbabwe’s currency system and extend a bridging loan to help it clear World Bank and African Development Bank arrears, but such support depends o… Read More

An Egyptian journalist has been named winner of a category of the 2017 Civicus Nelson Mandela – Graca Machel Innovations Award announced on Monday, the Madamasr news portal reports.Kha… Read More

An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO).&n&hell…Read More

Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to overcome Kenya's divisions after being sworn in for a second term as president, at a ceremony boycotted by the opposition.Speaking after his inauguration in the c… Read More

The man accused of masterminding the 2012 attack on a US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has been acquitted by a US jury of the most serious charges.Ahmed Abu Khattala was convicted of terror… Read More

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said "all brute force will be used" by the militaryEgypt's president has told the military to restore "security and stability" to the Sinai peninsula within th… Read More

Pastor Evan Mawarire left court wearing the national flagLeading Zimbabwean opposition activist Pastor Evan Mawarire has been acquitted on charges of trying to overthrow Robert Mugabe's form… Read More

Libyan has increased the repatriation of Nigerians in recent monthsNigerian migrants stranded in Libya and elsewhere will be bought home, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.The decision com… Read More

In Egypt’s trying economic times, one man’s trade in crash-damaged cars has boomed. Egyptians across the country are saving money and buying damaged second-hand vehicles at less… Read More

With the high rate of unemployment in many African countries, several youths have resolved to entrepreneurship. Many young Africans have created jobs via the digital platform.The newcomers i… Read More

Ethiopia says more than 20 people have been killed in a renewed clash between the Oromos and Somali ethnic group in Eastern Ethiopia.Government spokerperson, Negeri Lenco said 98 people were… Read More

Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, charged with three counts of corruption in offences that allegedly took place two decades ago, was on Monday denied bail and will be detaine… Read More

Madagascar’s unprecedented outbreak of pneumonic plague is slowing down but the response must be sustained, WHO cautioned on Monday.“The worst of the outbreak is over… Read More

Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold meetings with leaders of 10 African nations during a one-day visit to Kenya to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Uhur… Read More

Kenya police fired tear gas to disperse a crowed of thousands of people trying to force their way into the stadium in the capital, Nairobi to attend the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenya… Read More

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday as riot police sealed off an area where the opposition planned a rival gathe… Read More

Kenya’s main opposition leader, Raila Odinga has promised supporters that he would be sworn-in as president on December 12.The announcement comes shortly after the inauguration of Pres… Read More

The ARA San Juan has a snorkel through which it can take in oxygen when submergedThe Argentine navy says that before its San Juan submarine with 44 crew on board went missing on 15 November… Read More

Mr Macron is on a three-day trip in western AfricaFrench President Emmanuel Macron has outlined a new approach to relations with Africa as he begins a regional trip starting with Burkina Fas… Read More

Before his speech Pope Francis met Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu KyiPope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding "respect for each ethnic group" but without referring sp… Read More

Frances Fitzgerald had been at the centre of a controversy which could have resulted in a snap electionIreland's deputy prime minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she is resigning for the sa… Read More

The newspaper said a woman claiming to be the victim of abuse by US politician Roy Moore was part of a sting operationThe Washington Post says it has uncovered a failed "sting operation" by… Read More

Former military leader Zhang Yang was found dead in his home on 23 NovemberA former high-ranking Chinese military official has taken his own life, state media say, sparking a debate over the… Read More

Police raiding a Berlin restaurant have discovered playing cards which had been laced with a radioactive substance.Detectives believe players could wear a hidden detector on their bodies all… Read More

Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged to crack down on corruption during his inauguration last weekZimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has offered a three-month amnesty for individuals and comp… Read More