A court in El Salvador on Thursday handed down a two-year prison sentence to the country’s former President, Elias Antonio Saca for bribery. The office of the country’s Attorney General said Saca,...

  Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called on his main challenger, Benny Gantz to form a unity government with him as election results showed both men without an obvious path...

The Saudi  government on Wednesday said that the attacks on its oil infrastructure were unquestionably sponsored by Iran, adding that although the strikes originated from the north, the exact launch...

  A 26-year-old Russian accountant, Evgenia Shulyatyeva has been electrocuted after the mobile phone she was charging reportedly slipped into the bath she was in. The lifeless body of Shulyatyeva...

Benny Gantz, the centrist party chief and main challenger to Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said it appeared  from exit polls that the Israeli Prime Minister has been defeated. Gantz , the Blue and...

A 10-year-old Texas girl, Lily Mae Avant has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river. Lily, who started suffering from a headache and fever after swimming in the...

The United States president, Donald Trump says he is not looking at retaliatory options against Iran until he has convincing proof that Tehran was behind the attack on Saudi Arabia’s  oil facilities. Fielding...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have reportedly intercepted and seized a vessel in the Gulf for allegedly attempting to smuggle 25, 000 litres of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates. According to...

Israelis are voting this Tuesday in an unprecedented repeat election which would decide whether the country’s longtime Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu would remain in power. Against the backdrop...

An explosion near an election rally which had Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani in attendance has killed 24 people and injured 31 others. According to an aide, Ghani who was scheduled to address...

The Iranian government has dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil plants, warning that it is ready for a full-fledged war. The United States...

A night fire in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital has killed at least nine people.  According to local media, patients from the private Badim Hospital in northern Rio de Janeiro were...

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted President Donald Trump’s administration to implement asylum restrictions which would prevent most Central American migrants from applying at...

Having settled disagreements with the Zimbabwean government over his final resting site, the family of the country’s former President, Robert Mugabe have announced that the late leader will be buried...

Front runners in the race to become the candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States presidential election clashed over healthcare at the party’s third debate on Thursday night.  The...

  A Middle East-bound cargo ship, The Golden Ray carrying about 4,200 Hyundai and Kia motor vehicles capsized and caught fire near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Brunswick in Georgia. A statement...

The President of the French National Assembly, Richard Ferrand who is a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron has been charged over a property deal from which he is suspected to have illegally profited.  According...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to prepare a ‘symmetrical response’ to a recent test of a cruise missile by the United States. A statement by the Kremlin...

United States warplanes have dropped 40 tonnes of explosives on an island in northern Iraq to wipe out a hideout believed to be occupied by members of the Islamic State (IS). F-15 and F-35 fighter jets...

South Africa’s Defence Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Monday said that planned xenophobic attacks against foreigners in the country cannot be prevented. Mapisa-Nqakula who stated this in an interview...