Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a return to the Tigray war. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the Tigray People’s...

The United States is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East as President Donald Trump warned that further strikes against Iran remain possible after the November midterm elections. The...

Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, were among six people killed when a helicopter crashed near Marondera, about 72 kilometres east of Harare, on Wednesday. Police...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing fresh allegations that he was warned of an impending Hamas attack before October 7, 2023, weeks ahead of Israel’s parliamentary elections. The New...

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister after her Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won the most seats in last week’s...

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 8,000, with 3,901 deaths recorded in the country’s latest government data. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo...

Billionare Aliko Dangote is helping to finance a $660 million refined petroleum products pipeline linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. The 120-kilometre pipeline, announced by Ethiopian Investment Holdings,...

An OpenAI AI agent accessed public and non-public files on an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has disclosed. Albanese said OpenAI notified the...

A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico after the outlets were barred from the premises by President Donald Trump. In...

The United States has reportedly denied Sudan’s de facto leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Al-Burhan, whose army has been fighting...

Five major US television networks have suspended pooled coverage of White House events in protest against the Trump administration’s decision to revoke access for CNN, Politico and MS NOW. ABC, CBS,...

OpenAI has disclosed six new cases of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its AI models, warning that the industry may not be able to continue developing AI at maximum speed for much longer. In...

US President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with “serious tariffs” and a possible halt to trade if the bloc proceeds with plans to make Canada its first associate member. Trump described...

The United States has announced new visa restrictions on South Africans accused of promoting what Washington described as race-based discrimination against the country’s white Afrikaner minority. US...

NATO fighter jets have shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace early Tuesday, in the first such incident reported by the country. Lithuanian authorities said the drone likely entered from neighbouring...

The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has weapons deployed in orbit, with the US Space Force saying the capabilities are designed to protect American military assets from hostile actions...

The United States on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with solemn ceremonies held in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to honour the nearly 3,000 people...

US President Donald Trump has predicted that the six-month-old war with Iran will end shortly after the November midterm elections, while again threatening to strike a nuclear-linked site in Iran. His...

Cape Verde has begun two days of national mourning after a bus crash on Fogo Island killed 25 people, most of them children and teenagers. Eighteen victims were buried on Sunday afternoon, following the...

Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has died while receiving treatment for a heart condition at a hospital in Zanzibar. Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi announced...