Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. The Central Clinical Hospital on the outskirts of Moscow told the state news agency...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the country’s health ministry said, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic. The DRC early last...

A huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. Italian non-government organization, Emergency, which operates a hospital in Kabul, said it had received 27 patients...

President of the United States, Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a big climate change and health care spending bill, giving Democrats another boost ahead of midterm elections. The legislation includes...

Deputy President, William Ruto has won Kenyan’s presidential election, according to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.4% of the...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he declined to answer questions during an appearance before New York state’s attorney general in a civil investigation into his family’s...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan in defiance of Chinese threats, making her the highest-ranking American politician to visit the island in 25 years. Pelosi’s military aircraft arrived at...

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, United States President Joe Biden has said. Zawahiri’s assassination is the biggest blow to...

President of the United States, Joe Biden, has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said Thursday. The 79-year-old president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two Covid booster shots,...

The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding to introduce, or further roll-out, the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)...

The UK has hit its hottest temperature on record, with 40.2C recorded at Heathrow in London, according to provisional Met Office data. The Met Office tweeted: “For the first time ever, 40 Celsius has...

US inflation roared again to a fresh four-decade high last month, likely strengthening the Federal Reserve’s resolve to aggressively raise interest rates that risks upending the economic expansion. The...

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the military and police to do ‘what is necessary’ to ‘restore order’ in the country.  This is coming after days of...

Angola’s former president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died aged 79. His passing was announced by the country’s presidency on Friday. Dos Santos died at 11.10am Spanish time at the Barcelona...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot while campaigning in the western city of Nara, according to local media The NHK broadcaster and the Kyodo news agency reported Abe’s...

Boris Johnson is set to step down as prime minister today after a fatal onslaught of resignations in protest over his leadership. New education secretary Michelle Donelan became the fifth Cabinet minister...

At least six people have been killed and two dozen others injured in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, officials in the US city of Highland Park said, as authorities continue...

West African leaders attending a regional summit agreed Sunday to lift sanctions on Mali and Burkina Faso, two neighbors led by military governments. Speaking in Accra, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou – Ecowas...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the Philippines’ late dictator, has been sworn in as the country’s new president. Marcos Jr., 64, won a landslide victory during the May elections. More...

NATO leaders on Wednesday formally invited Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, one day after Turkey dropped its objections to their membership. “The accession of Finland and Sweden will make...