At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a drone strike hit a funeral gathering in Al-Luweib village, near El-Obeid in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, local officials said. Authorities blamed the...

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in modern American politics, has died at the age of 84. His family confirmed that he passed away peacefully at...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide victory in the country’s general election, claiming 97.66 percent of the vote, according to results released by the National Electoral...

Buckingham Palace has announced that Andrew (born Prince Andrew) has been stripped of all his royal titles and privileges by order of King Charles III, marking one of the most dramatic disciplinary actions...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first face-to-face meeting in years on Thursday, marking a significant diplomatic moment in efforts to ease tensions between the...

Israeli airstrikes late Tuesday killed at least 104 Palestinians and wounded more than 250 others across the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, which said the dead included 46 children...

President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in office after winning 89.7 percent of votes in Côte d’Ivoire’s October 27 election, extending his rule to nearly two decades. The country’s...

A small passenger plane en route to Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara National Park crashed early Tuesday, killing all 11 people on board, including foreign tourists, officials confirmed. The Mombasa Air Safari...

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council on Monday declared long-serving President Paul Biya the winner of the October 12 election, securing another term in office despite mounting public anger and violent...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that the United States is ending all trade negotiations with Canada, citing a Canadian-provincial government’s advertisement that criticised American...

The United States has imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies—Rosneft and Lukoil—as part of a renewed strategy to curb Moscow’s funding of the Ukraine war, sparking a sharp 5% rise...

Sanae Takaichi has been elected as Japan’s first-ever female prime minister after winning a majority in both houses of parliament on Tuesday. The 64-year-old secured 237 votes in the Lower House and...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of criminal conspiracy in connection with illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. The...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has restored most of its services following a widespread outage that affected millions of users and disrupted major platforms worldwide for much of the day. The outage, which...

The Louvre Museum has been temporarily closed after a highly coordinated daylight robbery on Sunday saw thieves escape with eight priceless 19th-century French crown jewels from the Galerie d’Apollon. Authorities...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina, commander of an elite army unit, was sworn in on Friday as Madagascar’s new president following a swift military coup that ousted President Andry Rajoelina and sent him...

The African Union (AU) on Wednesday announced the suspension of Madagascar from all its activities with immediate effect, following a military coup that ousted President Andry Rajoelina from power. The...

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and one of Africa’s most influential political figures, has died at 80 after suffering a heart attack in India. He was pronounced dead on Wednesday...

In a major breakthrough after two years of devastating conflict, Hamas on Monday released the last 20 living Israeli hostages held in Gaza under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. The move marks a turning...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her unwavering fight to restore democracy and human rights in Venezuela through peaceful means. Announcing...