Tanzanian President, John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, the government announced on Wednesday. Announcing his death in a live television address, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Magufuli...

The Vatican’s office responsible for church doctrines: the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has said the Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions despite their “positive...

The US Congress approved a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Wednesday, authorizing a flurry of new federal spending and a temporary yet dramatic increase in anti-poverty programs...

Senegalese police clashed with supporters of arrested opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, leaving one person dead in the south of the country, a police official said. It was the first death confirmed...

A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison with two of them suspended. He is the first former French...

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a court hearing via video link on Monday looking healthy but facing new charges from the military junta. The latest charge is believed to be over...

The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket...

Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the World Health Organization-backed COVAX initiative that promises to deliver shots to poorer nations. The 600,000 COVAX...

Tiger Woods was hospitalized after being involved in a single-car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. According to his agent, Mark Steinberg, Woods suffered “multiple” leg injuries. Woods was...

The Malaysia Immigration on Tuesday deported 1,086 Myanmar nationals to their homeland just weeks after a coup. This is despite a court order halting the repatriation and a storm of criticism from rights...

More than 500,000 people in the United States with coronavirus have died, according to Johns Hopkins University data, the highest death toll by far of any country in the world. The country reached the...

A judicial panel probing runaway graft on Monday asked South Africa’s top court to jail ex-president Jacob Zuma for two years for defying a court order compelling him to testify. The 78-year-old had...

Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice Sunday, days after an offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across more than 160 kilometers (100 miles) of coastline in what officials...

Libya’s interior minister survived unscathed Sunday an attack by gunmen on his motorcade, according to sources from his office. Fathi Bashagha had finished a meeting on Sunday with the chairman of the...

Myanmar began a nationwide general strike on Monday despite a curfew, road blockades and more overnight arrests. Myanmar state TV has warned that “action” will be taken against any protesters...

A young woman has become the first protester to die in the anti-coup demonstrations in Myanmar after she was shot in the head. Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, 20, was injured earlier last week when police tried...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections as the North African nation struggles with health,...

Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, causing much alarm over public access to key information. It comes in response to a proposed law which would...

Texas remained in the frigid grip of winter storms on Wednesday as a fresh arctic blast deepened an electricity supply crisis that has forced millions to endure days without power and heat. More than 100...

Life expectancy in the US fell by a full year in the first half of 2020, a change experts say was fuelled by the growing coronavirus pandemic. The life expectancy for the entire population dropped...