Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election. Putin’s message to Biden came a day after the Electoral College confirmed Biden as the...

A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. In a 17-4 vote with one abstention, the government advisers concluded that the vaccine from Pfizer...

Ghana’s incumbent President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has been declared winner of the country’s presidential election. In an announcement on Wednesday, the country’s electoral commission...

The United States has broken the global record with more than 3,000 deaths from COVID-19 in a 24-hour period. This is the highest total in a single day anywhere in the world Experts predict the outbreak...

The American Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. The court without comment...

An Ethiopian spokesman on Tuesday said that the country’s forces fired at a UN team, claiming that the UN personnel ignored instructions and drove through government checkpoints in the northern...

American President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general, Lloyd J. Austin to be Secretary of Defense, US media report. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black...

U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. The first recipient was Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week. The former jewelry...

President Nicolás Maduro’s party and allies have won in Venezuela’s legislative elections which were boycotted by the main opposition parties. With over 80% of ballots counted, his...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19. The president tweeted: “Rudy Giuliani has tested positive. Get better soon Rudy, we...

China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II, outgoing US National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said Thursday. “The intelligence is clear: Beijing...

The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against...

President Donald Trump told Joe Biden on Sunday night to ‘get well soon’ after the president-elect fractured his ankle while playing with his German Shepherd, Major. Biden suffered the...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a no-confidence motion next week, a parliament official said Thursday. It will be his first taste of such motion since taking power nearly three years ago....

At least 40 informal miners in Zimbabwe have been trapped underground after a shaft in a disused gold mine collapsed. The incident occurred late on Wednesday in the town of Bindura, around 70 kilometres...

US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn who last year pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Mr Flynn was convicted during a justice department inquiry into...

 Argentinian football legend, Diego Maradona has died from a heart attack just days after turning 60. Maradona’s  lawyer said he died at home just two weeks after having surgery on a blood clot...

The US federal government led by President Donald Trump appears to have tacitly accepted the inevitability of Joe Biden becoming the next American president. After weeks of stonewalling and refusing to...

Two people died and multiple others were injured in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in California where homeless people had been brought to shelter from the cold weather, police said. The stabbing...

Pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective against COVID-19. This has raised hopes that the company will soon roll out a...