Former Pentagon chief, Jim Mattis rebuked his former boss, President Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing him  of trying to “divide” America and failing to provide “mature leadership”. His...

Police in Lesotho have arrested the country’s former first lady over the 2017 murder of the then-estranged wife of  Prime Minister Thomas Thabane who recently resigned. Maesaiah Thabane, who was...

President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody. George Floyd, an unarmed black man  was killed when...

Demonstrators over the weekend gathered in London and  Berlin  among other cities, to protest  police brutality in solidarity with the crowds protesting in the United States. Protesters have marched...

Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan and his family have tested positive for  COVID-19 infection. Pashinyan announced his infection in a self-recorded video message published on Facebook on Monday. “My...

United States President, Donald Trump, has announced that he is terminating the country’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). “China has total control over the World Health...

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck has been arrested and faces charges of third-degree murder and manslaughter. He was taken...

The United States coronavirus death toll has passed 100,000. The US leads the world in both deaths and infections, with at least 100,047 deaths and more than 1.69 million confirmed cases. Despite the worrisome...

Parts on Minneapolis were burning Thursday morning following protests over the death of an African-American, George Floyd sparked riots and clashes between law enforcement and protesters. Demonstrators...

Ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye has won Burundi’s presidential election by a landslide. The Independent Election Commission (CENI) announced partial results Monday, giving Ndayishimiye...

The sons of murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they had forgiven the killers of their father, a move analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicts on death row. Khashoggi,...

Guinean singer Mory Kante who helped spread African music to the world in the 1980s died on Friday at the age of 70, his son has announced. Kanté died in hospital on Friday in the Guinean capital, Conakry,...

A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 flying from Lahore has crashed in the densely populated Model Colony residential area of Karachi. Flight PK8303, carrying 91 passengers and eight crew, was...

Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane resigned on Tuesday following a month-long crisis in the southern African kingdom after he was accused of being complicit in his ex-wife’s murder. He formally...

Eritrea has officially declared itself coronavirus-free after all 39 patients successfully recovered from COVID-19. A Ministry of Health statement said the 39th patient had been discharged from hospital...

Mauritius has declared total recoveries from coronavirus infections as of May 11, 2020. The country’s  official COVID-19 page said 322 people had recovered out of the 332 confirmed cases which...

At least 19 sailors have been killed and 15 wounded after an Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, Iran’s army has said. The...

There are now 60,556 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Africa. According to the latest data by the Johns Hopkins University and the Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the total...

According to the latest government figures, the United Kingdom now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe. There have been 29,427 deaths recorded across the UK . The latest total for Italy,...

The World Health Organization says the United States government has not given any evidence to support the claims by President Donald Trump and other administration officials that COVID-19 originated...