Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, all linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. Austria, Croatia and Switzerland said the cases involved people who had been to Italy...

The death toll from the worst religious violence in  Delhi, India in decades has risen to 21, as Muslims fled from their homes and several mosques in the capital were  burnt down after being attacked...

Lesotho’s prime minister has made a surprise appearance in court, where his lawyer argued that his office granted him immunity from prosecution for allegedly murdering his estranged wife shortly before...

The new coronavirus which has stricken tens of thousands of people in Asia is not yet a pandemic, but has the potential to become one if countries do not work together to slow its spread, the World Health...

Egypt’s ousted former President, Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91, weeks after undergoing surgery, Egyptian state television said on Tuesday. Mubarak served as Egypt’s fourth president...

The man formally recognized as the world’s oldest living male, Chitetsu Watanabe, has passed away in Japan at the age of 112. He died on Sunday, February 23. Watanabe was born in Niigata in northern...

Harvey Weinstein, who was one of the most influential producers in Hollywood, was found guilty on Monday of two  sex crimes after a Manhattan trial that became a turning point for the #MeToo movement....

The National Independent Electoral Commission of Togo announced on Sunday night that President Faure Gnassingbé has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential election held on Saturday in...

The US and the Taliban are set to sign a withdrawal agreement that would pave the way to ending America’s longest war. This was announced by both sides on Friday, hours after Kabul said a week-long...

Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane did not appear in court on Friday where he was due to be charged with murdering his estranged wife, as his aide said he had gone to South Africa for medical...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will formally step down as senior royals from March 31, a spokesperson for the couple has said. They will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen. Earlier this...

Two Diamond Princess passengers have died from coronavirus infection  evenas the remaining passengers continue disembarking from the cruise ship after a 14-day quarantine. A total of 624 cases of the...

Boeing has said it  found debris in the fuel tanks of several 737 Max jets that have been sitting in storage. It is the latest problem Boeing faces as it tries to get the 737 Max back in the air. In...

South Africa’s former president, F.W. De Klerk on Monday retracted the controversial submission he made earlier this month saying apartheid was not a crime against humanity, and apologized to the nation. De...

The official death toll from the new coronavirus in China named COVID-19 hit 1,868 on Tuesday after another 98 people died, mostly in Hubei and Wuhan where the virus emerged in December. Liu Zhiming, the...

 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is determined to find solutions to the ongoing border closure by Nigeria. ECOWAS’ fifteen member countries met on Saturday in Ouagadougou to...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently in Senegal to  seek out a positive vision for US cooperation with Africa. Pompeo arrived in the Senegalese capital, Dakar on Saturday with his wife, Suzan...

Japan has suffered its worst quarterly GDP contraction in more than five years, with a tax hike and a deadly typhoon taking a toll on the world’s third-largest economy. The nation’s gross domestic...

The death toll from China’s corona virus epidemic neared 1,400 on Friday with six medical workers among the victims. The National Health Commission said 121 more deaths were recorded yesterday, as...

Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out an appeal by President Peter Mutharika to suspend the enforcement of the annulment of the last presidential elections. The court ruled that the first...