A new form of virus having almost no recognisable genes has been discovered by scientists in Brazil. This “mysterious” virus collected from amoebae in an artificial lake in Brazil was considerably...

The World Health Organization has named the new coronavirus as Covid-19. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in...

The Pentagon on Monday said that 109 U.S service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as after effects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack on a U.S military base in Iraq last month. Iran’s...

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika and the country’s electoral commission have formally filed an appeal against a court ruling that overturned his election victory last year. After six months of hearings...

African leaders on Sunday condemned US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan as illegitimate, taking advantage of an African Union summit to voice solidarity with “the Palestinian cause”. AU...

Mourning relatives of 29 people murdered by a disgruntled soldier in Thailand held Buddhist prayer ceremonies Monday, as questions are still left unanswered  over how and why the shooting spree happened. Authorities...

The  coronavirus outbreak has now claimed  722 lives according to reports this Saturday. The virus has also now claimed its first foreign victim, a US citizen aged 60 who died on Thursday in the city...

President Donald Trump on Friday called on Congress to “expunge” his impeachment for abuse of power following his acquittal in the Senate. “Should they expunge impeachment in the House? They should...

President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has announced that his country will donate $2m (£1.5m) to aid  China battle the coronavirus outbreak. The decision was made at a cabinet...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that US forces have killed Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in an operation inside Yemen. The jihadist leader had...

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth on Thursday morning after 328 days in space, a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman and another in a string of recent achievements by female...

The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third-record daily rise. Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic, reported 70 new deaths on Wednesday...

The United States Senate just voted to acquit President Donald Trump of charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — bringing an end to a five-month saga that began with a whistleblower’s...

A Pegasus Airlines plane today skidded off the runway and broke apart while landing at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport. The Pegasus Airlines plane was carrying 177 people and six crew members, many...

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi tore up the advance copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union  address after the President finished speaking Tuesday...

The first lady of Lesotho, Maesaiah Thabane is set to be charged with murder in connection with the 2017 killing of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s former wife, Lipolelo Thabane. Deputy Commissioner...

Former Kenyan President, Daniel Arap Moi has died aged 95. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who announced the death, declared a period of national mourning and said Mr. Moi would receive a state funeral. His...

A South African court has issued a warrant for  the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma after he failed to show up for his corruption trial. Judge Dhayanithie Pillay ordered Zuma’s arrrest after finding...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rejected United States President  Donald Trump ‘s recently unveiled Middle East plan. This was disclosed at a summit organised by the OIC on...

In London, the old,enigmatic clock called Big Ben chimed loudly at 23:00 GMT. Alas! The United Kingdom has officially left the European Union. This is coming more than three years after the Brexit referendum...