It has all the trappings of yet another high-profile scandal of the Donald Trump presidency. The American President recently pleaded with Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, to “find”...

Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Sunday was re-elected as the United States Speaker of the House of Representatives with a slim majority in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre...

Several countries have banned or will ban flights and travellers from the UK after the British government said on Sunday that the spread of a more infectious new strain of the coronavirus was now “out...

Burundi’s former president, Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71. His death came a few weeks  after he resigned as the African Union’s special envoy to Mali and the...

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the presidency said. “The president tested positive for COVID-19 today,” it said in a statement, adding that he had been...

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....