Former Minneapolis Police officer, Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges by a jury in the Hennepin County Court over the murder of an African American, George Floyd. The 12 jurors found him...

The Chadian Army has announced that General Mahamat Kaka, late President Idriss Deby’s son, will replace him as the head of a military council. The announcement was made by army spokesman, General Azem...

The Chadian Army has confirmed the death of the President of Chad, Mr Idriss Deby,  The Army said the President succumbed to injuries sustained while actively fighting on the frontline. Deby, 68, according...

Eleven people were killed and about 100 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, Railway authorities say that at least four train wagons ran off the tracks...

Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign. Almost 130 million...

India will lock down its capital New Delhi for a week from Monday night to try and control a raging coronavirus outbreak. Infections are skyrocketing in India, however, with hospitals running out of beds...

President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the United States government has told Russia “there will be consequences” if Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny dies in prison. “We...

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court upheld a ruling Thursday annulling former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s corruption convictions, which cleared the way for him to run for a new presidential...

A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before killing himself in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. Five people were hospitalized after...

The United States will announce sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday for alleged election interference and malicious cyber activity, targeting several individuals and entities, sources say. The sanctions,...

Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street con artist who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history and bilked thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, has died in prison. He was 82. His death Wednesday...

South Africa has announced the voluntary suspension of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine rollout in South Africa. In a media briefing on Tuesday, the country’s Health minister, Dr Zweli...

President Biden will withdraw American combat troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, declaring an end to the nation’s longest war. The decision, which Biden is expected to announce Wednesday, will keep...

Federal health agencies on Tuesday called for an immediate pause in use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine after six recipients in the United States developed a rare disorder...

A police officer was wounded in a shooting at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee, authorities said Monday. Officials said the person who shot the officer, a student at Austin-East Magnet High School,...

Bangladesh is planning to enforce a nationwide general holiday on April 14 to contain the cases of coronavirus as the country reported 5,819 new patients of COVD-19 in the last 24 hours, including former...

Thirty-four migrants drowned on Monday after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, the second such accident in just over a month. Survivors...

Uganda, Tanzania and oil firms Total and CNOOC on Sunday signed agreements that will kickstart the construction of a $3.5 billion crude pipeline to help ship crude from fields in western Uganda to international...

Former banker Guillermo Lasso has declared victory in the Ecuadorean presidential election, after his challenger, left-wing economist Andres Arauz, conceded defeat . Guillermo Lasso, 65 years old, received...

The United Kingdom’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Buckingham Palace said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The...