The oldest woman in the world, Kane Tanaka has extended her record by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka, southern Japan. The Japanese channel, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting reported...

The United States government has issued a security alert to its citizens living in Nigeria amid rising tensions following Friday’s US airstrike which killed Iran’s most powerful military commander,...

United States President, Donald Trump has warned Iran of a major retaliation if Tehran carries out any attack against America to avenge the killing of top military commander, Qassim Soleimani. Trump’s...

An Iranian general who replaced the leader killed by a US airstrike in Baghdad has vowed to take revenge as Tehran abandoned the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in response...

The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta has risen to 43 on Friday as rescuers discovered more bodies amid receding floodwaters. Disaster officials say monsoon rains and rising rivers...

Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. Qasem Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday requested immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases in which he faces indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu,...

Taiwan’s top military official, Gen. Shen Yi-ming was among eight people killed on Thursday after their Black Hawk helicopter crashed into mountains in the north of the island. The 62-year-old Gen....

An Iranian-backed Iraqi militia on Monday vowed to  retaliate against United States military strikes in Iraq and Syria which killed 25 of its fighters and wounded dozens. The US military carried out...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has thanked his United States counterpart, Donald Trump for providing the intelligence which helped foil what he described as planned acts of terrorism on Russian soil. According...

Two persons were killed after a gunman opened fire in a church in Texas, fatally shooting two parishioners before being killed by an armed member of the congregation. The gunman stood up from a pew at...

A truck bomb which exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu this Saturday morning has killed at least 78 people including many students. Over a hundred people were injured...

A passenger plane carrying almost 100 people crashed seconds after takeoff in Kazakhstan on Friday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. Flight Z2100, a Fokker 100 aircraft operated by...

A terrorist attack in Burkina Faso has killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women in one of the deadliest assaults to hit the West African country in nearly five years of violence. According to the...

The United States Navy has banned Chinese app, TikTok from government-issued mobile devices due to cybersecurity concerns. In a bulletin posted early this week to a Facebook page for military personnel,...

A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of newspaper columnist, Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018. Three people were also sentenced to jail terms totally 24 years. Khashoggi...

At least 13 persons, with four critically injured, have been hospitalized after being shot at a house party in Chicago on Sunday morning. The Chicago Police have recovered a revolver from the scene of...

Argentina’s Senate on Saturday approved and passed  into law an emergency package which was announced by the new center-left government to try to lift the country out of its economic crisis. The move...

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Friday promised to wrap up parliamentary vote on his deal for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) on Friday. The move which he described as delivering...

After more than eight months without a leader, Algeria on Thursday inaugurated its new president, Abdelkader Tebboune at a pomp-filled ceremony which pro-democracy protesters have rejected as a charade. Members...