Bolivian President, Evo Morales has resigned after nearly 14 years in power amid protests following his disputed re-election last month. The head of the army had called on him to go after protests over...

Britain’s longest-serving Indian-origin MP, Keith Vaz on Sunday announced his retirement from the parliament weeks after Commons Standards Committee recommended a six-month suspension for him over cocaine...

The Iranian government says it has discovered a new oil field which would increase the country’s proven reserves by about a third. The Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani on Monday said the oil field...

American billionaire businessman, Michael Bloomberg is reportedly considering entering the race for the United States Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Bloomberg’s adviser, Howard...

A New York judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million for misusing funds from his charity, The Donald J Trump Foundation to finance his 2016 political campaign. Prosecutors had accused...

More than 30 houses have been destroyed or seriously damaged in a bushfire in the Australian state of New South Wales. Scores of blazes burned across the state and neighbouring Queensland on Tuesday as...

North Korea on Thursday called Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, a moron who should not even dream of setting foot on Pyongyang for any reason. In a state media commentary laden with insults...

China could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party. The...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Congolese warlord, Bosco ‘The Terminator’ Ntaganda to 30 years in jail after he was convicted of crimes including murder, rape and sexual...

The United States Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland on Wednesday revised his evidence to investigators and admitted he knew about the administration’s alleged quid pro quo with Ukraine. Sondland...

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that his government has captured the wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, shortly after the former Islamic State leader killed himself during a raid by United...

Former Russian president, Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that the world is in colossal danger and must destroy all nuclear weapons to save the planet and mankind. In an interview with the BBC, the ex-Soviet...

The Islamic State has finally confirmed the death of its erstwhile leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and announced Abu Ibrahim Hashemi al-Quraishi as his successor. Al-Quraishi was named in an audio message...

At least 70 people were killed and scores injured on Thursday as a massive fire broke out on a moving train after cooking gas stoves carried by some passengers exploded in Pakistan‘s Eastern Punjab...

The United States House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution to formally proceed with  impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. The vote which was the first formal test of support...

Facebook and Instagram are cracking down on emojis that are implicitly or indirectly related to sex and sexual connotations such as aubergines and peaches.  Through their updated Community Standards,...

Five indigenous guards were killed and six others injured in Colombia on Tuesday during an attack authorities blamed on a dissident insurgent group which refused to join the country’s peace accord. The...

Guinea-Bissau President, Jose Mario Vaz on Monday night dissolved the government led by Prime Minister Aristides Gomes in a presidential decree. The decree which has been rejected by Gomes was issued after...

The Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis on Sunday described the late 14-year-old Vivian Ogu as an example to all Christians around the world and Nigeria in particular. Represented by Archbishop Guampetno Dal...

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has swiftly appointed Abdullah Qardash as its new leader following the death of the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi who was killed in a United States...