A night fire in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital has killed at least nine people.  According to local media, patients from the private Badim Hospital in northern Rio de Janeiro were...

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted President Donald Trump’s administration to implement asylum restrictions which would prevent most Central American migrants from applying at...

Having settled disagreements with the Zimbabwean government over his final resting site, the family of the country’s former President, Robert Mugabe have announced that the late leader will be buried...

Front runners in the race to become the candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States presidential election clashed over healthcare at the party’s third debate on Thursday night.  The...

  A Middle East-bound cargo ship, The Golden Ray carrying about 4,200 Hyundai and Kia motor vehicles capsized and caught fire near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Brunswick in Georgia. A statement...

The President of the French National Assembly, Richard Ferrand who is a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron has been charged over a property deal from which he is suspected to have illegally profited.  According...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to prepare a ‘symmetrical response’ to a recent test of a cruise missile by the United States. A statement by the Kremlin...

United States warplanes have dropped 40 tonnes of explosives on an island in northern Iraq to wipe out a hideout believed to be occupied by members of the Islamic State (IS). F-15 and F-35 fighter jets...

South Africa’s Defence Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Monday said that planned xenophobic attacks against foreigners in the country cannot be prevented. Mapisa-Nqakula who stated this in an interview...

The Chinese government has warned Britain against sailing ships through disputed waters in the South China Sea, saying that such moves could force Beijing to respond militarily. Reacting to a suggestion...

The Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow on Tuesday announced that he will step down from the position before October 31. Announcing the decision, an emotional Bercow said he had been the...

Armed gunmen on Monday killed six members of a paramilitary police unit during an ambush in Djibo town in Soum Province in northern Burkina Faso. According to Burkinabe news site, Infowakat, at least...

The number of tourists visiting Hong Kong has fallen by almost 40% from where it was in August last year as anti-government protests continue in the city. This was disclosed in a blog post by Hong Kong’s...

The founding father of Zimbabwe who ruled the country with an iron fist for more than three decades, Robert Mugabe has died, according to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He was 95. “It is with the...

The British Parliament faced a second straight day of political turmoil on Wednesday as lawmakers fought Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to deliver Brexit in less than two months. Johnson was...

A truck driver has died and dozens more people have been injured after a passenger train collided with his vehicle at a rail crossing in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city on Thursday. The driver,...

The United Nations has said climate change and poor management practices were major threats to the world’s farmlands and food security. A major report released by the UN on Wednesday said deforestation...

The Police in New York say an 82-year-old burglar, Samuel Sabatino has stolen jewelry worth about $400,000 after successfully slipping past doormen to carry out his heists. The Police said Sabatino might...

US State Department on Wednesday confirmed that a senior United States official personally offered several millions of dollars to the Indian captain of the Iranian tanker suspected to be transporting oil...

Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced that she will formally withdraw the controversial extradition bill which has sparked months of protests in the city. She made the announcement...