The Senate of the US state of Alabama on Tuesday passed a near-total ban on abortion, sending what would be the nation’s most stringent abortion law to the state’s Republican governor, Kay Ivey for...

The Police in St. Louis, Missouri, USA say five people, including three who die were shot on Monday night in a home on the city’s north side. They say the shooting happened just before 9 pm  in a house...

  United States President, Donald Trump has said he expects to have a fruitful meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping next month in Japan amid escalating trade conflict between the world’s...

In India’s biggest ever narcotics seizure, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested two Nigerian nationals and recovered 1,818 kg of pseudoephedrine from a house in Greater Noida. A man identified...

  An American man wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for multiple incidents of sexual assault involving minor girls between September 1995 and April 1996 has finally surrendered...

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has won  the general elections held this week in that country but with a reduced majority. The ANC which has been in power since 1994, secured 58%...

The African National Congress (ANC), the party which has been in power in South Africa since 1994 has taken an early lead in Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in the country. According to early official...

South Africans have gone to the polls in national elections in which the ruling African National Congress (ANC), in power since 1994 remains the favourite to win despite corruption scandals, sluggish...

 United States President, Donald Trump on Monday at the White House gave the country’s greatest award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods for his relentless will to win. The honour  came...

Britain’s Prince Harry earlier today announced that his African-American wife, Meghan has birthed their first child, a boy. He said Meghan and the baby were doing “incredibly well”, adding...

The African Union (AU) has given Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) a further two months to hand over power to a civilian-led transition team. The latest ultimatum which was issued on Tuesday...

In retaliation to President Donald Trump’s decision to declare the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation, the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday signed...

Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido on Tuesday took the unusual step in his attempt to actualize his ambition of ruling the oil-rich country by taking to the streets with his supporters and calling...

  United States President, Donald Trump is considering designating the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). “The president has...

Japan’s Emperor, Akihito on Tuesday morning declared his abdication in a historic ceremony held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the country’s capital. Speaking at a brief ceremony in the state room...

Ten Nigerians are among 13 foreign nationals arrested by the police in Sri Lanka for violating the country’s immigration laws during their stay. A statement issued by the Sri Lankan Police on Monday...

The United Nations (UN) has granted the governments of Mozambique and the Comoros Islands $13 million in emergency funds to help provide food and water and repair damage to infrastructure after Cyclone...

The founder of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Abassi Madani was buried on Saturday in Algiers in front of thousands of supporters after his death in Qatar where he had long lived in...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Thursday welcomed his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un in the city of Vladivostok. Some analysts believe that Putin’s meeting with Kim is something of a coup,...

A telegraph dubbed ‘Hitler’s Suicide Note’ which apparently contains a defiant final message from the Nazi leader is expected to fetch up to £70,000 (about ₦32,620,000) at an auction. The historic...