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...

At least five people have been killed in the Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian batters the region .This is even as authorities in the country have urged people to use flotation  devices and use hammers to...

The Lebanese Shia militant group, Hezbollah has fired several anti-tank rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for a reported Israeli drone attack in Beirut last week. Israeli military sources have...

The German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun where the first World War...

Pope Francis has been rescued by firefighters after he got stuck in an elevator in the Vatican City for 25 minutes, ahead of his weekly address on Sunday. Francis made the revelation shortly after apologizing...

Rare bats are being pampered with manicures so that scientists can count and ascertain their numbers. According to  the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Cuban greater funnel-eared bats, confined...