The International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague on Tuesday acquitted former Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo of war crimes and dismissed all the charges brought against him in connection to...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Sunday called for a recount of the votes from the December 30 presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The poll was widely believed...

At least 21 persons have been reportedly killed in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas as supremacy wars between the local Gulf Cartel and its chief rival, the Zetas intensifies. This is even as another confrontation...

The French and Belgian governments have expressed shock over Thursday’s declaration of opposition candidate, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo as the president-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo...

At least 32 members of Afghanistan’s  security forces and pro-government militias have been killed after the Taliban launched series of deadly attacks on security checkpoints in four provinces in...

World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday announced that he would step down from his position next month, more than three years before his current term is due to expire. The decision ends Kim’s...

  In a rare act of violence against children in Beijing, the Chinese capital, a man who has now been arrested, attacked pupils at a primary school on Tuesday. According to the Xicheng District government,...

Two soldiers who took part in Monday’s attempted coup in Gabon have been reportedly killed. According to a statement released by President Ali Bongo’s office, the rebel soldiers were shot dead after...

The Army in Gabon on Monday staged an apparent coup in the country, declaring that they were not satisfied with the leadership of President Ali Bongo who is currently in Morocco, recovering from a stroke. According...

The king of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V has stepped down amidst rumours that he had married a former Russian beauty queen, ending weeks of speculation about his future. Sunday’s announcement by royal...

France’s ‘yellow vest’ protestors on Saturday returned to the streets. This is even as government’s spokesman denounced those still protesting, describing them as hard-liners who only want to bring...

Thousands of residents in Thailand are seeking refuge as rains, winds and surging seawater buffet coastal villages and world-famous tourist resorts. This Friday, Tropical Storm Pabuk made a landfall on...

The Liberian government has slammed a private newspaper  over a report which alleged that President George Manneh Weah was involved in corruption. An official statement issued by the office of the Presidential...

China has developed a massive bomb said to be the country’s response to the United States-built ‘Mother of All Bombs’ which has been described as the most powerful non-nuclear weapon. According...

  The United States House of Representatives voted Nancy Pelosi as Speaker on Thursday. Pelosi, 78, starts her second tenure of leading the House after eight years of Republicans controlling the...

The United States and Israeli governments on the stroke of midnight on New Year day officially withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The withdrawal,...

United States President, Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the entire southern border with Mexico if his demand for more funding to build a wall was not met. Trump tweeted on Friday that if the...

An aid boat carrying more than 300 migrants rescued at sea has finally docked at the port of Algeciras in Spain after more than a week’s journey across the western Mediterranean. The Spanish boat which...

A 24-year-old man named Wong Ching Kit and popularly known as ‘Mr. Coin’ has been arrested for sparking agitations from passersby below after he tossed bank notes from the top of a skyscraper in Hong...

As the United States government enters its third day of partial shutdown, President Donald Trump on Monday said he was bored and feeling all left alone in the White House. Trump, who spent most of the...