German Chancellor, Angela Merkel will hands off the leadership of her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Friday after nearly two decades at the helm. The race to determine who succeeds the...

The New York offices of the Cable News Network (CNN) were evacuated Thursday night after a bomb threat. Although no explosive was eventually found, the roughly 90 minute drama was a rehash  of a similar...

Environmental scientists around the world are unhappy that after several years of campaign and awareness creation, global emission of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced its largest jump in seven...

Five United States marines have been declared missing after a marine refuelling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after a midair collision on Thursday...

Burundi’s government has  asked the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to close down its office in the country’s capital, Bujumbura within two months. According to a senior official of the...

Washington DC, the United States capital on Wednesday bid its final farewell to the country’s late former President, George Herbert Walker Bush in a service of prayer and praise that drew high profile...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said his country will commence the development of missiles banned under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty if the United States pulls out...

Omar Abdulaziz, a friend of murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi has sued an Israeli software company he believes helped the Saudi government to intercept messages sent to him from people criticizing Mohammed...

Qatar has announced its decision to withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad al-Kaabi told a news conference that Qatar, which...

Surprised but excited Mexicans filed into the opulent residence of their presidents on Saturday when the new government threw open its doors to the public in a highly symbolic moment. Before leftist President...

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday said in the hours leading up to journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal killing, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman sent at least 11 messages to the hit...

World War II and former United States President, George Herbert Walker Bush has died at the age of 94. According to a statement released by his family on Friday night, Bush, who was elected the 41st President...

Congolese authorities have confirmed that the security threat against the United States government facilities that has kept its embassy in the country closed all week was real and serious. The US embassy...

A massive Australian cow named Knickers has been spared the slaughterhouse and the dinner table due to its sheer size. The behemoth bovine hails from a farm in the town of Myalup in Western Australia...

More than 140 pilot whales have reportedly died on a remote beach in Mason Bay on Stewart Island, New Zealand, the latest in a recent string of whale strandings and deaths in the country. On Saturday night,...

At least 29 people have been confirmed dead after a cruise boat carrying party revelers capsized on Lake Victoria. According to the Ugandan Police, the vessel was carrying close to 100 people when it sank...

Three suicide bombers on Friday morning attacked the Chinese consulate in Pakistan‘s southern city of Karachi but were neutralized before entering the building. According to the city’s Police chief,...

A Moroccan woman has allegedly killed her boyfriend and used his remains to cook a traditional dish which she served to construction workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to Police authorities...

A United States judge on Monday temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump which barred asylum for immigrants who enter the country illegally from Mexico. The latest courtroom defeat for Trump...

Widespread outrage has continued to trail the auctioning of Nyalong Ngong Deng, a 17-year-old girl from South Sudan on Facebook. Human rights campaigners have expressed fears that the auction, which netted...