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...

Madagascar will hold a second round of presidential elections on December 19 between two ex-presidents as neither of could secure an outright victory in the first round of votes conducted on November 7. According...

At least nine persons were injured after a hot-air balloon stuffed with fireworks exploded during the Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights  in Myanmar. A video filmed by a witness shows the balloon gently...

Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab on Thursday resigned his position, saying that he could not in good conscience, support the United Kingdom’s draft Brexit agreement with the European Union (EU). He...

A 1922 letter in which Albert Einstein expressed his fears over the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany, more than a decade before the Nazis took power, sold at an Israeli auction on Tuesday for $32,000. “Here...

Reports reaching People & Power suggest that an agreement has been reached between the European Union and UK negotiators on the highly contentious issue of Brexit. The deal is contained in a documented...

London-based global human rights organisation, Amnesty International on Monday stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour over the de facto Myanmar leader’s “indifference” to the...

A United States think tank on Monday said it had identified at least 13 of an estimated 20 undeclared missile operating bases inside North Korea. According to the report released by the Washington...

The death toll from the ravaging wildfire in the US state of California has risen to 31, making it the deadliest in the state’s history. As more than 8,000 firefighters battled three large wildfires...

A Dutchman, Emile Ratelband who is just months shy of his 70th birthday has launched a legal bid to slash 20 years off his age as he looks to enhance his prospects at work and in love. In an unprecedented...

The White House on Wednesday suspended the press pass of a CNN reporter, Jim Acosta for verbally sparring with President Donald Trump during a news conference in which the US president branded the journalist...

Workers at a Chinese home renovation company who failed to complete their tasks within the scheduled time have been reportedly forced to drink urine, eat cockroaches or get whipped with a belt. According...

Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar on Tuesday made history by winning their elections and becoming the first Muslim women to be elected to the United States Congress. Tlaib won...