At least 400 prisoners on Sunday reportedly escaped from a jail in Tripoli, Libya‘s capital while fighting between rival armed groups raged  in a nearby town.  Fierce clashes erupted last week between...

Shots  fired by a yet to be identified person reportedly injured two people during a horse racing event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, United States on Sunday evening. According to...

At least eighteen persons have been confirmed dead after an Ethiopian military helicopter crashed in the country’s Oromiya region on Thursday. According to the state-affiliated Fana News Agency, fifteen...

French and British fishermen have clashed in the English Channel in an escalating battle over scallops although no one was injured during the incident. About 40 French boats tried to stop five larger...

One thing seemed to have caught the attention of most Kenyans when the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta recently met with the President of the United States, Donald Trump in a first of its kind,...

A two-foot tall robot called Keeko which bears a startling resemblance to Eve from the Pixar film ‘Wall-E’ is being used to teach young children in Chinese kindergarten schools.  Keeko moves around...

Emmerson Mnangagwa has begun a fresh five year term as president of Zimbabwe. Mnangagwa was sworn in on Sunday in the presence of thousands of cheering Zimbabweans. He took the oath before Chief Justice...

  A 24-year-old man identified as David Katz of Baltimore on Sunday fatally shot two people at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida before taking his own life. Police authorities said...

United States Republican Senator, John McCain has died on Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81. Senator McCain who faced down his captors in a Vietnamese prisoners of...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake which struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah on Sunday has killed at least two persons and wounded 241. According to the Tasnim News Agency, the majority of the casualties...

  Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto has responded to an opinion poll that ranked him the most corrupt politician in the country, describing it as fake news sponsored by his detractors. An...

A knife-wielding man on Thursday reportedly killed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes and seriously wounded a third person. According to the French Interior Ministry, the young man...

Local and international pressure is piling on the Ugandan government to release popular musician and legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine who has been detained by the country’s...

Kenya’s main opposition leader, Raila Odinga may contest in the country’s 2022 presidential election. According to a senior member of his party, Senator James Orengo, Odinga, who was at the center...

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to American President, Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to eight criminal counts. In his plea, Cohen admitted that he acted...

Amid a deepening row between the United States and Turkey, several gunshots were on Monday morning reportedly fired from a vehicle at the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Turkish Police authorities...

Former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan has died. He passed on Saturday at the age of 80 after a brief illness in Switzerland. According to his foundation and family, he died in a hospital...

  Incumbent Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected for a five-year term after winning 67.17 percent of the vote in the country’s presidential runoff election held on Sunday. According...

South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has stepped up efforts to crackdown on corruption in the country. The country’s Justice Minister, Michael Masutha on Tuesday revealed that the government...

Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi on Monday announced his support for a bill that will ensure that men and women have equal rights to inheritance. The draft inheritance equality bill has sparked controversy...