A court in Zambia on Thursday sentenced the son of former President Frederick Chiluba to eight months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a mobile phone. Frederick Chiluba Jr. was found guilty...

North Korea has threatened to cancel the much anticipated summit between its leader, Kim Jong-Un and President Donald Trump of the United States over Washington’s insistence that Pyongyang unilaterally...

United States First Lady, Melania Trump on Monday underwent kidney surgery at Walter Reed National Military Centre near Washington DC. According to a statement released by her office and signed by Stephanie...

Israel prepared a series of festivities to celebrate the opening of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem despite Palestinian protests, raising fears of a further outbreak of violence. After marking...

An Indonesian family of five on Monday detonated explosives outside the police headquarters in Surabaya, a day after members of another family carried out coordinated suicide bombings on three churches...

Malaysians on Thursday elected 92-year-old opposition politician, Mahathir Mohammad to lead them. Mohammad defeated his one-time protégé and incumbent Prime Minister, Najib Razak. Razak’s defeat was...

The United States President, Donald Trump on Thursday revealed that five most wanted leaders of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) have been captured in Iraq. In a tweet released on Thursday,...

The Gambia is selling several airplanes and a fleet of luxury cars belonging to former President Yahya Jammeh as it seeks to reduce crippling debts incurred during his decades-long authoritarian rule. Jammeh,...

United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran which he described as “decaying and rotten” and an embarrassment to him as...

Russian President, Vladmir Putin has been sworn in for another six years, two months after more than 70 percent of voters backed him in a presidential election in which he had no serious challenger. Standing...

A weather reconnaissance airplane used by the United States military has crashed on a highway in Georgia, killing five persons, with another four still unaccounted for. US officials say the crash of the...

The United States President, Donald Trump has that his administration will not tolerate the incessant killing and attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria by suspected herdsmen and armed bandits. ...

North Korean Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-Un has pledged a new era in relations with his South Korean neighbours as he, this Friday, became the first North Korean leader to set foot on South Korean soil since...

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Bray says the African continent would never experience stability and prosperity if Nigeria fails. Speaking at the official launch of “Know Your Rights Nigeria”...

Egypt’s military court on Tuesday convicted former Chief of the nation’s anti-graft agency, Hesham Genena for insulting the Armed Forces and sentenced him to five years in prison. Genena was arrested...

Former United States President, George Herbert Walker Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for a blood infection, two days after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara. According to Jim McGrath,...

An Indonesian court sitting in Jakarta, the country’s capital on Tuesday jailed Setya Novanto, a former speaker of the country’s parliament for 15 years for causing the state losses of around $170...

After 10 years in office, Cuban President, Raul Castro has stepped down as the country’s president. Miguez Diaz-Canel has been elected by the country’s one-party parliament as his successor. The shift...

Former United States First Lady, Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92, triggering an outpouring of praise for the matriarch of a Republican family that was once at the apex of American politics. Hailed...

In what can be seen as a massive purge of the country’s judiciary, Democratic Republic of Congo President, Joseph Kabila on Tuesday sacked more than 200 magistrates. The 256 affected magistrates were...