In what is seen as a rare admission that it used to have such ties in the first place, the Sudanese government on Wednesday announced that it has cut all defence ties with North Korea. The announcement...

The Austrian government on Friday said it would expel several foreign-funded imams and shut down seven mosques in a crackdown In what it described as ‘political Islam’. Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian...

Proceedings in the corruption case initiated against former South African President, Jacob Zuma who was ousted by his own party, the African National Congress (ANC) in February, has been postponed to...

Malawi’s Vice President, Saulos Chilima on Wednesday publicly accused the country’s president, Peter Mutharika of presiding over a government that was riddled with corruption as he announced his resignation...

A Protestant pastor performing a mass lakeside baptism has been attacked and killed by a crocodile in Ethiopia. Docho Eshete and about 80 members of his congregation had gathered at the southern end of...

Jerry Maren, the last surviving member of the group of actors who played munchkins in the classic 1939 film, ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ has died at the age of 99. Boasting of an entertainment career that...

Nigeria has condoled with the government and people of the Republic of Guatemala over the Fuego volcanic eruption tragedy in the country. The Non-Resident Ambassador of Nigeria to the Republic of Guatemala,...

A light aircraft which was flying with ten people on board from Kitale town in western Kenya to Nairobi, the country’s capital went missing on Tuesday. Confirming the incident, the Kenya Civil Aviation...

The United States says it is actively preparing for the much anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-Un scheduled to hold by 9 am on June 12 in Singapore. According...

The number of illegal immigrants killed after their boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia on Sunday has risen to 48. Tunisia’s interior ministry reportedly received a distress call at...

Former United States President, Bill Clinton has said that the American press treated the immediate past president of the country, Barack Obama differently from other presidents. Clinton, who was president...

Madagascar’s Prime Minister, Olivier Mahafaly on Monday announced his resignation from office to comply with a court ruling that issued a seven-day ultimatum for the formation of a new consensus...

An off-duty Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent on Saturday accidentally shot a man while dancing and doing a back-flip in front of a crowd in a Denver bar. The agent’s stunt went horribly...

At least 25 persons have been reportedly killed after Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ erupted on Sunday, spewing lava into a village and sending smoke and ash billowing into the sky. Witnesses...

Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy was this Friday  ousted by the country’s parliament in a vote of no confidence following a corruption scandal. The vote of no confidence came after 29 former...

Madagascar’s Defence Minister, General Beni Xavier Rasolofonirina on Thursday threatened to deploy security forces if the government and opposition failed to resolve a crisis sparked by controversial...

Tuesday’s storms and lightning across a swathe of northern India have killed at least 47 people, the latest deaths from freak weather that has battered the Asian country since the beginning of this...

Ten persons including children have been beheaded in a village in northern Mozambique in a weekend attack that has been blamed on suspected Islamists. Local media sources said the pre-dawn attack on Sunday...

United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Monday threatened to impose the ‘strongest sanctions in history’ against Iran if it did not accept a sweeping series of US demands, including effectively...

Former Zimbabwe president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe has yet again snubbed the country’s parliament in respect of summons for him to appear before a committee investigating the country’s diamond revenue. The...