At least 85 persons have been killed and as many as 400 others injured after a massive explosion rocked the diplomatic area of Kabul, the Afghan capital. Although the target of the deadly attack...

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday said the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reported three cases of the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu among...

  United States Senator, John McCain has said that Russian President, Vladmir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the Islamic State in Iran and Syria (ISIS). Senator McCain, who is the...

As the contest to replace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as Liberia’s President gathers momentum, a woman with little political experience is jostling to become the fourth elected female head of state in Africa. 40-year...

A United States congressional candidate in the state of Montana, Greg Gianforte has been charged by law enforcement after “body slamming” a reporter to the ground and breaking his eye-glasses at a...

United States president, Donald Trump has said that he would not forget the message he received from Pope Francis after their meeting at the Vatican in the early hours of Wednesday. Trump’s meeting...

  The Queen of England, Elizabeth II has expressed utter shock at the Manchester bombing of last night which killed 22 people and injured 59 others. In a personally signed statement today, she said: “The...

Twenty-two people have died and 59 others injured in a gruesome terror attack in the city of Manchester, United Kingdom last night. The attack took place in a packed Manchester Arena where some 20,000...

The Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has reiterated his support for the candidature of Ethiopian public health analyst, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to lead the World Health Organization. In...

At least 17 persons have been reportedly killed and 31 others critically injured after a bus plunged down from above 90 metres off a mountainous roadside in southern Mexico. According to emergency services...

Members of a Christian sect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Bundu dia Kongo, on Wednesday morning, attacked a prison in Kinshasa, the country’s capital, freeing their leader along with 50...

Ghana’s Education Service has banned female teachers in the country from wearing trousers to school except during sporting activities. The directive was contained in an internal memorandum released...

Just minutes after Cote’Ivoire’s Defence Minister, Alain-Richard Donwahi announced on state-owned television that an agreement has been reached to end the on-going unrest in the country, renegade...

  Seventeen inmates from the Buimo Prison in the city of Lae in Papua New Guinea have been killed during a mass prison break on Friday. According to Lae Metropolitan Police, apart from the 17 prisoners...

  North Korea has warned that the new stringent sanctions the United States has placed on the country would only spur her to develop nuclear weapons. The warning was contained in a rare letter of...

  Controversy has continued to trail the recent sacking of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Chief, James Comey, by US President, Donald Trump. Trump, who accused Comey of being a “showboat...

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, appointed Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, to preside over the 81st Plenary of the 193-member...

Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has said that his country is one of the most developed countries on the continent, second only to South Africa. He made the statement on Tuesday during a plenary...

Much to the relief of the European Union, the Centrist’s Party candidate, 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron has been declared winner of Sunday’s presidential elections in France. Macron, who has a business-friendly...

Two people have been reportedly hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a shooting near the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach on Sunday. Although Miami Police has not released details about the suspect...