Awka, Nigeria: A gubernatorial poll in Nigeria's Anambra state passed off largely without incident, despite fears of violence after pro-Biafran separatists called for...
Awka, Nigeria: A gubernatorial poll in Nigeria's Anambra state passed off largely without incident, despite fears of violence after pro-Biafran separatists called for...
Tokyo: Japan's "Twitter killer", who is suspected of murdering and dismembering nine people he met on social media, was charged with his first...
Bangkok: Thailand on Monday posted its fastest quarter of economic growth in three years of junta rule, a boost for a country that...
Paris, Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died at the age of 49 after suffering from cancer, the WTA said on Monday. Novotna,...
Berlin: Germany's veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel has survived multiple crises and outlasted a string of world leaders but now faces a battle for...
ZURICH: A United States consular office in the Swiss financial capital Zurich was evacuated on Monday when staff found a suspicious package in...
Mumbai, An Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet...
Mosul, Iraq, About 300 wives and children of foreign jihadists captured in Mosul have been transferred from northern Iraq to Baghdad "for expulsion...
Bogota: At least 14 people were killed and 35 injured when the bus they were traveling in plunged down a ravine in rural...
Washington, Lashing out at the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players freed earlier this month after being arrested in China...
NAYPYITAW: China has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire in Myanmar's Rakhine State so that refugees...
Los Angeles: Charles Manson, the psychopathic guru who masterminded a savage killing spree in the United States that shocked the world, has died...
Moscow, The Foreign Ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey met in the Turkish city of Antalya to discuss the preparations for a Syrian...
HARARE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has until noon (1000 GMT) on Monday to stand down or the ruling ZANU-PF will begin impeachment proceedings...
Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel was left battling for political survival Monday after high-stakes talks to form a new government collapsed, plunging Germany into...
Sydney: A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Monday off the coast of New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific Ocean, the US Geological...
Paris: France will be the first to welcome African refugees evacuated from Libya to NIger by the United Nations refugee agency, French officials...
Tripoli: Libya will investigate alleged slave trading in the country, the internationally recognised government announced Sunday, following the release of video footage appearing...
