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Canada indefinitely suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness only

Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a...

Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86

Bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died at the age of 86. Archer sold more than 300 million books in his five-decade writing...

Oil prices rise as storms and air strikes threaten supply

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as the market weighed supply constraints from a storm heading for US oil-producing regions and attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed...

Ghana, India sign MoUs to deepen cooperation in agriculture, healthcare, railways and ICT

Ghana and India have signed several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening cooperation in key sectors including agriculture, healthcare, railway development, zoological studies...

Ghana, Egypt deepen cooperation in defence, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure

President John Dramani Mahama and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have agreed to deepen cooperation between Ghana and Egypt in defence, pharmaceuticals, trade and...

All six passengers presumed dead after plane went missing off US coast

Six people aboard a medical transport aircraft that went missing on Saturday while it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston are presumed dead, according...

Air ambulance vanishes after taking off from Bermuda for Boston

US authorities have found debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing with six people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC...

WhatsApp introduces optional parental controls for teenagers

WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls for teenagers as tech companies come under pressure to provide more age-appropriate experiences for children. The social messaging app's...

Flydubai flight diverted after pilot stabs colleague, attempts to crash plane

The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv in Israel tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then...

Former American Idol contestant and pastor found guilty of murdering wife

A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on the TV talent competition American Idol has been found guilty of murdering his wife. Caleb Flynn,...

Eiffel Tower chief to quit after female staff replaced by men during religious visit

The chief executive of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down after a backlash over female staff being replaced by male...

New Yorker identified as Yaw Boahene, 57, killed after bag was caught in subway train doors

A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train, which then dragged him down. The...

Twelve women killed in one part of South Africa since July; here’s what we know so far

Police in South Africa have confirmed the discovery of the bodies of three more women in an area east of Johannesburg, bringing the total...

Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit

Apple has been ordered to pay $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in damages after a US jury found it had used another firm's tech without permission. Audio firm...

Ethiopia army vows restraint as fears of renewed civil war grow

Ethiopia’s federal military has said it is handling rising tensions in the country’s north with restraint, as fears grow that Ethiopia could be heading...

Internet restricted after fighting breaks out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray following the outbreak of fighting this week between regional forces and...

Jay-Z rape accuser says her allegation was false

A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally said her allegation was untrue. The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit...

Ghana to reopen Mission in Ireland

Ghana is taking steps to restore its diplomatic presence in Ireland as part of efforts to deepen bilateral relations and strengthen engagement with the...

Nigeria, US sign agreement to boost mining investment

Nigeria and the United States have signed a framework agreement aimed at deepening US investment in the West African country's mining sector, Nigeria's solid...

Iran’s president says it is up to US to choose if it wants to end Iran war

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ​said it was up to the United States to ‌choose when the Iran war will end, when asked if the...

Hundreds of thousands expected in Paris for Pope’s visit

Pope Leo XIV embarks on a four-day visit to France on Friday, with the highpoint being a giant Mass attended by more than half...

IVF drama: Couple claims clinic used wrong sperm after DNA test shows husband is not biological father

A Florida couple has sued a fertility clinic after a DNA test revealed that the husband is not the biological father of their daughter,...

Judge blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restored

A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for ‌journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying...

Ghanaian Professor Kofi Akamani shot dead in US; wife arrested

A Ghanaian academic based in the United States, Dr Kofi Akamani, has been shot dead in Illinois, where he worked as a lecturer at...

EU announces plan to restrict social media access for under-15s

The EU has announced plans to restrict social media access for under-15s across its member states in a bid to increase wellbeing and tackle...

British woman rescued in Malawi shootout that left four suspected kidnappers dead

A British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi nearly a week ago has been rescued in a police operation that left four suspected kidnappers...

BOST cuts fuel exports to Burkina Faso and Mali to protect local supply

Ghana's state-owned fuel distributor BOST Energies has cut diesel and ‌gasoline exports to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali since August, prioritising domestic demand, Managing...

Oil prices extend losses as fears of Middle East supply disruptions ease

Oil prices fell in early trade on Thursday, extending the previous day's losses, as reports that Saudi Arabia is offering extra crude cargoes through...

US limits visas for South African officials over alleged anti-white discrimination

The US has announced visa restrictions targeting people it accuses of discriminating against South Africa's white minority, in the latest escalation of tensions between...

Russian drones hit Ukrainian bus and train, killing five, officials say

Russian drones struck a passenger bus and ​a train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing five people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow pressed on...

US borrowing costs hit highest level since 2007

US government borrowing costs climbed to their highest level since 2007 after a jump in oil prices further fuelled inflation concerns. The effective interest rate...

Oil falls as US crude inventories rise despite Saudi supply concerns

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an unexpected build in U.S. crude inventories, while investors assessed supply risks after Saudi Arabia suspended ​oil loadings...

Donald Trump Jr and Bettina Trump say Putin ally paid for some wedding festivities as a ‘gift’

Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Bettina Trump, confirmed that their May wedding was paid for in part by an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. A...

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s plan to restrict mail-in ballots

The US Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's plan to restrict voting by mail before November's midterm elections, in a setback for the White...

China tightens travel restrictions for citizens

New rules governing travel to and from China have come into effect, a move that observers say will further tighten the government's control over...

Dangote launches Africa’s largest share sale, targets up to $2.1bn from refinery IPO

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has launched Africa's largest ever share sale, offering a stake in his oil refinery to the general public in a...

Oil prices jump more than 2% after new strikes on Saudi, Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Monday, after new Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded...

Indonesia rescuers battle turbulent seas in search for 129 people after passenger ship capsizes

Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the ​coast guard and the navy raced on Monday to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java...

Highest paid world leader to get salary increase of $1 million

Singapore's government says it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including its prime minister who is the highest paid political leader in...

Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists

Police in Turkey have detained 47 people in a series of raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ+ activists, officials say. Raids took...