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Off-duty US pilot who tried to crash plane midair will not serve prison time

A US pilot who tried to shut off a passenger plane's engines mid-flight will serve no additional prison time, a federal court has ruled. The...

Japan movie releases postponed in China after Taiwan row

The releases of at least two popular Japanese films have been postponed in China as the countries are locked in a dispute over Prime Minister...

Gazans say they paid $2,000 per seat for flight to South Africa

Gazans said they paid $2,000 per seat to fly their families to South Africa on a trip arranged by a group offering a way...

New international student enrolment drops 17% at US universities

The rate of new international students' enrolment at US universities dropped by 17% this autumn compared to previous years, research released on Monday indicates. The...

Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

Bangladesh's former prime minister has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on student-led protests which led to her ousting. Sheikh...

How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force

A crowd runs in panic along a dusty street. Shots ring out. A woman wearing a purple jacket carrying a stick falls to the...

Cardi B welcomes fourth child, her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs

US rap star Cardi B has welcomed her fourth child - her first with American footballer Stefon Diggs. The Grammy winner shared news of the...

Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files

US President Donald Trump has called on House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files, in a reversal from his previous position. "House Republicans...

Ghana–Spain Parliamentary Friendship Association deepens engagement with Spanish Embassy

The Ghana–Spain Parliamentary Friendship Association has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing bilateral cooperation following a courtesy call on the Spanish Ambassador, H.E. Ángel Lossada,...

Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently in UK

People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be...

Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit

US President Donald Trump has said he will take legal action against the BBC over how his speech was edited by Panorama, after the...

Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers

Germany's coalition government has agreed on a new military service plan to boost troop numbers following months of wrangling between political forces. The new military...

There’s no genocide in Nigeria, says AU chief after Trump military threats

There is no genocide in northern Nigeria, the African Union Commission chairperson said on Wednesday, rejecting accusations by U.S. President Donald Trump that "very large numbers"...

‘It’s their loss’: South African leader hits back at Trump’s decision to skip G20 summit

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says "boycott politics doesn't work" as he hit back at US President Donald Trump's decision to skip the G20...

Adele to make acting debut in new Tom Ford film Cry to Heaven

Adele is to swap music for acting when she makes her film debut in the next movie by former fashion designer Tom Ford. The singer...

Protesters break into COP30 venue in Brazil

Protesters carrying signs reading "our forests are not for sale" broke through security lines of the COP30 UN climate talks on Tuesday night in...

Two popular gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China

Apple has confirmed that it has removed two of China's most popular gay dating apps - Blued and Finka - from its app store...

Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalisation of same-sex marriage

The US Supreme Court has decided not to revisit its ruling a decade ago legalising same-sex marriage. The justices turned down an appeal from Kim...

Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn if it does not respond within days over speech edit error

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn. Our US partner NBC News has obtained the letter sent from the US president's lawyers...

Dozens of inmates found hanged in Ecuador prison

At least 31 inmates have been found dead in a prison in southern Ecuador, including 27 who had been hanged, officials say. Four prisoners were...

Gaddafi’s youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention

Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without...

False! Video claiming to show motor crash in Ghana is from Georgetown, Guyana

A video shared by X account CDR AFRICA shows a motor rider in Ghana being hit by a car after jumping a red light. VERDICT: False. The video is not...

US Senate passes deal aimed at ending government shutdown

A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a...

BBC Director General and News CEO resign over Trump documentary edit

The BBC's Director General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing...

Ghanaian gov’t-sponsored PhD students in UK face deportation over unpaid fees

Government-sponsored PhD candidates from Ghana studying in the United Kingdom say they are on the verge of expulsion and deportation over unpaid tuition fees...

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97. In one of the greatest breakthroughs...

Fifty-four people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school

Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. Fifty-four...

These 40 US airports may face flight cuts due to government shutdown

US officials plan to axe the number of flights at 40 of the country's busiest airports - potentially resulting in thousands of cancelled flights...

Busiest US airports to cut thousands of flights due to government shutdown

Air travel will be cut by up to 10% at 40 major airports, resulting in thousands of cancelled flights, in the coming days if...

Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders

Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved...

Are Christians being persecuted in Nigeria as Trump claims?

US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh threat to target Nigeria if the government "continues to allow the killing of Christians". In a video...

Nancy Pelosi announces retirement after decades in US Congress

Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, bringing an end to a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the...

Man arrested for groping Mexico president during public appearance

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Mobile phone footage of the...

Boeing settles with families of three 737 MAX crash victims

 Boeing has reached settlements in three lawsuits brought by the families of victims who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, the...

South Africa says it received distress calls from 17 citizens who joined mercenary forces fighting in Ukraine

South Africa's government said on Thursday that it had received distress calls from 17 citizens who had joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The...

Miss Universe contestants walk out after organiser berates Miss Mexico

Several contestants have walked out of a Miss Universe event after an official from the host nation, Thailand, publicly berated Miss Mexico in a...

Cruise ship that left woman to die on island boarded by investigators

Investigators have boarded an Australian cruise ship more than 10 days after the death of an elderly female passenger who was left behind on...

More than 85 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines

At least 85 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of strongest typhoons this year ripped through the...

At least nine killed after UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

At least nine people were killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday evening,...

At least 52 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines

At least 52 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the strongest typhoons this year ripped through...