Prosecutors are investigating whether Belgian banks paid out interest and dividends on accounts frozen under UN sanctions in 2011 after the ouster of the...
Infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia.
The 89-year-old was discovered unresponsive at the...
A German former nurse on Tuesday admitted murdering 100 patients, making him one of the country's deadliest post-war serial killers.
Niels Hoegel, 41, confessed to...
The Pentagon is sending over 5,200 troops to the border with Mexico as thousands of Central American migrants head north through Mexico.
General Terrence O'Shaughnessy...
Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has fronted a controversial proposal that seeks to have the central government deduct 10% from people’s monthly salary and...
An early-morning Lion Air flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang crashed just 13 minutes after taking off with 189 people on board.
Authorities say there...
At least nine people were injured when a 30-year-old woman blew herself up in the centre of Tunisia's capital, Tunis, the interior ministry says.
Describing...
A 39-year-old woman stormed a kindergarten in China and attacked children, leaving at least 14 injured, with many in critical condition.
The woman, identified only by...
The Palestine Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Abdulfatah A.K. Alsattari says Ghana has a stronger educational system compared to that of his country.
According to him,...
South Africa's newly appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has promised additional funds to ensure female students have access to sanitary pads.
There have been growing...
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered to several high-profile...
US President Donald Trump has called Saudi Arabia's response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi "the worst cover-up ever".
He added that whoever organised...
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned days in advance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told MPs from his ruling party.
He said...
Saudi Arabia says that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, blaming a "rogue operation" for a killing that has sparked an international outcry.
Foreign Minister Adel...
Barely two days after becoming the first industrialised nation to legalise marijuana, Canadian stores are already running low on stock.
According to the Daily Mail,...
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia's former deputy prime minister, appeared in court in Kuala Lumpur on Friday charged with 45 counts of corruption, the latest...
An Australian woman has been charged for allegedly gaining A$55,000 (£30,000) from a fundraising website after faking a cancer diagnosis.
Lucy Wieland, 27, used social...
An Ohio woman has been arrested and returned to Pennsylvania to face charges after she created pornographic images of her 3-year-old daughter.
Pennsylvania Attorney General...
Major companies registered for a business conference in Saudi Arabia next week still plan to attend, despite growing pressure for a boycott.
Senior executives from...
The US has asked Turkey for a recording said to provide strong evidence that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at Istanbul's Saudi consulate.
"We...
A court in South Africa has found two South African white farmers guilty of killing 16-year-old black boy Matlhomola Moshoeu in 2017.
Judge Ronald Hendricks...
Police are investigating reports that a US schoolgirl gave cookies containing her grandmother's ashes to classmates.
She reportedly handed the baked goods to fellow students...
That's the conclusion of the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book was published on Tuesday.
The book, which was completed by his family after...
