Oil and gold prices have jumped after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose by 1.8% to...
Kenya’s military chief, General Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, the president said.
Ogolla –...
A Polish man has been arrested and charged with planning to co-operate with Russian intelligence services to aid a possible assassination of Volodymyr Zelensky,...
Israel has retaliated against Iran with reports of explosions heard and airspace closed around the city of Isfahan.
Horrifying photos show the plumes of smoke rising into the air following...
Tesla is again seeking to award boss Elon Musk the biggest pay deal in corporate American history, worth $56bn (£44.9bn).
The electrical vehicle (EV)...
A German billionaire who vanished under mysterious circumstances under Switzerland's iconic Matterhorn peak six years ago is suspected to be living with a Russian mistress in...
Apple has fixed a bug that suggested the Palestinian flag emoji when some users searched for the word “Jerusalem” in the emoji keyboard.
On Tuesday,...
An influential global body has forecast Russia's economy will grow faster than all of the world's advanced economies, including the US, this year.
The International...
Members of Parliament have backed a plan to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, effectively ensuring it will become law.
The measures, championed...
Heavy rain has battered some Gulf states, causing flash flooding across the region and leading to flights to the world's busiest international airport being...
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, has approved the deployment of a Fact-Finding Mission to Togo ahead of the legislative and...
Nine women who had been arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly booing the first lady have had the charges dropped, local media report.
They were withdrawn...
Police in Namibia have launched a massive manhunt for 11 prisoners who escaped from a police cell in north-eastern Zambezi region, state media reported.
The...
Afigya Kwabre North Member of Parliament (MP) Collins Adomako-Mensah is in Washington DC to attend the 2024 Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF).
Co-organised by the...
A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report.
The incident reportedly...
The world’s oldest conjoined twins have died at the age of 62.
Lori and George Schappell passed away at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having...
Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones toward Israel late Saturday as regional tensions continued to mount over the war in Gaza.
President Biden condemned the attack...
Iran launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel late Saturday in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East ever closer...
Iran has launched aerial drones at Israel, appearing to mark a widely anticipated reprisal attack.
Israeli TV said the salvo was expected to reach Israel...
The Nigeria Police Force on Friday, April 12, said they have arrested 1,3436 suspects for various offences, including murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, gun running,...
Manuel Rocha, the former US ambassador to Bolivia who acted as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal...
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal prints on leather and textiles, has died aged 83.
The fashion house that bears his name...
Ugandan female members of parliament have asked for an in-house salon to be opened at parliament to boost their participation.
Recently the parliament got its...
OJ Simpson, the former American football star turned actor who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76.
San Francisco-born Orenthal James Simpson...
The Johannesburg High Court has postponed the hearing of a bid by South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma to privately prosecute current leader Cyril...
Nigeria's drug regulator has recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson children's cough syrup after tests showed it contained "an unacceptable high level" of...
