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Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from China app store over national security concerns

Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog which cited national security...

Legendary Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher’s watch collection is going on sale

Eight of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s luxury and personalized watches are going up for auction – and they could sell for more than $4.8 million in total. The...

Ghana nears agreement on debt restructuring with bilateral creditors

Finance Minister Dr Mohammed Amin Adam has revealed that the bilateral creditors through the Official Creditor Committee have shared the draft document on Ghana’s...

Two arrested in connection with murder of US National in Central Region

The Ghana Police Service has made a breakthrough in the investigation into the death of a United States national in Nyinasen near Cape Coast,...

US increases visa application fees for foreign artistes

Performing in the U.S. for international artists just got a lot more complicated. On April 1, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services instituted a 250...

Man who sets himself on fire near courthouse where Trump is on trial dies

A man who set himself on fire outside the Manhattan court where former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial is being held has died. Maxwell...

Man sets himself on fire near courthouse where Trump is on trial

A man set himself on fire on Friday afternoon near the Lower Manhattan courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the criminal trial of...

Rihanna says fashion has helped her personal ‘rediscovery’ after having children

Rihanna has told the BBC that being able to wear fashionable clothes in public again after having two children has led to a personal...

South Africa bursary scandal suspects granted bail

Three men accused of defrauding a bursary scheme for university students in South Africa have been granted bail. The trio were arrested less than a...

Extortion and kidnap – a deadly journey across Mexico into the US

The influx of migrants across the southern US border has become a critical factor in the US presidential election. But what is little known...

Oil price rises as US says Israel has struck Iran

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 helicopter crash kills country’s military chief

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 –...

Man arrested in Poland over alleged Russia plot to kill Zelensky

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,...

Rihanna: ‘I refused to buy maternity clothes’

Rihanna has told the BBC she has enjoyed rewriting the rules for fashion as a mum, saying she "refused to buy maternity clothes". "I approached...

Israel launches revenge attack on Iran

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 pushes for $56bn pay deal for Elon Musk

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)...

Billionaire declared dead in 2018 found living with his ‘side chick’

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...

Woman arrested for taking corpse to bank to sign documents

A woman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch and tried to get him to sign for a loan, but...

Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people typed ‘Jerusalem’

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,...

Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies says IMF

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...

MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009

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...

Houses, airport flooded as heavy rainfall hits Dubai

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...

First product of Meghan’s lifestyle brand revealed

A first glimpse of the new business venture from the Duchess of Sussex has been teased on social media, with pictures of a jar...

How events unfolded after fatal shooting on film set

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on the set of the Western film Rust in New Mexico in 2021, after a gun held by Hollywood actor,...

ECOWAS sends fact-finding mission to Togo ahead of elections

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...

Women accused of booing Zimbabwe’s First Lady freed

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...

Manhunt as ‘dangerous’ suspects escape cell

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 MP participates in Global Parliamentary Forum

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...

Donald Trump’s hush money trial begins

Donald Trump makes history as he becomes the first former US president to face criminal trial as he appears in New York court. The Republican...

Bishop stabbed during sermon

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...

Tanzania floods kill nearly 60 in two weeks

Nearly 60 people have died since the start of April in heavy rains and flooding that has hit several parts of Tanzania, the government...

Israel says it will respond to Iran attack ‘when time is right’

Israel is weighing possible responses to Iran's attack with hundreds of drones and missiles, amid growing calls for restraint to avert a wider war....

World’s oldest conjoined twins die at 62

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 vs Israel: What to know about the massive attack

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...

Chibok girls feel let down 10 years after Nigeria kidnapping

We had to meet Lisu in secret as she says the local Nigerian authorities are trying to prevent her from talking to journalists. She was...

Sudan civil war: The children living between starvation and death in Darfur

The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people living in camps for those forced to...

Iran fires drones and ballistic missiles at Israel in revenge 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...

Israel says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks

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...

Police arrest 1,346 suspected kidnappers, rapists in five weeks

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,...

Joe Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’

US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later", as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike...