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UN judge forced woman to work as slave, court told

A United Nations (UN) judge deceived a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while she studied at the...

Three critically injured after Delta Airlines Plane flips over on landing in Toronto

Three people are critically injured after a Delta Airlines plane flipped over on landing in Toronto on Monday. All 80 people on board the Delta...

World’s ‘first openly gay imam’ shot dead

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque...

Dozens killed in Mali illegal gold mine collapse

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in...

‘My wife fears sex, I fear death’ – impacts of the USAID freeze

Life for Mike Elvis Tusubira, a motorcycle taxi rider with HIV in Uganda, has been turned upside down since US President Donald Trump halted...

TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US

TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban on the...

50 countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO

Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas aid...

Trump offers Putin a way back in from the cold

A single phone call will not magically end the war in Ukraine. Talks may now get underway. Exactly when and how they will conclude isn't...

Terrifying moment phone explodes in woman’s pocket [Video]

A cellphone exploded in a woman's pocket inside a busy supermarket in a terrifying scene that was caught on video. Security camera footage showed the...

No more minting ‘wasteful’ pennies, Trump tells Treasury

The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, by US President...

Woman, 23, slumps and dies while dancing at sister’s wedding

A 23-year-old woman has died after suffering a heart attack while dancing at her sister's wedding in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha, officials said on Sunday. The...

China’s tit-for-tat tariffs on US take effect

China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates...

Trump signs order freezing aid to South Africa over land law

US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of human rights violations against white farmers, continuing a dispute that escalated this week as the...

Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records

A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury...

Trump says he is revoking Biden’s security clearance

US President Donald Trump has said he is revoking Joe Biden's security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings after his predecessor did the...

How Japan sparked Trump’s 40-year love affair with tariffs

When Donald Trump's fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the...

Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it ‘illegitimate’

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and...

US Army Major sentenced to 70 months for smuggling firearms to Ghana

A U.S. Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement...

USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday

Thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency says. A USAID statement...

Zayed Award for Human Fraternity announces 2025 honorees

The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity today announced its 2025 honorees: Prime Minister of Barbados and climate change champion The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley,...

Australia-Ghana partnership vital for solving Ghana’s food production challenges – Opoku-Agyemang

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice President of Ghana, has emphasized the need for stronger agricultural collaboration between Ghana and Australia to address food...

Trump to sign executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in...

US Immigration arrests Ghanaian convicted of sex crimes with minor

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Joseph Osei Boateng, a Ghanaian national convicted of sex crimes involving a minor, in Columbus, Ohio. ICE...

Major breast cancer screening AI trial to begin

Nearly 700,000 women are set to participate in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial in England. Five different AI platforms will be...

USAID officials put on leave as Elon Musk says time for agency to ‘die’

Elon Musk has declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “die” amid reports that two top security officials at the...

Ex-US Senator sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for bribery

Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges. Last July, a...

Dozens feared dead in midair collision between American Airlines Jet and Army Helicopter

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport...

20 killed; one survives in South Sudan plane crash

Only one person has survived a plane crash in South Sudan, which killed 20 oil workers who were on board, the government said. The plane,...

Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban

US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m). Trump sued the...

ECOWAS officially withdraws Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from body

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially acknowledged the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the regional body. A press...

Over 3,200 Ghanaians set to be deported from US following Trump’s new order

A report by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed that 3,228 Ghanaians are among over 1.4 million immigrants listed for deportation. The...

Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign

President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move...

Nigerian extradited to US for alleged sextortion

A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face prosecution over alleged sextortion of a minor, which led to the victim's death. Hassanbunhussein...

Several people feared dead in stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a...

Trump sacks justice department lawyers who prosecuted him

US President Donald Trump's administration has fired more than a dozen justice department lawyers who worked on two criminal cases against him. They were fired...

Notorious drug lord arrested after wife’s vacation photos expose location

A highly sought-after drug kingpin was captured when officials tracked his wife’s social media account and pinpointed his location during their lavish European vacation. Luis...

Mass arrests in nationwide US immigration crackdown

A nationwide immigration crackdown on Sunday resulted in the arrest of 956 people, the most since Donald Trump returned to power, according to Immigration...

Bill Gates calls his divorce the biggest regret of his life

Bill Gates is speaking candidly about his divorce from Melinda French Gates, calling it "the mistake I regret the most." In an interview with The Times of London published...

US freezes nearly all foreign aid, sparking global concern

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday...

Elephants are not people, US court rules

A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people. An animal rights group...