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"The truth is on our side and truth is strength!" Vladimir Putin boomed into a microphone on Red Square last week, after a grand...

An ex-policeman has killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in north-east...

The Mastercard Foundation celebrates the decennial anniversary of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.Launched in 2012, the program began as a $500 million initiative to...

South Sudan’s roads minister has apologised to the public for the bad condition of roads in the country as a study found that they...

The authorities in Zambia have charged a former health minister with corruption.Chitalu Chilufya is accused of conspiracy to defraud the state $17m (£15m) over...

Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traoré has assumed the presidency, following last week’s seizure of power by military officers.A statement read on national television...

A 21-year-old Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her sister to death after learning she had been flirting with...

The Moroccan government has issued 10 permits for farmers to legally grow cannabis for industry and export for the first time.Farmers in the northern...

The Ugandan President’s son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been dropped from his position as the commander of the country’s land forces.He was however promoted to...

The World Bank has expressed concern about the delayed policy interest rate hike by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) during the period of surging...

Former President John Mahama is in Virginia, USA to address the 500 CEO Summit organised by Liberty University, the largest Christian University in the...

A woman identified as a Republic Airways flight attendant was arrested Monday at Reagan National Airport after authorities said she took a passenger’s bracelet...

Twitter has agreed — once again — to Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for $54.20 a share.In a statement, Twitter confirmed it had received Musk’s...

The authorities in Liberia say they have seized $100m (£88m) worth of cocaine in a suburb of the capital Monrovia.The operation also involved officers...

Thirteen young women who were abducted by unknown people in Zambia have been rescued months after they disappeared.The women, aged between 17 and 28,...

Said to have been a shy but intelligent boy in school, Burkina Faso’s Capt Ibrahim Traoré has become the latest military officer to seize...

North Korea has fired a suspected intermediate range ballistic missile over part of northern Japan.It prompted a warning from the Japanese government for people...

Burkina Faso's military leader, who was ousted in a coup on Friday, has formally agreed to step down, religious and community leaders said.They said...

Just four months after the verdict was rendered, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial is set to be sensationalized even further with a new movie, and EW...

Hanan Erdidi’s husband has made a life-changing decision. The night before we meet in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, he told her he was leaving.Smugglers have...

The first portrait of King Charles III to appear on currency was unveiled on Friday as the Royal Mint marks the end of one...

A Ghanaian footballer based in the United States, Eugene Quaynor has died.The 23-year-old was involved in a car accident on Wednesday, September 28, 2022,...

A woman accused of murdering her former landlord with a hammer and stealing tens of thousands of dollars through forged checks from his savings...

Pop star Ed Sheeran has been ordered to stand trial in the US over claims he copied his hit song Thinking Out Loud from...

Meghan Markle wanted to be seen as a princess, which is likely why she and Prince Harry requested to reside at Windsor Castle after marrying.Prince...

Comedian Trevor Noah has announced he is standing down as host of The Daily Show.Noah said he was "filled with gratitude for the journey"...

New coins featuring the portrait of King Charles III have been revealed, with a 50p carrying his image entering general circulation within weeks.BBC News...

Mali's transitional authorities have received a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) for talks on the fate of 46 Ivorian...

A white supremacist who was plotting the genocide of black South Africans and a coup in the country has been jailed for life.Harry Knoesen,...

At least 19 people have been confirmed dead after drinking toxic alcohol at a roadside shop in Morocco’s northern city of Ksar el-Kebir.Dozens of...

Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, her death certificate has revealed.The document, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday, says the late...

A federal judge signalled, on Wednesday, that she plans to order disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly to pay more than $300,000 to one of his victims...

A female civil servant’s response to a schoolgirl’s request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India.The teenager made the request at a...

Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and...

Fatima Bio, the wife of Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, has said her husband holds a PhD degree in staging coups therefore nobody...

Colombian music star Shakira will stand trial in a Spanish court for allegations of tax fraud amounting to €14.5m (£12.9m).A Barcelona court has ordered...

Apple has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the technology conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte, from its App Store globally.In...

Police in India are searching for a teacher accused of beating a Dalit student to death over a spelling mistake, officers said amid violent...

Basketball's world governing body has launched an investigation after a fight broke out among Mali players at the Women's World Cup in Australia.One member...

The cypher of King Charles III has been revealed, showing an image to be used by government departments and on state documents and post...