An 87-year-old man from Busia, Kenya has bought a new coffin for his "future" burial ceremony.
The man, identified as Aloise Otieng' Ng'ombe, is said...
The UK has announced its newest wave of sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including his cousin.
The Foreign Office said Anna Tsivileva, Putin's cousin...
Japan is sweltering under the hottest day yet of its worst heatwave for almost 150 years.
The blistering heat has drawn official warnings of a looming...
The moment a Russian missile struck a shopping centre in Ukraine was caught on CCTV.
The attack on Amstor mall in the city of Kremenchuk on Monday left at...
Germany has agreed to return a sacred statue stolen from Cameroon at the beginning of the last century.
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which manages...
The story of the "greatest ever" bodybuilder whose strength "wasn't human" has been making waves on Netflix.
Ronnie "The King" Coleman was classed as the person...
This is the moment a Russian helicopter falls to its death after being struck by a Ukrainian missile.
While the video does not show immediate damage to aircraft, Ukrainian defences...
A three-member delegation from LONANI Loterie Nationale du Niger, led by their Director Générale, Monsieur Abdel Kamel Angoh, has paid a full day working visit...
Police in India have arrested the co-founder of a fact-checking website who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
Mohammed Zubair...
An obese retired Russian general has been shipped to the frontlines in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin runs low on senior officers.
The "second rate" 20 stone commander is understood...
New footage has shown Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu visiting the frontlines in Ukraine for the first time.
Shoigu, 67, made his first visit to an undisclosed Ukrainian location...
Nigeria’s highest-ranking judicial officer Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned from his position.
Multiple local reports say Mr Muhammad, Nigeria’s Chief Justice, resigned on the grounds...
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has been chosen as the running mate to Tonte Ibraye, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Rivers...
Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling on Friday removed American women’s constitutional right to abortion.
About half of...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced Ghana has set up a consortium for Covid-19 vaccines to be produced by German manufacturing giant, BioNTech.
This, he said...
Twenty-nine wedding guests abducted nearly two weeks ago in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have been freed.
They were kidnapped by gunmen who ambushed...
Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, as another major brand is pulling its business from the country.
Nike has announced that it’s making a full...
Dramatic footage has emerged showing the moment unconscious US synchronised swimmer Anita Alvarez was dragged out of a pool in Budapest after fainting in...
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the northern Tigray region, has denied claims by the Ethiopian government that it was preventing aircraft...
Nigerian police have rescued a 16-year-old boy whose eyes were gouged out in the northern state of Bauchi.
In a statement, a police spokesperson, Ahmed...
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has acquitted President Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff of charges of corruption, according to his...
Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced.
"Today marks a crucial step on...
US government lawyers threatened to quit en masse as then-President Donald Trump hounded them almost daily to help overturn his 2020 election defeat, a...
