Police in Nigeria say they are investigating a reported mass abduction in the capital Abuja.
Kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs are becoming increasingly common...
A top Chinese diplomat for Africa has condemned a racist video exposed by the BBC’s Africa Eye investigation.
The video showed black children in Malawi being...
Thousands of civilians are trapped in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk with essential supplies running out, the United Nations is warning.
Many of them are...
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have been seizing rainbow-coloured toys and children's clothing, which they claim encourage homosexuality, state TV says.
An Al-Ekhbariya report showed commerce ministry...
Microsoft is finally retiring the consumer version of Internet Explorer.
It announced the plan last year, with the release of Internet Explorer 11.
Internet Explorer debuted...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond...
Twenty-five people have been treated for burns in northern Switzerland after they walked across hot coals as part of a team-building exercise.
Thirteen of them...
Namibian environment and tourism ministry says it has discovered 11 carcasses of rhinos killed by suspected poachers in a park since the beginning of...
Russia has barred top UK-based journalists and defence figures as part of sanctions, in response to UK measures on Russian public figures.
The BBC’s Clive...
The official trailer for Bakia T. Thomas's star-studded thriller C.O.L.D has debuted ahead of its August 12, 2022, theatrical release.
A first glimpse at the...
Several Kenyan politicians running to become governors in August’s general election are facing challenges getting final clearance to vie for the positions as they...
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finland to establish political consultations.
The meeting...
Microsoft Corporation is finally retiring its Internet Explorer on Wednesday, putting an end to a quarter-century-old app while also sparking a small panic among...
Russian forces swarmed into the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk on Monday, bombing an area sheltering hundreds of civilians and mirroring the horror Mariupol assault.
Moscow’s troops...
A man, whose wife is reported to be mentally unstable, is being investigated for allegedly abusing her in the name of cleaning her.
According to pulse.ng,...
Authorities in the Chinese province of Henan are suspected to be restricting some residents' movements using a Covid app, following rare protests.
Multiple people say...
The EU is expected to launch legal action against the UK government on Wednesday over its decision to scrap some post-Brexit trade arrangements.
Ministers insist...
Former US President Donald Trump has blasted the congressional inquiry into the Capitol riot as a “Kangaroo Court”.
In a 12-page statement, he said the...
A judge has ruled a boy's life-support should stop following a treatment dispute at the High Court.
Archie Battersbee, 12, is currently on life-support at the...
Questions have again been asked about Vladimir Putin’s health after the despot was seen visibly shaking as he presented a medal at the weekend.
Rumours of the...
An elephant allegedly killed a 70-year-old woman and then returned to stampede on her dead body during her funeral.
The escaped animal trampled Maya Murmu...
This is the shocking moment two Met Police officers appear to repeatedly punch a teenage boy in his friend's back garden.
Footage shared online appears...
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have demolished the houses of some Muslims who were allegedly linked to religious protests...
Gunmen have abducted at least 29 people in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara, police say.
The victims were travelling back home from a wedding...
Chad is repaying Angola a debt of $100m (£82m) with cattle, Angola's state-run newspaper has reported.
The unusual agreement is seen as creating a win-win...
Prof Jachimike Adiele, the co-host of The Forum, a public affair programme was abducted by unidentified gunmen.
The incident was made known by his co-host...
EU leaders will decide later this month whether to welcome Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia as candidate states for membership of the bloc, after Russia’s...
Brazilian police have found possible human remains in their search for UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.
The police say experts will...
Deep in their heavily guarded bunker in Kyiv, boxing legends Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko allow themselves time out for some, strictly verbal, sparring.
The brothers...
A Nigerian law firm has threatened to withhold salaries of staff who do not have Permanent Voter's Card (PVC).
This was conveyed in an internal memo...
