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Pope Francis has died, the Vatican has announced in a video statement.The first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church,  died at the...

Five people have drowned after huge waves hit parts of Australia at the start of the Easter weekend.Two others are missing off the coasts...

Catholics in the Philippines marked Good Friday with gory re-enactments of the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, including one grandfather nailed to a...

Donald Trump has said the US will "take a pass" on brokering further Russia-Ukraine talks if Moscow or Kyiv "make it very difficult" to...

A family of eight and nine others have been reportedly killed in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by armed herdsmen on communities...

A former Gambian soldier has been convicted on torture charges by a US court for his involvement in crimes committed while feared strongman Yahya...

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously backed the biological definition of "woman" under the 2010 Equality Act.It marks the culmination of a long-running legal...

Angry Nigerians are turning to social media to describe how they have been locked out of their accounts on the digital financial platform, CBEX.People...

Adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) have been banned in the UK for trivialising the risks and exploiting women's insecurities...

Rapper and musician Lil Nas X has revealed he is suffering from a sudden partial paralysis of the face.Posting to Instagram from hospital, the...

More than 400 people have been killed in recent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's Darfur region, says the UN,...

The Sultanate of Oman has commended the ongoing efforts of King Mohammed VI, in his capacity as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, for his...

Armed men have kidnapped an American pastor after they stormed his church service in South Africa, local authorities say.Josh Sullivan had been conducting a...

A notorious bandit kingpin and 100 of his suspected followers have been killed in a joint military operation in north-west Nigeria, authorities say.Gwaska Dankarami...

Gabon's military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema - who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty - has won Saturday's presidential...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,”...

At least eight people were killed after a bus travelling along the Maiduguri-Damboa road in Nigeria's northeast Borno state on Saturday detonated a landmine,...

Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration's review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, adding that there...

An Israeli air strike has destroyed part of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, the last functioning hospital in Gaza City.Witnesses said the strike destroyed the intensive...

President Donald Trump's administration has exempted smartphones and computers from his reciprocal tariffs, including a 125% tariff on Chinese goods.US Customs and Border Patrol...

Nollywood actress Doris Ogala has shared a deeply personal and spiritual experience, claiming that she died briefly and visited heaven before being sent back...

Three adults and three children died when the helicopter broke apart mid-air and crashed in the Hudson River. Germany's Siemens said a company executive...

Michelle Obama has spoken out against rumours that her marriage to Barack Obama might be in trouble.The former first lady has not accompanied her...

Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, retaliating against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise duties on Chinese goods...

A woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to another couple's baby after a fertility clinic accidentally implanted the wrong embryos into her. The mix-up...

King Charles and Queen Camilla have had a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican where he wished them a happy 20th wedding...

US President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs for dozens of countries but hikes levies on China to 125%Earlier this...

The governor of Nigeria's Borno state has warned that jihadist group Boko Haram is making a comeback after its fighters staged a series of...

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to rapidly deport alleged gang...

Algeria has closed its airspace to all flights to and from Mali as the row over a drone that was shot down close to...

The US Commerce Secretary has defended the country's decision to impose tariffs on a group of uninhabited islands, which are populated only by penguins...

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has embarked on a three-day working visit to  Nigeria.The trip is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has fired one of his deputies for taking a "lavish" trip to Antarctica with his wife during Nowruz, the Persian...

Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel's account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire...

U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump's unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from...

King Charles III, in his capacity as Head of the Commonwealth, officially welcomed Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey at Windsor Castle, following her appointment as the...

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously voted to remove President Yoon Suk-yeol over his declaration of martial law late last year.As he read the...

The Trump administration has fired the head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, the BBC's US partner CBS has reported.The...

After spending eight years in jail, a Nigerian televangelist accused of raping young women from his South African church has been found not guilty...