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Ghanaian former security guard who fled to Ghana with £117,000 bank heist cash jailed in UK

A former G4S security guard has been jailed for three years and four months in the United Kingdom after using his old work uniform...

Three Nigerians arrested for drug trafficking in India

Three Nigerians have been arrested in India over their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking syndicate. Myjoyonline learnt on Wednesday from a report by The...

Police hunt US-based Ghanaian who killed daughter in car crash

A drink-driving dad has gone on the run after being convicted of killing his own baby in a head-on crash. Emmanuel Sakyi, 31, was twice...

‘Most massive’ Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 18

Russian forces launched a major drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight, killing 18 people, in what the city's mayor has described as the...

People smuggler convicted in France found by BBC living in UK and seeking asylum

A convicted people smuggler, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, is living in Leicestershire and believed to be seeking asylum...

India asks WhatsApp to pause username feature rollout over fraud concerns

India has asked WhatsApp to pause the rollout of a new feature that would let users chat using unique usernames, saying it could increase...

Google has exceeded $1 billion Africa investment target

Google has exceeded a five-year target to invest $1 billion in Africa, it said on Wednesday, ​as it made public initiatives on infrastructure and...

Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Renowned American actor Danny Glover has been living with Alzheimer's disease for several years, he revealed. The 79-year-old told NBC in an interview that aired...

Controversial bishops ordained as Pope warns of ‘schism’ in Catholic Church

Thousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an...

Hantavirus outbreak nearing its end, WHO chief says

The hantavirus outbreak is nearing its end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said...

Xenophobic attacks: Nigeria to seek compensation for property abandoned by citizens fleeing South Africa

Nigeria has stated that it will seek compensation from South Africa for its citizens who have left the country following recent protests targeting undocumented...

South Africa: One Ghanaian shot dead during mass xenophobic protests

A Ghanaian tailor has been shot dead in his shop in Cape Town, South Africa, during violent protests targeting foreign nationals, the Ghana High...

Three-year-old rescued and taken to hospital six days after Venezuela quake

A three-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble six days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, a Jordanian rescue team has said. The...

Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office

US President Donald Trump made more than $1bn (£750m) last year from business dealings in cryptocurrency, according to his mandatory financial report for 2025. In...

Nigeria: Militants storm school in Borno state, students kidnapped

Gunmen stormed a secondary school in Nigeria's Borno state on Monday morning, kidnapping students as they sat for national examinations. The attack occurred at...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to limit U.S. birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a...

Advocacy groups file complaint against Ghana over Trump deportations

Advocacy groups have filed a complaint against Ghana at West Africa’s top human rights court, accusing the country of helping the United States deport people to...

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female school and college sports

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from...

Pakistani strikes kill at least 28 civilians in Afghanistan, UN says

At least 28 civilians were killed after Pakistan launched air strikes in Afghan provinces along its border on Sunday, the United Nations Afghan mission...

Refugees will be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum rules

People granted asylum in the UK will be required to pay back around £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they...

US says it has agreed with Iran to ‘stand down’ after trading strikes, reports say

The US and Iran have agreed to "stand down" following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports say, citing a...

Missing Chicago couple found dead in mass grave; 2 more bodies discovered

A Chicago couple has been found dead weeks after they went missing in Mexico City. Zafar Mawani and Guillermo Ortiz disappeared on May 20, after...

Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors

Venezuela's government said on Saturday 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes which killed more than...

DR Congo takes Rwanda to international court over decades of conflict

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple...

King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations

King Charles and Queen Camilla will not live at Buckingham Palace when £369m of refurbishments are completed next year, the latest royal accounts have...

US strikes Iran after attack on cargo ship

The US military has conducted strikes on Iranian targets after President Donald Trump accused Iran of a "foolish violation" of its truce following an...

Thousands seek way out as South Africa braces for anti-immigrant protests

Thousands of Malawian migrants queued for processing at a makeshift camp in the South African city of Durban ​this week while hundreds of Zimbabweans...

TikTok, YouTube deactivate 4.7m child accounts in Indonesia

Social media companies TikTok and YouTube have deactivated a total of around 4.7 million accounts belonging ​to children under the age of 16 in...

King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations

King Charles and Queen Camilla will not live at Buckingham Palace when £369m of refurbishments are completed next year, the latest royal accounts have...

Trump asks Congress for $87.6bn for Iran war after Republican showdown

The White House has asked lawmakers to approve $87.6bn (£66.5bn), mostly for "urgent needs" connected with the US war on Iran, a day after...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping...

‘I thought I was going to die’ – Venezuelans describe earthquake panic

When the ground beneath Venezuela started violently rocking on Wednesday evening, Verónica feared the walls of her Caracas apartment would bury her. "I thought I...

Buildings collapse as quakes rock Venezuela, ‘high casualties’ likely

Strong earthquakes struck west of Venezuela's capital on Wednesday afternoon, bringing down buildings in Caracas and causing scientists to estimate "high casualties and extensive...

Police seal off Nairobi as Kenya braces for Gen Z protest anniversary demonstrations

Police in Kenya have sealed off key roads leading into central Nairobi ahead of planned nationwide protests marking two years since the deadly Gen-Z-led...

British Airways pilot who raped girl, 12, jailed

A pilot who travelled hundreds of miles to meet and rape a 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram has been jailed. Kwame Yeboah, 30, first...

France confirms its first case of Ebola

France has confirmed its first case of Ebola through a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

Family of Zambia’s ex-leader should choose his burial site, S. Africa court says

A South African appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the family of former Zambian President Edgar ​Lungu should decide where he is buried, overturning...

Oil extends slide on expectations of smoother crude flows via Hormuz

Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday, extending this week's losses and trading near four-month lows, amid signs that more oil tankers stranded...

Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot

Eight people who US prosecutors say have ties to Antifa have collectively been sentenced to 450 years in prison for their roles in a...

First round of US-Iran talks ends with encouraging progress, mediators say

The first round of negotiations between the US and Iran to reach a final deal to end the war has ended with "encouraging progress",...