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Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers

Germany's coalition government has agreed on a new military service plan to boost troop numbers following months of wrangling between political forces. The new military...

There’s no genocide in Nigeria, says AU chief after Trump military threats

There is no genocide in northern Nigeria, the African Union Commission chairperson said on Wednesday, rejecting accusations by U.S. President Donald Trump that "very large numbers"...

‘It’s their loss’: South African leader hits back at Trump’s decision to skip G20 summit

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says "boycott politics doesn't work" as he hit back at US President Donald Trump's decision to skip the G20...

Adele to make acting debut in new Tom Ford film Cry to Heaven

Adele is to swap music for acting when she makes her film debut in the next movie by former fashion designer Tom Ford. The singer...

Protesters break into COP30 venue in Brazil

Protesters carrying signs reading "our forests are not for sale" broke through security lines of the COP30 UN climate talks on Tuesday night in...

Two popular gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China

Apple has confirmed that it has removed two of China's most popular gay dating apps - Blued and Finka - from its app store...

Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalisation of same-sex marriage

The US Supreme Court has decided not to revisit its ruling a decade ago legalising same-sex marriage. The justices turned down an appeal from Kim...

Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn if it does not respond within days over speech edit error

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn. Our US partner NBC News has obtained the letter sent from the US president's lawyers...

Dozens of inmates found hanged in Ecuador prison

At least 31 inmates have been found dead in a prison in southern Ecuador, including 27 who had been hanged, officials say. Four prisoners were...

Gaddafi’s youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention

Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without...

False! Video claiming to show motor crash in Ghana is from Georgetown, Guyana

A video shared by X account CDR AFRICA shows a motor rider in Ghana being hit by a car after jumping a red light. VERDICT: False. The video is not...

US Senate passes deal aimed at ending government shutdown

A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a...

BBC Director General and News CEO resign over Trump documentary edit

The BBC's Director General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing...

Ghanaian gov’t-sponsored PhD students in UK face deportation over unpaid fees

Government-sponsored PhD candidates from Ghana studying in the United Kingdom say they are on the verge of expulsion and deportation over unpaid tuition fees...

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97. In one of the greatest breakthroughs...

Fifty-four people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school

Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. Fifty-four...

These 40 US airports may face flight cuts due to government shutdown

US officials plan to axe the number of flights at 40 of the country's busiest airports - potentially resulting in thousands of cancelled flights...

Busiest US airports to cut thousands of flights due to government shutdown

Air travel will be cut by up to 10% at 40 major airports, resulting in thousands of cancelled flights, in the coming days if...

Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders

Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved...

Are Christians being persecuted in Nigeria as Trump claims?

US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh threat to target Nigeria if the government "continues to allow the killing of Christians". In a video...

Nancy Pelosi announces retirement after decades in US Congress

Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, bringing an end to a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the...

Man arrested for groping Mexico president during public appearance

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Mobile phone footage of the...

Boeing settles with families of three 737 MAX crash victims

 Boeing has reached settlements in three lawsuits brought by the families of victims who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, the...

South Africa says it received distress calls from 17 citizens who joined mercenary forces fighting in Ukraine

South Africa's government said on Thursday that it had received distress calls from 17 citizens who had joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The...

Miss Universe contestants walk out after organiser berates Miss Mexico

Several contestants have walked out of a Miss Universe event after an official from the host nation, Thailand, publicly berated Miss Mexico in a...

Cruise ship that left woman to die on island boarded by investigators

Investigators have boarded an Australian cruise ship more than 10 days after the death of an elderly female passenger who was left behind on...

More than 85 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines

At least 85 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of strongest typhoons this year ripped through the...

At least nine killed after UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

At least nine people were killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday evening,...

At least 52 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines

At least 52 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the strongest typhoons this year ripped through...

Son who sued parents must stay at Ghana boarding school, judge rules

A 14-year-old British boy who took his parents to court after they sent him to boarding school in Ghana must remain there until at...

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney passes on

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated...

Kim Kardashian has taken her law exams but says: I could never be a divorce lawyer

Kim Kardashian may be weeks away from finding out if she's passed her law exams, but she says practising divorce law is not in...

I’m the luckiest man alive, but also suffering, says Air India crash sole survivor

The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive,...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Ghana for high-level three-day state visit

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the bond between Ghana and Germany is set to grow even stronger, bringing benefits...

Powerful 6.3 earthquake kills at least 10 in Afghanistan, scores injured

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 260,...

Trump says there ‘could be’ US troops on the ground in Nigeria, or air strikes

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he...

German President to undertake three-day state visit to Ghana

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will embark on a three-day State Visit to Ghana from Sunday, November...

Black Lives Matter founders under investigation for misuse of $90million donations

The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial...

Trump’s surgeon general pick goes into labour before confirmation hearing

President Donald Trump's controversial pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, had to postpone her Senate confirmation hearing after going into labour with her first...

Ex-officer guilty of murder of Sonya Massey after she reported suspected intruder

A former Illinois sheriff's deputy has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death last year of a householder who had reported a...