International

The goats of an opposition politician in northern Ethiopia have been taken hostage as part of a ploy by local officials to get him to leave...

The study, published in Science, used data from the UK Biobank and 23andMe, and found some genetic variants associated with same-sex relationships.But genetic factors...

A distraught Tennessee man has sued fast-food chain Popeyes, for running out of its popular chicken sandwiches which unexpectedly became an online sensation in the...

A Bible translator in Cameroon was butchered to death on Sunday morning during an overnight attack while his wife’s arm was cut off, according...

Kumasi, Ghana - Jennifer* has spent the last few weeks on the pavements of Vienna City, a hub in Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city, which has...

A senior Justice Department official resigned after being found to have watched porn on a government computer, according to newly released summary of an...

A 69-year-old man attending a school reunion in Ang Thong, Thailand has been declared wanted after taking revenge on the pupil who bullied him...

Patience is a virtue, right?At least that's what one Canadian man proved as he played the same lottery numbers for almost 20 years and...

The prime minister's decision to suspend Parliament has prompted an angry backlash from MPs and opponents of a no-deal Brexit.It sparked protests across the...

Julius Maada Bio, the president of Sierra Leone, has terminated the appointment of his chief of protocol (SCOP), Fatmata Kargbo, after she went to...

A TV host broke down in tears as she apologised for saying her black colleague looks like a gorilla lives on air.Alex Housden, during...

An Ethiopian man in Kenya was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for joking about a bomb after boarding a Kenya Airways...

A near-total ban on taking baby African elephants from the wild and selling them to zoos has been approved at a meeting in Geneva.Parties...

Barack Obama, former United States of America President has shared Nigerian Singer, Rema's playlist on his twitter handle @BarackObama. He shared a list of 44...

A 252-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed on Thursday charged 80 defendants, most of whom are Nigerian nationals, with participating in a massive conspiracy...

The dynasties behind Reliance, Samsung and Suntory are among the region's wealthiest. Hong Kong clans make up 30% of the list.Mukesh Ambani’s late father,...

The New Zealand Parliament invited a special guest onto the chamber floor Wednesday -- a newborn baby.The country's parliamentary speaker Trevor Mallard held and...

Decades before gay marriage became legal anywhere in the US, same-sex couples were committing themselves to each other in front of friends and loved...

American actor, film director, and political activist, Danny Glover, has urged African-Americans visiting Africa, especially Ghana for the 'Year of Return' initiative marking 400...

Kidnappers for south-west Nigeria demand foodstuff from one family before dem release three victims, according to tori pipo News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).One pesin for di...

A Mexican judge has granted two people the right to recreational cocaine use, in the first ruling of its kind, the organisation behind the...

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions...

A 21-year-old woman in El Salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during...

Jouma and his family were fleeing their home in Syria in 2018 when an air strike hit the bus they were on.The little boy's...

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to set a legal precedent that would make it OK for an employer to fire a...

A British judge has ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9bn in assets to a small private company.The firm, P&ID, had reached a deal...

The death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Tanzania has climbed to 85, a local governor said Wednesday, after 10 more people died...

Israel is blocking two US Democratic lawmakers, who are prominent critics of the Israeli government, from visiting.Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were due to...

Pictures of Burundian students celebrating the end of exams by tearing up their uniforms have caused so much of a stir they even came...

The decision to stage the rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia has drawn heavy criticism from human rights group Amnesty International.Joshua,...

A six-year-old YouTube star known in Burundi for his popular comedy sketches has died of malaria, his manager says.Darcy Irakoze, known as Kacaman, was...

Ghanaian dancehall act, Shatta Wale had long served notice that 2019 would be one of the biggest years in his career and life and...

American movie star, Samuel L. Jackson has arrived in Ghana to shoot a documentary on slavery, titled 'Enslaved'.The actor, known for his renowned works,...

Women in Saudi Arabia can now travel abroad without a male guardian's permission, royal decrees say.The new rule announced on Friday allows women over...

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed has officially renounced his US citizenship, a statement from his office says.Although Somalia’s constitution allows for dual citizenship,...

More than 10 offices of Burundi’s main opposition party have been set alight or defaced with human faeces over the last two months, a...

Award-winning dancehall musician, Stonebwoy has, in a new Facebook video, made his fans aware of a new song he has with Jamaican star, Elephant...

Though most people on social media believe the crusade took place in South Africa, ‘Jesus’ seems to have been in Kenya.Pictures and videos of...

Gunmen in Brazil have stolen 750kg (1,650lbs) of gold estimated to be worth at least $30m (£24m).The suspects entered Guarulhos airport in São Paulo...

A couple adopted a brother and sister from Ghana then starved them and treated them worse than their other children. Kenny Fry, 42, and...