International
Prince Charles visits Ghana on November 2
Clarence House (the official residence of the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles) has announced that the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall...
Netherlands foils ‘major terror attack’
Police in the Netherlands have arrested seven men over an alleged plot to carry out what they describe as a major terrorist attack involving...
Bill Cosby, now inmate NN7687, placed in single cell
Bill Cosby spent his first night in prison alone, in a single cell near the infirmary, as he began his three-to-10-year sentence for sexual...
Adultery no longer a crime in India
India's top court has ruled adultery is no longer a criminal offence.The Supreme Court overturned a 158-year-old law which said any man who had...
Cameroon prison attacked by armed men, about 70 inmates escape
Separatists in Cameroon’s restive English speaking regions staged a prison break leading to the escape of about 70 prisoners, the BBC reported on Wednesday.The...
Pope says scandals driving people from Catholic Church
Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that the cover-up of sexual abuse is driving people away from the Catholic Church — just hours before the...
Governor ‘ordered pregnant lover’s death’
Kenyan governor Okoth Obado has been charged in court with aiding and abetting the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, a pregnant student.The married governor...
Man jailed 20 years for stealing 10 cartons of cigarettes
A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for stealing $600 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store.Authorities say 48-year-old...
US imposes sanctions on China for buying Russian weapons
The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air missiles.It says such purchases contravene US...
China hits back at Trump with tariffs on $60bn of US goods
China has hit back at President Donald Trump by imposing new trade tariffs on $60bn of American goods.It comes after the US slapped duties...
Ex-UBS trader gets last-minute reprieve from deportation
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been given a temporary reprieve from deportation to Ghana, where he was born.Adoboli was...
Donald Trump invited people to pay $70,000 to have a PHOTO with him
Washington Post White House reporter Josh Dawsey tweeted a photo of the event invitation which highlighted the large costs. The money will go towards...
Pope plans Mozambique trip ‘if still alive’
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi announced during a trip to Vatican City that the Pope planned on visiting the southern African country next year, to...
Two sisters die after undergoing FGM
Two sisters have died in Somalia from complications that arose after undergoing female genital mutilation, according to Hawa Aden Mohamed, who campaigns against the...
US hurricane could kill ‘a lot of people’
Hurricane Florence, which is nearing the US East Coast, could kill "a lot of people", officials warn.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) says storm...
‘Thousands’ abused by German priests
More than 3,600 children in Germany were assaulted by Roman Catholic priests between 1946 and 2014, a leaked report has revealed.The study was commissioned...
All the photos as Kofi Annan goes home today
The mortal remains of the late United Nations (UN) Secretary-General will be laid to rest today at the Military Cemetery in Accra.The three-day state...
VIDEO: Sex-for-rent offered by landlords
Landlords in the West are offering free rent in return for sex, an investigation from BBC Inside Out West has found.The Ministry of Justice...
Man kills his wife; walks into police station with her severed head
An Indian man who suspected his wife of cheating hacked off her head and carried it to the police station to confess to her...
Johnson: UK PM’s Brexit plan a ‘suicide vest’
Boris Johnson has attacked Theresa's May's Brexit plan, saying she had "wrapped a suicide vest" around the British constitution and "handed the detonator" to...
SeaTac Airport battling rat infestation
Some unexpected visitors have overstayed their welcome at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: rats.KIRO 7 reported Thursday that over 120 active construction projects at the air...
Kenya deports Chinese man who called citizens ‘monkeys’
A Chinese national identified as Liu Jiaqi has been deported by Kenyan authorities after a racially abusive video went viral on social media in...
India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling
In a historic verdict, India’s Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country.The ruling overturns a 2013...
US to lead Security Council talks on Iran in late September
US President Donald Trump plans to lead a meeting of the heads of state of the United Nations Security Council on Iran in late...
US, Canada to try to salvage three-country NAFTA
Efforts to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as a three-country pact are due to resume Wednesday when Canada and the US sit...
Unexplained explosion kills 8 at South African munitions depot
An explosion at a South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, has left at least eight people dead, but authorities are...
Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar over secrets act
A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets act while investigating violence against...
Tanzania anger as ‘pupil dies after beating’
There has been an outcry in Tanzania after a teenager was allegedly beaten to death by a teacher who accused him of stealing, AFP...
German Chancellor travels to Ghana , Nigeria and Senegal for talks on migration, trade and more
Chancellor Angela Merkel left Germany on Wednesday morning for a multi-day diplomatic mission which will take her to the West African states of Senegal,...
Buhari supporters replies Trump’s ‘lifeless jibe’
A group supporting Nigeria’s 75-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari has rubbished a claim by his US counterpart Donald Trump who reportedly described him as “lifeless”.The...
Trump says Nigerian President Buhari is ‘lifeless’ – report
US President Donald Trump reportedly told his aides he never wanted to meet someone as "lifeless" as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari again.Trump's remarks came...
Australian worker overpaid by A$500,000
A worker in Australia has been paid more than 100 times their normal salary because of a decimal point in the wrong place.The worker...
Pope keeps silent on abuse claim letter
Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat, who has called for him to resign.Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also...
Over 100 migrants force entry into North African Spanish enclave
Spanish police have said more than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco when they...
Melania Trump to visit Africa
US First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, although it is not clear where or when she plans on visiting...
World Photography Day: Sad end of African photojournalist whose shots shook the world
Sunday marked the World Photography Day and as the day is set aside to measure progress made so far in the industry and as well...
Woman punched man who grabbed her genitals in nightclub
A woman who punched a man when he grabbed her genitals twice in a club says she does not endorse violence but is proud...
Ex-Trump aide faces up to six months’ jail
US special counsel Robert Mueller has recommended a prison sentence of up to six months for former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos.Mr Mueller, head...
Pope Francis condemns ‘predator’ priests in US
Pope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 "predator" priests in the US accused of abusing children in one state,...
Face transplant: A ‘second chance’ for young suicide survivor
Katie Stubblefield was only 18 when she was severely injured by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Her life was saved in hospital, but the young woman...