International

Armed police have shot a suspect who took hostages at a supermarket in the southern French town of Trèbes. The gunman, who is reported to...

President Donald Trump launched the next salvo in his widening war on Chinese trade abuses, this time taking aim at China's unfair seizure of...

Karen McDougal, the ex-Playboy model claiming to have had an affair with Donald Trump, is expressing her remorse to First Lady Melania Trump. “What can...

Pope Francis has said use of the religious symbol `the Crucifix’ (cross) as a fashion accessory contributes to abuse of the religious object. In a speech at St Peter’s...

Pope Francis has said men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a “sick mentality” who think that women exist to be exploited. The pope said this,...

Ghanaian social media has been shaken by the sudden death of Dr. Prosper Yao Tsikata, a Ghanaian professor in America. Believed to be in his...

A 13-year-old girl in Mississippi has died after allegedly being shot by her nine-year-old brother over a video game, police say. They said the boy...

A lady identified as Tonier Cain-Muldrow has taken to her Facebook page to celebrate 14 years of freedom. Narrating her story, Ms. Tonier revealed that...

South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption, Chief Prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has confirmed. Mr Abrahams said he...

A Danish man who was found with women's genitals in his freezer, has been given two life sentences by a South African court for...

Israel's supreme court has suspended a controversial government plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants who entered the country illegally. It gave the...

UN investigators have accused Facebook of playing a 'determining role' in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Nyanmar. One of the team probing possible acts...

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s chapter in Germany have invoked curses on delegates who may attempt to collect bribes from any...

Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, his family has said. The British physicist was known for his work with black holes and...

President Donald Trump said his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could either fail or bring about the greatest deal for the...

Oprah Winfrey in a sit down with Gwyneth Paltrow‘s first episode of “The Goop” podcast has explained why she never wanted children. In their conversation,...

A man poured acid over his wife, on International Women’s Day, after she gave birth to a baby girl in Moradabad, in the Indian...

A gang is suspected of laundering £32 million through a kebab business pic.twitter.com/cVb4ixfCn1 — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 9, 2018A gang suspected of laundering £32...

Seven Ghanaians including a South African have been indicted by a US court in Columbus Ohio for an online romance scam, money laundering and...

As Mauritius is preparing to celebrate its 50 years of independence, the government has decided to launch impeachment procedures to dismiss the President of...

Police in Rwanda have arrested six pastors they accuse of being the "masterminds" behind a plot to defy a government order closing churches. The suspects...

An adult film actress embroiled in allegations of an affair with Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against him alleging that a nondisclosure contract...

The alleged victims of Cardinal George Pell, who has been accused of numerous historical sexual offences, are to be questioned in court for the...

The United States is brushing aside a series of claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has an array of new strategic nuclear...

Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030. That target...

A Chinese condom manufacturer says it is considering making its products in different sizes after Zimbabwe’s health minister complained that contraceptives made in China...

The South African passport has fallen 18 places on the global ranking since 2008. It means we can travel with hassle to other developing nations...

Eleven people fell ill and three were transported to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened at a U.S. military base in...

At least seven people have been killed in a fight which reportedly broke out after a Christian girl converted to Islam in north-west Nigeria. The...

Saudi Arabia has for the first time opened applications for women to join its military. Women have until Thursday to apply for positions with the...

A Tanzanian opposition MP has been handed a five-month prison sentence after being found guilty of defaming President John Magufuli, The Citizen news site...

Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says. A report by UN human rights investigators says...

Poor women in a southern Indian state have been offered free breast surgeries, including implants, for both aesthetic or medical reasons. The Tamil Nadu state...

An armed officer who was at the Florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week stood outside the building during the shooting...

The people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in Northern Namibia have an upheld culture that has defied western...

US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99. Graham became one of the...

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers...

All Singapore citizens aged 21 and above will get a one-off “SG Bonus” of up to S$300 each as the 2017 budget came in...

A Nigerian bishop whom Pope Francis had fiercely defended has resigned after a five-year, sometimes violent, standoff with rebel priests and faithful who rejected...

Mensah, 28, was mourned Saturday at a funeral mass which recalled the characteristic selflessness that cost the young soldier his life. Our Lady of Mount...