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Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L'Oreal, has died aged 94, her family has confirmed.A statement said she had died at home "peacefully"...

Kenya's Supreme Court has blamed the country's electoral commission (IEBC) for its decision to annul the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.The judges said the...

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing at least 44 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City, officials say.The...

Li Wenxing was starting a new life. In May, the young university graduate left his home in rural China on the offer of work...

Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say. The 12 women and eight men were picked up...

Social media platform Snapchat has blocked access to Al Jazeera content in Saudi Arabia. Snapchat said it was asked by the Saudi authorities to remove...

The US is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a "sonic attack".Secretary of State...

A 17-year-old boy with albinism has been found with his brain missing after he was brutally murdered in Mozambique.A local resident in Tete in...

Tunisia has abolished a decades-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims as the president seeks to secure equal rights for the country's female population."Congratulations...

A young girl detonated a suicide bomb in a mosque in northern Cameroon early Wednesday, killing at least five worshippers and wounding others.The girl,...

One of Africa's most prestigious universities is investigating how 300 students managed to get their degree results changed.Uganda's Makerere University discovered that the students'...

Eight people at a Florida nursing home that was left without power for days after Hurricane Irma have died.Police evacuated 115 residents on Wednesday...

North Korea has threatened the United States with the "greatest pain" it has ever suffered following new sanctions imposed by the United Nations.Pyongyang's envoy...

A boy and his parents have died after falling into a volcanic crater at Solfatara near Naples.What happened is still unclear, but Italian reports...

China and Russia have joined a unanimous UN vote to impose new sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test.The council...

Landholders and ecologists in Australia are warning wild kangaroo levels have become unsustainable, urging Australians to eat more kangaroo meat. Government figures show there were almost 45...

TweetAt least 18 policemen have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula claimed by so-called Islamic State, security sources...

At least 80 opposition protesters have been arrested after two days of demonstration demanding the departure of President Faure Gnassingbe.According to the Civil Service...

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has blamed witchcraft for his party’s failure to beat the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in its Western Cape stronghold,...

Tanzania’s mining industry will come under the spotlight today as two parliamentary committees are presenting reports to President John Magufuli, after investigating diamond and...

Chicago's Mayor has declared the city a "Trump-free zone", after the US president ended protection for the children of undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers".Introduced...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who...

Internet access in Togo has been severely restricted as opposition supporters gather to protest against the rule of President Faure Gnassingbé.Some users say internet...

Former US President Barack Obama has attacked the Trump administration for scrapping his scheme to protect young undocumented migrants from deportation.The Deferred Action for...

Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lt-Gen Khoantle Motšomotšo, was shot dead on Tuesday morning during a gun battle with Lt-Col Tefo Hashatsi and Lt-Col...

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday his coalition would not participate in the re-run of a presidential election proposed for Oct. 17...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace has announced. The Queen and both families are said to be "delighted...

The Chinese Government has placed a ban on children in the country attending church services.The move is reportedly a bid to crack down on...

Four people were injured, three of them seriously, when a car smashed through the side of a house and started a fire. A white VW...

North Korea says it has successfully tested a nuclear weapon that could be loaded onto a long-range missile. The secretive communist state said its sixth...

A wife allegedly cut off her husband’s penis and flushed it down the loo.The woman is said to have attacked the 50-year-old because he...

President Uhuru Kenyatta says the Jubilee Coalition is ready to campaign again ahead of the presidential election re-run even though he does not agree...

The son of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has denied involvement in alleged corruption despite his links with controversial businessmen.Duduzane Zuma told the BBC...

A 12-year-old Indian school girl killed herself after allegedly being shouted at for staining her uniform and bench with period blood. The 7th grader, a student in...

Cameroon has banned people from watching a popular television station that says it represents the interests of the English-speaking population. Cable TV providers have been...

With floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey swallowing entire Texas cities, the US military is mobilizing its resources from states across the country to help...

Notting Hill Carnival has delivered an unlikely social media star in the from of a dancing police officer throwing some sick shapes and earning...

A Houston police officer has died after he became trapped in flood waters whilst trying to get to work, the city police chief has...

US President Donald Trump has said North Korea's latest missile launch signals "contempt" for its neighbours and the UN. He said the North would only...

The US city of Houston has declared a night-time curfew as it battles the impact of Hurricane Harvey. The storm has dumped record rainfall over...