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Everyone who uses Facebook will have come across some pretty strange posts in their time. Random friend requests, being added to groups you did not...

President Trump on Thursday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and some nations in Africa, demanding to...

The only known repeating fast radio burst in the universe just got more extreme. These radio flashes usually last a millisecond and have an unknown...

In downtown Barquisimeto, Margaret Khawan's pharmacy is looking a bit empty these days. What products she does have she has spaced out along the shelves...

US President Donald Trump has said he believes he’ll defeat Oprah Winfrey if she runs for president in 2020. Following Oprah’s empowering speech at the Golden Globes, social media...

Heavy gunfire erupted late on Tuesday at two military bases in Ivory Coast’s second largest city, Bouake, residents, soldiers and a local member of...

A worrying trend of taking selfies with wild elephants in the eastern Indian state of Orissa has led to attacks, with a few even...

Land registry you can't tamper withThe idea: Documentation is often lacking in parts of Africa, leading to land disputes because it isn't clear who...

Mike Tyson is starting the New Year on a high note… as the former Heavyweight Champ plans to open a cannabis ranch after the drug was legalized...

President Trump is using hardball tactics in an attempt to blunt the impact of Michael Wolff's bombshell-filled book about his administration. Charles Harder, an attorney...

A tourist was attacked and killed by a crocodile while canoeing in an inflatable boat in a national park near Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo...

South Africa's top court has found that parliament failed to comply with its duties in holding President Jacob Zuma accountable over a public funding...

A man has been arrested after an alleged "swatting" prank call led to police shooting dead a 28-year-old man. Andrew Finch was shot at his...

US President Donald Trump has said he's "very disappointed" with China following a report that it had allowed oil to be shipped into North...

John McAfee has said his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies. The cyber-security pioneer has rebuffed suggestions that the alleged incident undermined his...

The Dutch call him Sinterklaas, and in Germany, he goes by the name of Weihnachtsmann. You might know him simply as Santa. He is a man of...

A prominent Chinese human rights activist, best known by the online alias Super Vulgar Butcher, has been jailed for eight years for subversion. Wu Gan...

US President Donald Trump has praised the UN Security Council for imposing tough new sanctions on North Korea in response to ballistic missile tests. In...

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) party has announced that it wants to decriminalise sex work. The policy was unveiled at a late media...

A UN group has warned Ghana's peace and stability is being undermined by mercenaries and private security groups flooding the country. One expert said the...

The U.S. Congress is in for a contentious week as infighting over defense spending, healthcare and other matters complicates the drive to pass a...

The White House has said it will be shutting down its website for petitions from midnight on Tuesday until a new one is set...

A Kenyan court has awarded a schoolgirl four million Kenyan shillings ($40,000; £30,000) after she was strip-searched by police looking for drugs in 2015. Half-naked...

President Donald Trump on Monday framed his foreign policy as an extension of his populist economic message, lambasting past presidents and trumpeting his own...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding will be held on 19 May next year, Kensington Palace has announced. The couple confirmed their engagement last month...

A regional commissioner in Tanzania, John Mongella has announced that pregnant teenagers will be arrested and charged to court, The Citizen reports. Mongella, speaking on...

Restrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator. The Federal...

Nearly an equal percentage of new and old MPs said they support or oppose the proposal to scrap the presidential age limit, meaning being...

Former South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been hurt in a prison brawl, less than two weeks after his sentence for the killing of...

Becoming a pilot is far from easy, but challenging gender stereotypes and becoming a female aviator is even harder. This didn't stop Indian pilot Anny...

A man wearing a homemade pipe bomb detonated his explosive in a walkway at the Port Authority Bus Terminal near Times Square on Monday,...

The two women alleged to have taken part in a lesbian marriage in Tanzania were last Friday arraigned before a court. Milembe Selemani, 35,...

Charges of indecency have been dropped against 24 women who were caught wearing trousers at a party near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The gathering was...

At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN’s...

Israel says it has targeted sites in Gaza belonging to the militant group Hamas in retaliation for rocket strikes. Israel's military said it hit weapons...

Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to alter the Lord’s Prayer because he believes the current translation suggests God is capable...

Same-sex marriage has been officially signed into law in Australia, a day after MPs overwhelmingly approved a historic bill. Australia's Governor-General Peter Cosgrove signed off...

Russia's Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another term as president, in next year's election. He made the announcement in a speech to workers...

Five people have died in Guatemala after they were electrocuted while decorating a Christmas tree in a public park. The five, one woman and four...

The video shows two women hugging and kissing one another while dancing together, at what appears to be an engagement party. A number of people...