International

Twenty-four years after becoming a nun, it was a brief touch of the sleeve of a monk in the parlour of the convent in...

Tens of thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI at his lying in state in the Vatican.He died...

Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health.He led...

A Nigerian police officer has been charged with murder over the shooting of a female lawyer in the main city, Lagos, on Christmas Day.Drambi...

Outside the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo, fans started gathering when they heard the news of Pele's passing.Some were dressed in the...

Pele has passed away at the age of 82. Check out meaning behind 'Pele' as his real name is revealedA football legend, one...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has joined the football fraternity and the rest of the world to mourn Brazilian football legend, Pele.President Akufo-Addo like many has...

Former President John Mahama has extended commiserations to the family of Brazilian football legend, Pele following his demise.Mr Mahama has lauded Pele was...

Meta’s messaging service application, WhatsApp, will be ringing in the New Year by ending support for some older smartphones from Sunday, 1 January, including...

Pavel Antov, a Russian politician who criticised president Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine, has been found dead in India’s eastern state of...

Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead at an Indian hotel, two days after a friend died during the same trip.They were...

At least 15 people have been killed, and about 40 injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg.The tanker...

Members of Pele’s family have gathered at the hospital where the footballing great is being treated over Christmas.The 82-year-old was hospitalised on November 29...

As Christians mark the birth of Christ, thousands from all walks of life are on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Israel to spend time...

Shell has agreed to pay $16m (£13m) to four Nigerian farmers and their communities to compensate for damage allegedly caused by pollution coming from...

A Ukrainian drone attack on Engels bomber base in south Russia has left three people dead, Moscow says. Air defences reportedly shot down the drone...

An American couple living in Uganda accused of torturing their 10-year-old foster child could face the death penalty if convicted of their latest charge, prosecutors said.Nicholas...

Eight teenage girls have been charged with murder in the Saturday night stabbing of a 59-year-old man in downtown Toronto, authorities said.Police said...

In the last decade and counting, Aliko Dangote has emerged as the richest businessman in Africa and the wealthiest Black man in the world,...

Ukraine is “alive and kicking” and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first...

Vladimir Putin believes Russia is not to blame for the war in Ukraine, adding both countries are “sharing a tragedy”.During a televised address with...

A Jesuit priest has been accused of inviting two nuns to partake in a “Holy Trinity” threesome — and is now facing allegations of...

Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter’s chief executive officer when he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”.The billionaire promised...

It is fair to say that the World Cup in Qatar this year has been defined by controversy like no other tournament before.From the...

The Taliban has banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country.The higher education minister made...

The new look of banknotes featuring the image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of England.The portrait will be the only...

Several videos on social media have exposed a big misunderstanding within the family of one of Ghana’s wealthiest businessmen, Alhaji Asuma Banda.The frail and...

A Nigerian High Court in the capital, Abuja, has found the campaign leader for high-profile presidential candidate Peter Obi guilty of money laundering.Doyin Okupe...

Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as the platform’s chief executive after the billionaire ran a poll on his...

Russia says it will deploy musicians to the front lines of its war in Ukraine in a bid to boost morale.The defence ministry announced...

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew...

A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed concerns about Russian mercenaries' activities on Ghana's northern border with Burkina Faso.President-Akufo-Addo, who is in Washington for the US-Africa...

Twitter suddenly suspended a host of the nation’s preeminent tech journalists on Thursday, many of whom have reported about billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic leadership at...

A Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Kano has sentenced a prominent Islamic cleric to death by hanging, after finding him guilty...

New Zealand has introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes...

Elon Musk says he is taking legal action against the holder of a Twitter account that tracks his private jet, arguing it put his...

A 14-year-old boy has been run over and killed in the southern French city of Montpellier shortly after France's World Cup semi-final victory over...

Scientists have discovered that snakes do have clitorises, shattering a long-held assumption that the females didn't have a sexual organ.Research published Wednesday provides the...

A former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, was received into the Roman Catholic Church last month, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham...