International

The world’s authority on record-breaking achievements since 1955, Guinness World Records, has officially named Monday the worst day of the week.Guinness World Records tweeted this...

Parisians have been stunned by the shocking murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was found on Friday in a container in the courtyard...

At least 13 people have now died after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk,...

The Russian Government has increased its scholarship to Ghanaian students from 75 to 110 with effect from November 2022.All students who would qualify for...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has commiserated with Kwasi Kwarteng following his sack as Britain's Finance Minister.Mr Ofori-Atta says he shares in his pain, especially...

A woman in the US had as many as 23 lenses removed from her eye as she forgot to take them out at night...

In our series of letters from African journalists, Umaru Fofana looks back at how reporting on Sierra Leone’s civil war 25 years ago got...

Two brothers have been jailed for 40 years for killing a Maltese journalist, whose 2017 death sparked global anger.George and Alfred Degiorgio admitted to...

Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72.He also appeared in ITV detective drama Cracker and the...

Dr Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang, a son of Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has won an excellence in international teaching award.The West Virginia University PhD holder received...

Former Miss Liberia, Patience Noah, has so proudly evolved from being a beauty queen, to a top-notch insurer in the United States.Ms. Noah now...

At least 11 people died in central Mali when a bus hit an explosive device on the road between Bandiagara and Goundaka.Many others were...

Kwasi Kwarteng is no longer chancellor, the BBC has reported.This comes after speculation that the British Prime Minister, Liz Truss will on Friday announce...

Nigeria’s Appeal Court has dropped all charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu after ruling that he had been illegally arrested abroad.The court also ruled...

Students defy rain to hold demonstration against Norwegian government's plans to introduce University tuition fees for non-EU/EEA studentsStudents defied heavy downpour in Norway’s second...

A two-year-old Kenyan child who had a forked hoe lodged in his skull has died while undergoing surgery at the country’s main hospital.The boy’s...

In 2010, the hand of a professor in India was cut off by extremists after he was accused of insulting Islam in an exam...

The authorities in Nigeria say the number of people killed by floods ravaging the country in recent weeks has risen to more than 500.More...

Singapore has jailed and fined an OnlyFans creator, in the city-state’s first conviction of users of the adults-only platform.A court on Wednesday fined Titus...

Indian health officials have ordered a maker of cough syrups to halt production after they were linked to the deaths of children in The...

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Wednesday telling Russia its annexation of four Ukrainian zones is illegal and not valid.Ghana was among...

The United States has returned 23 pieces of looted artefacts to Nigeria.The Benin Bronzes were handed over to a Nigerian delegation at a ceremony...

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday opened the renovated building of the Ghana Embassy in Villa Said, Paris, France.President Akufo-Addo, at a brief ceremony to...

Soran raises two fingers to his left temple and motions firing a gun. “If you talk, they will put a bullet in your head,”...

New Zealand has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals produce from burping and urinating in a bid to tackle climate change.The world-first...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have warned of a possible global recession at the start of the annual meeting of...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been freed following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, the government said on...

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 10th October 2022, was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Sorbonne, in Paris, France, one...

Haiti has asked for foreign military support to curb its gang violence crisis which has paralysed the country.The Haitian government authorised Prime Minister Ariel...

A youth has been found guilty of the “revenge” killing of a 15-year-old boy who was attacked in the street with a knife, an...

Fighting broke out in Kenya’s parliament on Thursday evening following a ruling by the Speaker that broke a deadlock over which coalition has the...

A global alert has been issued over four cough syrups after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned they could be linked to the deaths...

"The truth is on our side and truth is strength!" Vladimir Putin boomed into a microphone on Red Square last week, after a grand...

An ex-policeman has killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in north-east...

The Mastercard Foundation celebrates the decennial anniversary of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.Launched in 2012, the program began as a $500 million initiative to...

South Sudan’s roads minister has apologised to the public for the bad condition of roads in the country as a study found that they...

The authorities in Zambia have charged a former health minister with corruption.Chitalu Chilufya is accused of conspiracy to defraud the state $17m (£15m) over...

Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traoré has assumed the presidency, following last week’s seizure of power by military officers.A statement read on national television...

A 21-year-old Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her sister to death after learning she had been flirting with...

The Moroccan government has issued 10 permits for farmers to legally grow cannabis for industry and export for the first time.Farmers in the northern...