International

High-profile Nigerian Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has dismissed claims that he was about to be deported from the UK, where his church is facing allegations...

The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United...

Elon Musk is nearly $200 billion richer than Jeff Bezos, and personally worth more than Costco, after adding $63 billion to his fortune in...

Three more men have accused Sean "Diddy" Combs of rape and sexual assault in a batch of new lawsuits alleging the rapper drugged and...

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after beating defending champion China's Ding Liren in a dramatic turn on Thursday. Dommaraju,...

A British hedge fund trader has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Denmark, after being found guilty of orchestrating a tax fraud...

US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, including...

US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 other people.The...

The richest person in the world just hit an even higher milestone. Elon Musk’s net worth has reached $400 billion, according to Bloomberg, making him...

Instagram and WhatsApp are now back online after a mass global outage affected several Meta-owned apps on Wednesday.Facebook has yet to confirm whether all...

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray has said he will resign before President-elect Donald Trump, who has indicated he would fire him, takes...

A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom has been sentenced to decades in prison.Deobra Redden was...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is doing "well" after undergoing surgery for a brain bleed, his doctors say. The 79-year-old was taken to...

Nikki Giovanni, the award-winning US poet who emerged as one of the leading voices of the 1960s Black Arts movement, has died aged 81. Giovanni...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back...

Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning -...

Africa's development narrative is undergoing a transformation, driven by bold leaders who are challenging conventional approaches and advocating for inclusive, sustainable growth.Among these visionaries...

A US woman has pleaded guilty to drink-driving charges over an incident in which she killed a newlywed bride who was travelling in a...

An estimated 350,000 African artefacts and manuscripts, as well as human remains, photographs and natural history specimens, have been found in a university's collections.Dr...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s cabinet has reversed a martial law order in the country, just hours after he issued the surprise decree that...

In a landmark achievement, Nigerian songstress Yemi Alade has earned her first-ever solo Grammy nomination in the Best African Music Performance category for her...

US President Joe Biden has issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases.In a statement, the...

Britain's MPs have voted in favour of a bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.A majority of MPs supported a Bill...

Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its parliament approved the world's strictest laws. The ban, which will not take effect...

A recount of the votes cast in Sunday's first round of presidential elections in Romania has been ordered by the country's top court following...

Can a navigation app be held responsible if a user gets into an accident? That is the question being asked in India after three men...

At least 14 people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Uganda, but officials fear that the true number of deaths is much...

More than 1,000 people suspected of cybercrimes were arrested in 19 African countries between September and October, Interpol announced on Tuesday.Operation Serengeti — led...

Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he insisted for years he didn't do.He was released in...

Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and picks for his White House team have been targeted by bomb threats. The FBI said it was aware...

Sean "Diddy" Combs will remain behind bars until his May 2025 sex-trafficking trial. The defense's third attempt to free the 54-year-old music mogul was denied...

The field outside the royal palace in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi was filled with an exuberant crowd, celebrating the return 100 years ago...

Officials from Canada, Mexico and China have warned US President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to impose sweeping tariffs on America's three largest trading partners could...

French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisèle for a decade and...

Ghana and Seychelles have signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their bilateral relationship.The MOU is...

US universities have been emailing international students and staff advising them to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, amid...

Egyptian authorities say 16 people are missing, including foreigners, and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea.Two of...

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Gibson have announced the seizure of over 3,000 counterfeit electric guitars.The successful operation was announced to the public on...

Church services at the Potter's House of Dallas suddenly stopped on Sunday when Bishop T.D. Jakes suffered a health incident mid-sermon. Jakes, a celebrity pastor and motivational...

A far-right, pro-Russia candidate has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania's presidential election, with preliminary results putting his pro-Europe rival...