International

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has been named Secretary-General of the Commonwealth at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government...

An Indian PhD student says she was "forcibly transferred" to a masters course without her consent by the University of Oxford.Lakshmi Balakrishnan, from Tamil...

The UK "can't change our history", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC when asked about paying reparations to countries impacted by...

An ex-television presenter now turned energy healer claims she can banish demons — but instead of destroying them she sends them to 'paradise'.Antonia Harman,...

Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the...

Canada will sharply lower the number of immigrants it allows into the country for the first time in years, marking a notable shift in...

Boeing workers in the Seattle region decisively rejected the US aerospace giant's latest contract offer on Wednesday, extending their nearly six-week strike.Almost two-thirds --...

An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting U.S. election-related websites and American media outlets as Election Day nears, with activity suggesting preparations for more...

From October 22, 2024, the UK’s third-party visa application centre supplier in Ghana has switched to the outsourcing company, VFS Global from the previous TLScontact, Visa.The...

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad.Tigran Gambaryan, a US...

At least five people have been killed and 22 injured in an attack at the headquarters of an aviation company near the Turkish capital...

The maker of the film Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros Discovery, alleging they used imagery from the movie...

A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas...

Ghanaians planning to apply for visas to the United Kingdom are directed to use a new Visa Application Centre (VAC) starting from October 22.The...

A rare copy of the US Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for $9 million at an...

Over a million people in South Sudan have been affected by floods across much of the country, the UN’s humanitarian organisation, Ocha, has said. More...

Pepso and Coke bottlers in the West Bank are running out of cans and sugar, blocked by the prolonged closure of a Jordan border...

A British national has told the BBC that he and several Turkish citizens were abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by masked men on...

Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) - an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as "truly historic". “Malaria...

Unknown gunmen attacked the residence of Tolon Chief, who declared support for Bawumia and rained curses on National Democratic Congress (NDC) voters.Unidentified individuals brandishing...

A record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home countries on one flight, with 44 forcibly removed on Friday, the Home Office...

A Nigerian woman identified as Oluwakemi Gbangbalasa has welcomed her first child after 28 years of waiting.She took to social media on Wednesday, October 16, to celebrate the...

Workers at Meta have reportedly been sacked for abusing the tech firm's meal voucher system, such as using it to buy toothpaste and washing...

A Brazilian woman who dedicated her life to catching her father‘s killer managed to finally bring her family peace by catching the runaway criminal...

A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria killing at least 104 people who rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced legislation to remove more migrants without the right to stay in the European Union."The EU's...

Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was...

A 26-year-old British man has died after falling from Spain’s tallest bridge during an attempt to climb one of its pylons. The man fell from the Castilla-La Mancha...

Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI)...

Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing new allegations of rape, sexual abuse and sexual assault after a series of fresh lawsuits were filed on Monday. At...

A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Nasa launched...

India and Canada have expelled their top envoys along with other diplomats as Justin Trudeau's government accused Indian agents of involvement in "homicides, extortion...

More than 60 people have been injured in a drone strike targeting the Binyamina region of northern Israel, medics have said.In a statement, volunteer...

Advocates and supporters of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, otherwise called the anti-gay bill, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, took to...

US President Joe Biden has said he is "absolutely, positively" urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers during its conflict with Hezbollah in...

During a pre-campaign rally stop in Pittsburgh yesterday (Oct. 10), former President Barack Obama urged Black Americans to rally behind Kamala Harris' presidential bid, noting...

Elon Musk showed off Tesla's upcoming driverless taxi at its "We, Robot" on Thursday evening.The unveiling took place on a lot in Warner Bros. Discovery's movie...

Hurricane Milton left behind power outages, destruction and some fatalities after making landfall overnight Wednesday as a major category three hurricane. The storm brought with...

At least one person has died and 12 remain trapped in a disused Colorado gold mine after an equipment failure, officials say.The individuals who...

Sean "Diddy" Combs will stand trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges starting on May 5, a U.S. judge decided during a hearing...