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Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn if it does not respond within days over speech edit error

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn. Our US partner NBC News has obtained the letter sent from the US president's lawyers...

Dozens of inmates found hanged in Ecuador prison

At least 31 inmates have been found dead in a prison in southern Ecuador, including 27 who had been hanged, officials say. Four prisoners were...

Gaddafi’s youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention

Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without...

False! Video claiming to show motor crash in Ghana is from Georgetown, Guyana

A video shared by X account CDR AFRICA shows a motor rider in Ghana being hit by a car after jumping a red light. VERDICT: False. The video is not...

Ghana, Nigeria police strengthen collaboration to combat human trafficking

The Ghana Police Service and the Nigeria Police Force have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration in the fight against human trafficking and other...

US Senate passes deal aimed at ending government shutdown

A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a...

BBC Director General and News CEO resign over Trump documentary edit

The BBC's Director General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing...

Ghanaian gov’t-sponsored PhD students in UK face deportation over unpaid fees

Government-sponsored PhD candidates from Ghana studying in the United Kingdom say they are on the verge of expulsion and deportation over unpaid tuition fees...

2025 among hottest years ever as global temperatures soar, seas rise and ice melts – WMO

The world is heating up at an alarming rate. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the past 11 years (2015–2025) have been the...

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97. In one of the greatest breakthroughs...

Fifty-four people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school

Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. Fifty-four...

These 40 US airports may face flight cuts due to government shutdown

US officials plan to axe the number of flights at 40 of the country's busiest airports - potentially resulting in thousands of cancelled flights...

Busiest US airports to cut thousands of flights due to government shutdown

Air travel will be cut by up to 10% at 40 major airports, resulting in thousands of cancelled flights, in the coming days if...

Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders

Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved...

Are Christians being persecuted in Nigeria as Trump claims?

US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh threat to target Nigeria if the government "continues to allow the killing of Christians". In a video...

Nancy Pelosi announces retirement after decades in US Congress

Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, bringing an end to a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the...

World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term in Cameroon

Cameroon's 92-year-old leader, Paul Biya, has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country's parliament in Yaoundé. Biya...

Man arrested for groping Mexico president during public appearance

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Mobile phone footage of the...

Boeing settles with families of three 737 MAX crash victims

 Boeing has reached settlements in three lawsuits brought by the families of victims who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, the...

South Africa says it received distress calls from 17 citizens who joined mercenary forces fighting in Ukraine

South Africa's government said on Thursday that it had received distress calls from 17 citizens who had joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The...

Mamdani thinks Trump threats are ‘inevitable’, but it won’t stop his plans to lower cost of living

Zohran Mamdani pledged to stand up to pressure from the Trump administration in his first press conference since winning the mayoral race on Tuesday. The...

Nigeria rejects US religious freedom designation, says it is based on ‘faulty data’

Nigeria's government rejected on Wednesday its designation by the United States as a "country of particular concern" over alleged religious freedom violations, saying the...

US to cut flights at 40 airports if shutdown doesn’t end, Transportation Secretary warns

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned there will be a 10% reduction in air travel capacity at 40 major airports in the US starting Friday...

Miss Universe contestants walk out after organiser berates Miss Mexico

Several contestants have walked out of a Miss Universe event after an official from the host nation, Thailand, publicly berated Miss Mexico in a...

Cruise ship that left woman to die on island boarded by investigators

Investigators have boarded an Australian cruise ship more than 10 days after the death of an elderly female passenger who was left behind on...

More than 85 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines

At least 85 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of strongest typhoons this year ripped through the...

At least nine killed after UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

At least nine people were killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday evening,...

At least 52 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines

At least 52 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the strongest typhoons this year ripped through...

Son who sued parents must stay at Ghana boarding school, judge rules

A 14-year-old British boy who took his parents to court after they sent him to boarding school in Ghana must remain there until at...

I was the female voice on P-Square’s ‘Do Me’ but earned nothing – Waje

Nigerian singer Waje has told a new, wide-ranging story about her early career, revealing she was the uncredited female voice on P-Square’s continental hit...

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney passes on

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated...

Kim Kardashian has taken her law exams but says: I could never be a divorce lawyer

Kim Kardashian may be weeks away from finding out if she's passed her law exams, but she says practising divorce law is not in...

I’m the luckiest man alive, but also suffering, says Air India crash sole survivor

The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive,...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in Ghana for high-level three-day state visit

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the bond between Ghana and Germany is set to grow even stronger, bringing benefits...

Mahama congratulates El-Sisi on opening of Grand Egyptian Museum  

President John Mahama, alongside world leaders, attended the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo on Saturday night, hosted by President Abdel...

Powerful 6.3 earthquake kills at least 10 in Afghanistan, scores injured

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 260,...

Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of...

Trump says there ‘could be’ US troops on the ground in Nigeria, or air strikes

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he...

Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election marred by violence

Tanzania's electoral commission declared on Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won, with nearly 98% of the votes, an election that set off...

German President to undertake three-day state visit to Ghana

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will embark on a three-day State Visit to Ghana from Sunday, November...