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UK tobacco firm British American Tobacco (BAT) says it is under official investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations it paid bribes...

Relatives of Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma say the two men have been re-arrested. They were under house arrest after accusations of...

Cardiologist Martin Cowie spends much of his life on a plane. With 150 trips a year, including jaunts to Asia every few weeks, numerous visits...

More than 40 men have been arrested in Nigeria over the weekend for performing homosexual acts, police say. They are due to appear in court...

A Malawian court has granted the police a warrant of arrest in respect of the country’s former president, Joyce Banda. According to a police statement...

The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having...

“I LITERALLY went home every night for the first three months and said, “Oh, my God, what have I gotten myself into?’,” Boston’s mayor,...

Most people commute by bus, train or car – but Benjamin David gets to work by plunging into Munich’s Isar River. Benjamin David was fed...

The first case of a man killed by penis enlargement surgery has been reported in Sweden. A healthy 30-year-old had wanted to increase both the...

Police in Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, are expected to bring more than 40 men to court today after they were arrested for alleged acts...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new US sanctions against Moscow. The decision to...

A picture of the Kyrgyz president's youngest daughter feeding her baby dressed in her underwear has sparked a debate about breastfeeding and sexualisation. Aliya Shagieva...

A fake news report about Kenya’s election that is made to look as if it is from broadcaster CNN has been circulating on social...

Kenyan police say they have shot dead an attacker who forced his way into the rural home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, ending...

72-year-old Clarence White who got fed up of his wife complaining about his inability to satisfy her sexually or financially ended up pulling the...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Saturday said he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no one with his political stature...

A man suspected of killing his wife while on a cruise ship in the US state of Alaska did so because "she would not...

A manhunt is underway in Birmingham, England after a 15-year-old girl was raped twice in a single night by different attackers, police say. The girl...

Zimbabwe’s ruling party is considering calling elections early next year out of concern that President Robert Mugabe’s health is worsening and disputes among his...

Amid the fall-out from US President Donald Trump's announcement on Twitter that transgender people will not be able to serve in the US military,...

Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religious cult, state news agency Xinhua said. The group is notorious for some of...

At least five members of an oil exploration team kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have been killed, a university spokesman...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, 93, has been urged by his wife to name his successor in order to end divisions over who the next...

A Nigerian couple in Nise, Anambra state allegedly flogged a 7 years old girl in their care with electronic wire after she was caught...

Pallbearers are lifting the mood at funerals in Ghana with flamboyant coffin-carrying dances. Families are increasingly paying for their services to send their loved ones...

Peace Delaly Nicoue, the youngest person to sit the Baccalaureate exam in Benin this year, has passed with top grades. The shy 11-year-old told BBC...

Nigeria's upper house of parliament backed a series of constitutional amendments on Wednesday that could weaken the presidency and boost the legislature, the latest...

A young woman is at the moment recovering from a knife wound inflicted on her by her husband over her plan to further her...

The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president's ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump's surprise...

A homeless man lost a finger, two toes and one testicle after being bitten several times by an alligator while bathing in a retention...

US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in "any capacity" in the military. He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and...

Charges have been dropped against a 41-year-old Nigerian man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari. Joachim Iroko, a market trader also known as...

Three women have appeared before a court accused of gang raping a pastor who went round to their home to demand money they owed...

The US Senate has voted to start debating a new Republican health care bill in a major step forward for President Donald Trump's attempts...

New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 to improve air quality. The crackdown could also see the introduction of levies on busy...

North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang's...

Nigeria has the largest number of children in the world who are not being educated, the government has said. Acknowledging the scale of the problem...

Khorsheeda Khatun had been left with nothing -- then that too was washed away The 28-year-old fled her home country of Myanmar in January with...

US President Donald Trump has issued a challenge to Republican senators to rally behind their healthcare bill, on the eve of a crucial vote. "Now...

Two Canadian religious leaders have been found guilty of practicing polygamy by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC). The trial heard Winston Blackmore, 61,...