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More than 3,300 people have been killed in the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region since last October, the Catholic Church...

The American student who was released last week after being held in captivity for more than 15 months in North Korea has died, his...

Sensitive personal details relating to almost 200 million US citizens have been accidentally exposed by a marketing firm contracted by the Republican National Committee.The...

Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria's Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been delivered, the government says.It described...

The Customs and Excise Department of Malaysia on Thursday intercepted a shipment of pangolin scales from Ghana worth 5 million ringgit ($1.2 million) at...

The French government on Sunday evening voted a record number of 233 women into parliament, after President Emmanuel Macron's decision to field a gender-balanced...

A 77-year-old nun, dressed in her habit, has gone viral after she was filmed floating into a polling station on board a hover-board.The French...

Gunmen have stormed a tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners and two people are dead, the country's security minister has said.Officials said "suspected...

More than ten pedestrians were hit by a white van driver who veered onto a pavement near a renowned north London mosque, in what...

This reportedly happened in a yet-to-be identified school in Lagos. A 12-year-old boy almost killed a classmate with acid because she surpassed his initial...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh showed up at her son’s school dressed up as a man for father’s day celebration.Sharing photos and videos from the...

A US judge has declared a mistrial in the Bill Cosby sex assault case after the jury remained deadlocked for days.The seven men and...

A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt's top public prosecutor.Hisham Barakat...

President Donald Trump has appeared to acknowledge he is under investigation in the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election. In a tweet,...

A man allegedly beat up his wife for denying him early morning sex.According to lawyer and human right activist, Emeka Ugwuonye, the woman refused...

The Queen and Prince William visited a relief centre for Grenfell Tower fire victims, while the missing could number as many as 76, the...

The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has hired a lawyer known for defending government officials in high-profile investigations to help him with probes into whether...

Ghanaian-Canadian man has been arrested for allegedly defrauding two clients by selling packaged rice to them as an iPhone.City News.ca reports that Andrew Boateng...

As fire crews attend a massive blaze at a block of flats in north Kensington, residents who made it safely out of the inferno...

A huge fire has engulfed a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes.The fire at...

Forty-eight Zambian MPs from the opposition UPND have been suspended for 30 days for boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address. They refused...

A Pennsylvania father has been sentenced to a maximum of four years in state prison  for allowing his 13-year-old daughter to drink 17 shots...

A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly...

15 people are reported missing after a seven-storey building in Kenya’s capital Nairobi collapsed early Tuesday morning.The building located in Kware Pipeline, Embakasi in...

A 17-year-old girl, who handed herself in to South African police, is expected to appear in court, accused of killing a man who allegedly...

Kenya has the world’s 14th-fastest mobile internet speed, according to a report from the content delivery network Akamai, which collects data from more 130 countries.At 13.7...

Prime Minister Theresa May reappointed most of her ministers on Sunday but brought a Brexit campaigner and party rival into government to try to...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused James Comey of cowardice by leaking accounts of his meetings with the president, days after the ex-FBI...

Eleven people were killed when militants attacked a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo and freed more than 900 inmates, officials say.The governor...

Guinean President Alpha Conde wrote to Saudi Arabia on Sunday offering to mediate in the crisis between Riyadh, its allies and the tiny nation...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sacked the country's chief prosecutor, Johannes Tomana, after a tribunal found him guilty of misconduct and incompetence.Local media say...

US President Donald Trump says he is "100%" willing to speak under oath about his conversations with ex-FBI chief James Comey.Speaking at the White...

The UK looks set to have a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, with most general election results now in.It means...

The Army General Court Martial in Borno State today sentenced a soldier, Lance Corporal Hillary Joel, to death for killing a suspected Boko Haram...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has declined the invitation to the Extra-Ordinary summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) trade bloc to be...

The UK looks set to have a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, with most general election results now in.It means...

Ex-FBI chief James Comey told Congress that the Trump administration's comments about him and the FBI were "lies plain and simple". Mr Comey told a...

A police dog has been fired from his job because he did not have the intimidating personality needed to carry out his job effectively. 1-year-old...

Polling stations have opened for people to cast their vote in the UK general election.Polls opened at 07:00 BST at more than 40,000 polling...