Trump visits Israel amid tight security
US President Donald Trump is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, as he continues his Middle East trip.He flies in from Saudi Arabia, a...
South African men march against abuse of women and children
Hundreds of protesters, most of them men, have marched in the South African capital, Pretoria, over rising levels of violence against women and children.One...
Accused shooter allegedly poops on his arrest warrant
He’s accused of attempted murder, but it’s what allegedly did afterwards that’s raising a stink.Being accused of a crime is pretty crappy, but that’s...
Photos: 82 Chibok girls reunited with families in Nigeria
A group of the "Chibok girls" freed from Nigeria's Boko Haram militants have been reunited with their families.The 82 girls, who were part of...
Combined wealth of Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola, Alakija, Danjuma can end extreme poverty in Nigeria
The combined wealth of Nigeria’s five richest persons, estimated to be about $29.9 billion, can end extreme poverty in the country, a report by...
Rape in India: Kerala woman castrates ‘rapist holy man’
A 23-year-old Indian woman has cut off the genitals of a Hindu religious teacher in the southern state of Kerala, claiming he raped her...
Macron arrives in Mali for visit to French troops
Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Mali to meet French troops, less than a week after his inauguration as president.
Mr Macron’s plane touched down at...
Beyoncé and Oprah land on Forbes’s richest self-made list
Forbes Magazine is well-known for chronicling the lives of the rich and famous. The magazine has released its list of America’s richest self-made women...
Mayor, journalists ‘mistakenly’ arrested at Tanzania bus crash victims’ school
23 people including Arusha mayor and ten journalists have been arrested during a visit to the school of the victims of the May 6...
Photo: Meet the 52-year-old virgin who has never kissed
A 53-year-old woman who prides herself as a virgin has revealed she has never kissed any man in her life.Thembisile Ntaka from South Africa...
Sudan’s Bashir declines to attend Saudi summit with Trump
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has decided not to take up an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend an Islamic summit at which US President...
African teenager allegedly held captive and used as sex slave in Sydney
An African girl has been taken to hospital in Sydney after escaping from a house where she was allegedly held captive and repeatedly sexually...
Ghanaian asylum seeker wins case to stay in Canada
A Ghanaian asylum seeker who lost his fingers to frostbite while crossing into Manitoba from the U.S. on Christmas Eve has won his case...
Nairobi’s prettiest thug buried after police shooting
Police on Thursday arrested three men shortly after they had attended the burial of the suspected teenage gangster Claire Njoki Kiboi.Detectives raided the 18-year-old...
Girlfriend kidnaps groom from his wedding to another woman
A 25-year-old woman identified as Bharti Yadav, has kidnapped a groom from a wedding alter in Uttar Pradesh, India.According to NDTV, Bharti and the...
Prophet freed in a Congo jail-break
Gunmen from a Christian sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, freeing their leader and about 50 other inmates,...
The people selling canned air to China
Whether enveloped by the thick smog from factories or choked with invisible poisons from vehicle exhausts, many cities around the world are losing the...
Indonesia’s Aceh: Two gay men sentenced to 85 lashes
A Sharia court in Indonesia's Aceh province has sentenced two men to be caned in public for having gay sex.
The men were found guilty...
Inmate mistakenly freed wins release after living an upstanding life
A Colorado man who was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released was told by a judge Tuesday that he is a free...
Trump ‘asked FBI to halt Flynn inquiry’
President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to end an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, US media report."I...
Meet the man who ‘brought back our girls’
In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani profiles the lawyer who brokered the release of 82 women...
Oxford student who stabbed boyfriend could be spared jail ‘because of her extraordinary talent’
Lavinia Woodward, an “extraordinary” Oxford University student who stabbed her Tinder date with a bread-knife, could be spared jail time after a judge said...
Uganda bans Dutch film for ‘glorifying homosexuality’
Uganda's censorship board has banned a Dutch film, The Dinner Club, after accusing it of "glorifying homosexuality" the Embassy of The Netherlands in Kampala...
Award-wining Mexican journalist assassinated
Mexican crime reporter Javier Valdez Cárdenas was assassinated Monday by an armed group that reportedly shot him while he was driving, according to both...
I tanned daily as a teen and got skin cancer at 25
Twenty-seven-year-old Brittany Winchester will compete at this weekend's Miss USA pageant as Miss Indiana.I first started tanning the summer I went to freshman prom...
ESPN Anchor suffered miscarriage on-air
Sports anchor Sara Walsh got personal about parenthood and loss in a touching Mother’s Day Instagram post that has struck a chord with many.“My...
14 year old graduates from US University
A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian University.Carson Huey-You was among more than 2,000 students getting...
PHOTO: Mother dies on Mother’s Day saving daughter’s life
A mother in Long Island showed the depths of her love on Mother’s Day by giving up her life to save her daughter’s.Diane Aluska,...
Ghanaian couple win ‘right to stay in UK’ case against Theresa May
Instead, they are thought to have been represented by their families in accordance with the Ghanaian ‘customary law’ on marriage.Mr Awuku’s father stood in...
Zuma endorses ex-wife as ANC leader
South African President Jacob Zuma has endorsed his ex-wife and former AU chair Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the next leader of the African National...
Generations actor killed trying to stop robbery
South Africans are paying tribute to a former actor on popular local TV series Generations who was killed during a mugging on Sunday night.Mandla...
Zuma endorses ex-wife as ANC leader
South African President Jacob Zuma has endorsed his ex-wife and former AU chair Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the next leader of the African National...
Why I had to terminate my baby’s life
Last year, stand-up comedian Lou Conran had to end her pregnancy at 22 weeks - five-and-a-half months. She is now preparing a show about...
GOP reverses 14-Obama era rules
Final score: Republicans 14, Barack Obama's last-minute regulations, one.Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done are hailing their reversal of...
Cyber-attack threat escalating – Europol
Friday’s cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says.
Speaking to Britain’s ITV, he said the world faced...
Ebola outbreak declared after three die in DRC
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.The World Health Organisation says three deaths are being...
‘I dressed as a man to work in a mine’
Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that's said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since...
African migrants flee poverty to get sucked into world of violent crime
Six months after Muhammed Yusuf had been sold, tortured and forced to watch as a friend died, he found himself back at the parched,...
Macron inaugurated at Elysee Palace
As soon as President Macron finished uttering "vive le France", the handshaking and celebratory music began.'Deep change' ahead as Macron vows to begin work...
Man finds out wife has p3nis on their wedding night
A married man has been left in a dilemma after he found one his wife whom he dated for a year before marriage had...