EU officials led by German chancellor Angela Merkel have given Turkey a pass mark saying the new deal with the country to stop refugees and migrants...
Humanitarian organisation, Red Cross has revealed that three of their workers have been freed unharmed after they were held hostage in Northern Mali. “The best news...
Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says the impeachment process agsinst her has “all the characteristics of a coup” as it has no legal basis. She is...
The highest administrative court in Finland has ruled against the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker to Hungary in the light of asylum violations in the...
Moments after American President Barack Obama urged UK voters not to back Britain’s proposed exit from the EU, British proponents of a so-called Brexit said they...
President Idriss Deby of Chad has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential election held in April 10 across that country. The win marks his...
27-year-old Algerian hacker and developer of malicious SpyEye malware Hamza Bendelladj will spend the next 15-years in jail according to a judgment delivered by a US...
Intelligence and police reports have revealed that 28-year-old Giulio Regeni who was tortured and murdered in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt had been detained by the...
The Ethiopian army has reportedly located and surrounded the area in neighbouring South Sudan where it believes that more than a hundred Ethiopian kids are being...
The Ethiopian army has reportedly located and surrounded the area in neighbouring South Sudan where it believes that more than a hundred Ethiopian kids are being...
A fresh outbreak of xenophobic attacks has played out in the South African city of Cape Town with property of Nigerians and some other Africans being...
Cuba’s long-time former president, Fidel Castro has hinted that death may be near in his final speech to Communist Party congress as he calls on party...
The festering crisis in Burundi has claimed the life of an army officer, a motorcyclist and two members of an armed group in separate incidents in...
According to Mexican authorities not more than three people were killed and over 100 were injured when an explosion rocked a state-run petrochemical plant in the...
The United Nations has deployed a team to the Greek coastal city of Kalamata to ascertain the actual number of casualties who drowned in the Mediterranean...
In a bid to ease hunger in a country struck by drought, nearly half a million Zimbabweans will continue to receive food and aid for the...
The South American country of Ecuador has been hit by another earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude of the coast of the country killing nearly 500 people just...
Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton and mouthy Republican candidate Donald Trump both emerged winners of their parties primaries in New York. Both candidates clinched the tickets for...
Authorities in Switzerland have suspended the citizenship of two teenage Syrian brothers after the pair refused to shake hands with their female teachers for religious reasons....
Belgian authorities have informed that there are real signs that ISIS has sent more fighters to Europe in a bid to continue its terror against western...
Angry rioters stormed the streets of Cairo after a policeman shot two people, killing one of them on Tuesday following an argument over the price of...
Hundreds of migrants making the dangerous trip from Libya to Europe through the Mediterranean sea drowned when a boat conveying about 500 of them capsized. About...
Intensive search for possible survivors is underway in Ecuador after the country suffered a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which smashed the Andean nation’s coastal region killing at...
Legislators in Brazil have casted their vote in favour of impeaching incumbent President Dilma Rousseff over corruption charges. Tens of thousand gathered in the capital of...
Defiant North Korea led by iron fisted leader, Kim Jong-un is likely planning to conduct a fifth nuclear test which is likely to be launched before...
A finding carried out by border security at the Manchester Airport in northern England reveals that a team of sniffer dogs set up at the British...
Authorities in Japan have intensified search for missing persons as thousands of rescue workers scan through the debris strewn southern village in Japan for about half...
The South American country of Ecuador has been hit by a powerful earthquake which reports say has left at least 41 people dead. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake...
A couple in Spain have been arrested over links with dreaded terror group, ISIS. The pair, a Moroccan man and a Spanish woman were both arrested...
There is palpable tension on the streets of Brazil as Members of Parliament begin proceedings that could see the toppling of incumbent President Dilma Rousseff over...
A fresh round of earthquake has hit the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu following a second tremor which left 19 more people dead. Authorities in Japan...
Police in Cairo are having a hard time controlling angry nationals after protests broke out following a controversial deal which saw Egypt conceding two islands to...
A court in Brazil has thrown out a bid to stop the impeachment process of embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The denial by the majority of...
The southwestern city of Kumamoto in Japan has been hit with severe aftershocks following a 6.0 magnitude earthquake which claimed at least nine lives, injuring nearly...
According to South Korean media, neighbours North Korea failed in an attempt to test-fire a missile to mark the birthday of its leader Kim Jong-un. South...
Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has more trouble on her hands after opposition leader of the Progressive Party (PP) informed that about 47 politicians from his...
In the latest saga that revives memories of South Africa’s liberation struggles, a South African judge on Thursday blocked the release from prison of Janusz Walus,...
President Muhammadu Buhari early this morning (Nigerian time) departed Beijing for Shanghai, China, where he met with the Mayor of Shanghai City, Mr Yang Xiong as...
The global headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive documents leak scandal has been raided by Panamanian authorities. According to...
Brazilian President Dilma Roussef who is fighting tooth and nail to salvage her presidency has branded her vice-president a coup plotter and a traitor using impeachment...
German comedian Jan Boehmermann has been slammed with a lawsuit by Turkey’s President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan after he read a satirical poem about the Turkish leader...
Mohammed Zahir al-Sharqat, the Syrian journalist and TV presenter who was shot in an attack in Turkish city of Gaziantep has died from wounds he sustained...
Federal prosecutors in Belgium have charged two more men with terrorist offences after they were both linked to the rental of a property which was reported...
Spokesman for the Nigerian Navy, Chris Ezekobe, has confirmed that six Turkish members of a cargo ship’s crew have been kidnapped by suspected pirates off the...
President Dilma Rousseff reports say is saddened by plans by Brazil’s lower house to impeach her following allegations of breaking budget laws in favour of her...
Salah El Din Mahmoud Helal, Egypt’s former agriculture minister and his office manager have both been handed 10 year prison sentences each for corruption by a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has landed in the Peoples Republic of China on working visit aimed at securing greater support from Beijing for the development of Nigeria’s...
Portuguese Culture Minister Joao Soares has stepped down after a deluge of calls for him to resign, a day after threatening to slap critics who dared to...
Oil rich Dubai is set to beat its own record by constructing the world’s tallest tower with the developer Emaar revealing that the tower will be...
Embattled Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, has decided to throw in the towel after his coalition partners backed out of forming a new government. Yatsenyuk...