Equatorial Guinean authorities said they have foiled a coup plot against long-serving President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on the tail of clashes with alleged mercenaries…
View More Equatorial Guinea claims it foiled coup, mercenary invasionCategory: Foreign
Bannon insists he backs ‘great man’ Trump
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is heaping new praise on Donald Trump, after the president scathingly dismissed him as insane and irrelevant for…
View More Bannon insists he backs ‘great man’ TrumpFormer Hong Kong police jailed for baton assault
A former senior Hong Kong police officer, Frankly Chu, who assaulted passersby with baton during the late 2014 pro-democracy protests, has been jailed three months. Retired…
View More Former Hong Kong police jailed for baton assaultDeadly cold grips much of US as 2018 begins
Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the US as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the…
View More Deadly cold grips much of US as 2018 begins‘Ten dead’ in further protests overnight in Iran
Ten people have been killed overnight in anti-government protests sweeping Iran, according to state TV. “In the events of last night, unfortunately a total of…
View More ‘Ten dead’ in further protests overnight in IranPope Francis urges peace and understanding for migrants
Pope Francis on Monday used his New Year homily to urge peace and understanding for migrants and refugees. “Let us not extinguish hope in their…
View More Pope Francis urges peace and understanding for migrantsJanuary 1 marks mass birthday in Afghanistan
January 1 is Samad Alawi’s birthday. It’s also the birthday of his wife, his two sons, 32 of his friends and thousands of other…
View More January 1 marks mass birthday in AfghanistanFormer CIA officer blasts Trump for portrayal of FBI as ‘enemy’
A former officer in the CIA’s senior intelligence service has slammed US President Donald Trump for his repeated criticism of the FBI, hinting that his…
View More Former CIA officer blasts Trump for portrayal of FBI as ‘enemy’Greece to revoke asylum for Turkey ‘coup plotter’
Greece is to revoke asylum granted by one of the country’s courts to a Turkish soldier accused of having a role in last year’s failed…
View More Greece to revoke asylum for Turkey ‘coup plotter’DR Congo bans planned anti-Kabila march by Catholics
A planned demonstration against Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila organised by Catholics has been banned a day before it was to take place…
View More DR Congo bans planned anti-Kabila march by CatholicsNorth Korea gives U.S. condition to end nuclear tests
North Korea has finally agreed to give up its nuclear programme but with a condition that the United States (U.S.) and its allies should stop…
View More North Korea gives U.S. condition to end nuclear testsNorth Korea ‘to continue nuclear development’
North Korea’s state-run news agency says Pyongyang will continue to develop its nuclear program, declaring the country as an “invincible” nuclear power. The official Korean…
View More North Korea ‘to continue nuclear development’New Catalonia parliament to be inaugurated on Jan. 17
(Reuters/NAN) Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday said in an end-of-year address to the nation that the new Catalan parliament should hold its maiden…
View More New Catalonia parliament to be inaugurated on Jan. 17ANC in jeopardy over court’s ruling on Zuma
Africa National Congress (ANC) confused over Constitutional Court’s ruling that parliament failed to hold South African President Jacob Zuma to account for using tax-payers money…
View More ANC in jeopardy over court’s ruling on ZumaNine shot dead in Cairo church attack
Gunmen killed at least nine people including three police in an attack on a Coptic Christian church south of Cairo on Friday, medical and security…
View More Nine shot dead in Cairo church attackFire kills 15 in India’s Mumbai
Fire tore through a Mumbai building where a rooftop party was being held early Friday, killing at least 15 people and leaving many injured, police…
View More Fire kills 15 in India’s MumbaiBronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blaze
At least 12 people have been killed and four others critically injured in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New…
View More Bronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blazeBreaking: Weah wins 62 % of votes for Liberian presidency
Provisional results just announced by Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) have placed former international football superstar, George Weah, ahead with 720,023 votes or 61.5…
View More Breaking: Weah wins 62 % of votes for Liberian presidencyFootball legend, George Weah, set to become Liberia’s 25th president
Dismissed as illiterate when he first contested in 2005, George Opong Weah could become Liberia’s 25th president.The only African to have won the Ballon d’Or…
View More Football legend, George Weah, set to become Liberia’s 25th president‘Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s’
It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245 killings in New York City, but as of Wednesday there have been just 286…
View More ‘Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s’Israeli minister wants to name a Jerusalem train station for Trump
A powerful Israeli cabinet minister is offering to express his gratitude by putting Mr. Trump’s name on a proposed new train station in the Old…
View More Israeli minister wants to name a Jerusalem train station for TrumpLiberia run off: Weah’s supporters jubilate, official result Thursday
Supporters of former World Footballer of the Year, George Weah are already jubilating ahead of the official declaration of the Liberian presidential runoff election on…
View More Liberia run off: Weah’s supporters jubilate, official result ThursdayWhite House tree scares Trump
U.S. first lady Melania Trump has decided that a magnolia tree that stood at the White House for nearly two centuries must be trimmed for…
View More White House tree scares TrumpUgandan forces kill more than 100 rebels in DR Congo
Uganda’s armed forces have killed more than 100 Uganda-based rebels during a high-scale offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Ugandan…
View More Ugandan forces kill more than 100 rebels in DR Congo