Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption. Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf...
Bill Cosby has been accused by more than 50 women of sexual assault -- and the sheer weight of that number has led to crushing condemnation in the court of public opinion. But when he faces a court...
The European Union has agreed to give more than 50m euros to fund a new African joint military force in the Sahel region. The force will be made up of troops from Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso...
The worst drought in a century is forcing the most stringent water restrictions ever implemented for South Africa's second largest city. Cape Town has less than 10% of its useable water remaining for...
The Metropolitan Police have defended a decision to downgrade an inquiry into one of the men who carried out Saturday night's terror attack. They said Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, of Barking,...
Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same on Tuesday. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it...
Indian company Adani has given final investment approval for the construction of a controversial coal mine in Australia. The decision marks the "official start" of the massive A$16.5bn (£9.5bn;...
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco's membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications of...
Don't stiff Martha Stewart on the restaurant bill and think you are getting another date. The Doyenne of Domesticity recently sat down with Town & Country Magazine to talk about everything from her...
A disgruntled US employee walked back into the factory that fired him and fatally shot five ex-colleagues, before killing himself, police say. John Robert Neumann, 45, was armed with a semi-automatic...
A US government contractor has been arrested on suspicion of leaking top-secret information to a news outlet. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, allegedly removed classified material from a government...
US President Donald Trump wants to privatise air traffic control operations, creating a not-for-profit company to oversee functions now handled by the federal government. The White House on Monday...
Apple has announced a voice-activated loudspeaker powered by its virtual assistant Siri. Like devices by Amazon and Google, Apple's HomePod speaker can respond to questions and control smart home...
Two people have been arrested over a warehouse fire last year in Oakland, California, that left 36 people dead. Derick Almena and Max Harris are facing multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter. Mr...
Australian police are treating as a "terrorist incident" a Melbourne siege in which a gunman was killed. Officers went to an address in a suburb of the city on Monday after reports of an explosion...
Ecowas forces in Guinea-Bissau started withdrawing over the weekend. ECOWAS forces in Guinea-Bissau started withdrawing over the weekend. A first group of 65 men from the 5th Nigerian contingent of...
The priest is believed to have jumped into the river Sanaga after leaving behind a suicide message ean-Marie-Balla-Benoit, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bafia in Cameroon has reportedly committed...
The decision by Rwanda’s electoral body to vet social media messages of presidential aspirants has received heavy backlash. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) had proposed that presidential...
Suspected al-Shabab militants killed a teacher and abducted another as they burned down a school late Wednesday in northeastern Kenya. The Kenyan MP from the region Musfafe Abdirashid told VOA's...
An al-Shabab military commander has defected and surrendered to Somali government forces, authorities in Mogadishu said. A Somali general who interviewed the defector told VOA the al-Shabab commander...
