Chatting excitedly as they try on their Chinese imperial-themed wedding outfits, Ren Weilian and Zhu Tiantian are as nervous as any couple as they prepare to exchange vows in their lesbian marriage....
Djibouti's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of occupying a disputed territory along their border shortly after Qatar peacekeepers left the location this week. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf...
At long last, One Time Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and The Immediate Past Corps Marshal of The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Chief Osita Chidoka, Joins United Progressives Party (UPP)...
The Islamic State group is launching fewer chemical weapons attacks in Syria as their Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, where the arms are made, comes under pressure, according to a report out Tuesday. IS...
Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea Tuesday after saying he wants to "open the door" to the regime and claiming that US President Donald Trump would be pleased with his...
Sony has teased a string of new games for its PSVR virtual reality headset hardware prior to the E3 video games show in Los Angeles. VR content for role-playing adventure Skyrim was shown, as was a...
It was Efrem Desta's yearning for freedom that made him flee his home country of Eritrea and enter Sudan illegally, hoping that he could later make it to Europe. But he and a group of fellow migrants...
Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major obstacles will remain on the path to statehood after an expected landslide "yes". The...
French election results favoring President Emmanuel Macron's party boosted the euro but hit European equities Monday, while US stocks retreated due to another round of technology weakness. The euro...
General Electric announced a leadership shakeup on Monday as it faces scrutiny after a corporate makeover executed by outgoing chief Jeff Immelt in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis failed to...
Uber on Monday was mulling a shake-up of top management, including a possible leave of absence for its chief executive, as the ridesharing giant prepares to release results of an independent inquiry...
The Xbox One X, dubbed the world's most powerful games console, has been unveiled by Microsoft at E3 in Los Angeles. Costing $499 (£449), Microsoft's new compact but powerful console is also set to...
Marissa Mayer was hailed as Yahoo's savior when she took charge of the pioneering internet firm five years ago. But Mayer was unable to stem the decline of the iconic Silicon Valley company, which is...
Microsoft on Sunday unveiled Xbox One X -- billing it as the most powerful video console ever made, and escalating a battle with market king PlayStation 4. The $499-addition to the lineup was built...
Video game giant Electronic Arts on Saturday courted fans with titles such as "Star Wars Battlefront" and snatched the spotlight ahead of a major industry trade show in Los Angeles. Gamers who have...
In her first interview since being released from a top-security US military prison, WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning says justice "has been served." Manning, a former army intelligence analyst who...
Three years after the Islamic State group routed them in Mosul, Iraqi forces are now on the cusp of retaking the city from the jihadists and avenging a historic debacle. The fall of Mosul was the...
Installing a controversial US missile defence system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between Beijing's opposition and American insistence, the country's new president has a...
Pyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was designed to hit "any enemy group of battleships" that threatened North Korea. The...
Turkey is keen to support its close ally Qatar in a diplomatic crisis with Doha's Gulf neighbours, but has found itself with little room to manoeuvre given its ties with Riyadh, analysts say. "This...
