A heavy rainstorm accompanied by loud thunder and lightning hit Bolgatanga and its environs in the early hours of Thursday, destroying public and private properties. The storm, which started at about...
A "huge" explosion in Pakistan's restive southwestern Balochistan province that apparently targeted a top official's convoy killed at least ten people and wounded "many" others, police told AFP...
Brazil has declared an end to a national emergency over the Zika virus after a sharp decrease in cases. The number of cases dropped 95% between January and April, compared to the same period a year...
The mangled truck after the crash A seven-year-old girl has been killed after a truck loaded with fish ran into a house in Senya Bereku in the Central Region. Augustina Atoba died on the spot in the...
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, have embarked on a speed Enforcement and Outreach Exercise on the...
More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday, but added that the spread of the disease is slowing. The outbreak has mostly...
The United Nations on Thursday confirmed 58 cases of cholera and 47 cholera-associated deaths across war-torn Yemen in the past two weeks, the second such outbreak in a year. The UN Office for the...
Somalia's president Thursday urged world powers to help him fight the "raging enemies" of terror, corruption and poverty, at an international conference aimed at stabilising the crisis-wracked...
At least 22 people were killed when a wall collapsed during a wedding party in northern India. The guests had taken shelter from heavy rain under a tin shack when a wall collapsed onto it in the...
The Akufo-Addo administration is putting an end to the culture of government footing the medical bills of victims of mass accidents. It will instead lay the onus of catering for victims on the...
Boeing has temporarily halted test flights of its new 737 MAX aircraft due to possible issues with the engine. The stoppage came days before the US plane maker was due to make its first delivery of...
At least 22 people were killed at a wedding party in western India after a wall collapsed on the guests, police said. The guests had taken shelter from a storm under a tin shack that adjoined the...
The Akufo-Addo administration is putting an end to the culture of government footing the medical bills of victims of mass accidents. It will instead lay the onus of catering for victims on the...
A wall collapsed during a wedding party in western India, killing 24 people including four children, police said Thursday. Guests had taken shelter from a storm under a tin shack that adjoined the...
An Australian soldier has died during a training exercise in the Northern Territory. The man was taking part in a "routine" activity at the time, the Department of Defence said. It did not give...
An earthquake early Thursday killed at least four people in a remote area of northwest China's Xinjiang region, state media reported. The shallow 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 5:58 am (2158 GMT...
A UN official warned Wednesday that up to half a million people could be displaced as conflict escalates and the humanitarian situation worsens in Yemen's southwestern Taez province, mainly in...
The 85 year-old woman was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital A building has collapsed on Maame Akua Kerah, 85 and her grandson Akwasi Boadi at Akyem Ofoase in the Akyemansa district of the...
President Akufo Addo has expressed his condolence to the families and victims of Tuesday’s gas explosion which left almost 200 people with various degrees of burns and injuries. The unfortunate...
Tuesday’s fire explosion at a factory near Olam Oil Depot on the Sekondi-Takoradi highway left several workers injured. The fire is believed to have been ignited by the discharge of gas at GHUMCO,...
