Six factory workers were burnt to death Wednesday in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad after a fire broke out at an air conditioning manufacturing unit, police said. The workers were sleeping...
The court dismissed Azaria's claim that he thought the wounded victim presented a threat An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian attacker in a high-profile case that split opinion across...
Self-acclaimed Dancehall king Shatta Wale has disclosed that Lord Kenya turned to God because of the frustration he went through under his manager, Mark Okraku Mantey. "You people should not think...
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead an injured Palestinian assailant. Judge Maya Heller handed down the sentence a month after Elor...
Pope Francis on Sunday urged leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo to act quickly to resolve its political crisis and curb violence, condemning in particular the use of child soldiers. Violence...
Hundreds of migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta on Friday, days after Morocco warned the EU of fresh migrant trouble following a row over a trade deal. The Spanish civil...
Burundi and the African Union (AU) reached an agreement on Thursday on the modalities of payment of Burundian troops deployed in Somalia as part of the African Union force (Amisom), the first vice...
The United States will give over $25 million in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a huge influx of refugees fleeing conflict in east Africa, the US ambassador in Kampala said...
By: Rita Ako Williams, Executive Board Chairperson, Excella Consult, LLC For some time now, some employers of domestic workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain,...
Tunisia's prime minister on Tuesday rejected German claims that his country has been blocking the return of rejected asylum seekers including the key suspect in the Berlin attack, hours ahead of...
Pakistan is conducting the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees through coercion, threats and abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report Monday, accusing the UN refugee agency of complicity...
Turkey's university lecturers remain defiant, despite what they describe as heavy-handed police tactics during protests against the latest sacking of 330 academics. In the last seven months following...
People in Switzerland have voted to relax the country's strict citizenship rules, making it easier for third-generation immigrants to become Swiss. Being born in Switzerland does not guarantee...
Voters in Switzerland are going to the polls to decide whether the country’s strict rules on citizenship should be relaxed. Being born in Switzerland does not guarantee citizenship and non-Swiss...
Hundreds of Burundians took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a UN report Hundreds of Burundians took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a UN report released earlier this week,...
Forced evictions are at the heart of most African land disputes, and local anger over those displacements threatens investment across the continent, a report said Thursday. A joint analysis conducted...
Farhan Ahmed hoped to find refuge in the United States after fleeing death threats in Somalia, but fear over a US crackdown on immigration sent him on another perilous journey -- to Canada. The...
The World Bank Group (WBG) say African governments have to prioritise strengthening of land management institutions, and coordinate investments in infrastructure, “if they are to make their cities...
Over a million Brazilian construction workers have lost their jobs in the last two years due to the deep economic crisis the country is going through. A report published Friday by the Getulio Vargas...
Land rights are the key to creating jobs, ending poverty and reducing high living costs in Africa's cities, the World Bank has said. The bank said African countries should reform procedures for...
