A group of 19 plucky pigs caused a five-kilometre (three mile) traffic jam on a Japanese motorway after making a bold dash for freedom while on the way to market. Police near Osaka, western Japan,...
The H5N8 strain has been detected in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia over the past two South Africa has suspended imports of birds and chicken products from neighbouring Zimbabwe after...
A small community of blind students in Malaysia is attempting to learn the entire Quran, a formidable task that requires them to read each page of the holy text up to 40 times. It may be the fasting...
Japan's World Cup qualifying preparations were dealt a blow Wednesday when playmaker Shinji Kagawa suffered a shoulder injury in a 1-1 home draw with Syria. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder was...
The corruption scandals engulfing South African President Jacob Zuma have done huge damage to the ruling African National Congress, a top party leader said on Wednesday. ANC secretary general Gwede...
Zimbabwean police have cautioned unsuspecting men and the general public to be wary of a group of women accused of sexually assaulting men in the capital Harare. Two separate incidents were reported...
A Japanese leftist radical has been arrested and charged in the killing of a police officer after more than four decades on the run, authorities said Wednesday. Masaaki Osaka, 67, once a high-ranking...
At least five farmers are dead after shots were fired during a protest in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is unclear who opened fire during the rally in Mandsaur district on Tuesday....
Has politics become the smokescreen that shields the truth from the people? There’s no gain saying that majority of people in any society will only be privy, in any situation, to official...
Roads turned into rivers in northern Taiwan Friday as rain lashed the island, with rescuers helping residents evacuate as they struggled against the torrents. Cars, homes and businesses were left...
Ghana Football Association (GFA) spokesperson, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has vehemently rubbished reports that Winfred Osei Palmer has been sacked as Black Stars management committee vice-chairman....
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from...
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from...
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo said Tuesday the killers of a soldier who was lynched by a mob while out running would be brought to justice for this "heinous crime". Captain Maxwell Mahama died on...
Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic bomb, has died aged 86, media and acquaintances said Tuesday. Oka was 14 years old...
President Donald Trump on Monday condemned as "unacceptable" the stabbing deaths of two men who defended two young women being targeted by a suspected white supremacist on a train in Oregon. "The...
Formula One misfit Takuma Sato was the toast of Japan on Monday after becoming the first driver from his country to win the storied Indianapolis 500. The 40-year-old, once the butt of jokes in...
An overnight shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say. The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County,...
South Africa’s embattled president Jacob Zuma has been planning to set up home in Dubai, according to emails published in the local media. The reports suggest deepening ties between President Zuma...
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma faced further opposition at a meeting of his party's top leadership Sunday but managed to sidestep a no-confidence vote after a turbulent three-day gathering. The...
