Kohli, Kumble ‘rift’ Shakes India
Signs of a rift between India's skipper Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble have shaken the country ahead of the team's campaign to win a second straight Champions Trophy. As India prepare to launch...
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Definitive Israeli 1967 War Photo Still Stirs Emotions
Fifty years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a photograph of three awestruck Israeli paratroopers at the freshly captured Western Wall remains a potent symbol of Israel's lightning conquest of east...
Secretive Global Group Gathers In US To Mull Trump Era
A secretive group of global power brokers including politicians, bankers, business titans and European royalty gather behind closed doors starting Thursday to debate the merits of Donald Trump's...
Aquarium Art Brings Climate Debate To NY Times Square
Performance art in a giant water tank is bringing climate science to New York's Times Square as Donald Trump has the world guessing on whether the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate...
South Africa Reveal T20 Name, Logo
Cricket South Africa announced on Wednesday that its planned high-profile Twenty20 league will be named the T20 Global League. A logo was unveiled but details of team ownership will only be revealed...
Buhari’s Health ‘no Cause For Alarm’
Nigeria's information minister on Wednesday said fears for President Muhammadu Buhari's health were unfounded, despite more than three weeks with no word about his condition. Lai Mohammed was asked...
A Handbag? For $380k, It’s Yours
A diamond-encrusted crocodile-skin Hermes handbag with white gold details has broken the record for the world's most expensive ever sold at auction, fetching nearly US$380,000 at a Hong Kong sale....
Pippa Middleton and Husband Honeymoon In Sydney
Pippa Middleton and new husband James Matthews were spotted Wednesday enjoying their honeymoon in Sydney, strolling hand-in-hand near the Opera House before taking a trip on the harbour. The...
Stop Circulating Video of the Lynched Army Captain – Sonnie Badu Pleads
London-based Ghanaian born music personality Sonnie Badu has pleaded with the public to refrain from circulating the video of the lynched army officer. According to the musician, it’s disrespectful...
Political Risk Weighs On European Stocks
European stocks slid on Tuesday as political risk once again returned to the fore with Italy nearing a deal for early elections and a fresh game of chicken over Greece's bailout keeping investors on...
Groupe Ndoum Introduces Products and Services To London
Groupe Nduom has started a programme to introduce the products and services of some of its subsidiaries to consumers in London, UK. The programme which ends of Sunday 4th June will see managers of...
New Trump Attack On Germany Widens Transatlantic Rift
The transatlantic diplomatic rift widened on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump responded to criticism from Chancellor Angela Merkel with a new attack on German trade tactics and defense spending....
Nigeria’s First Lady Goes To Visit Ailing Buhari
Nigeria's first lady left for London on Tuesday to join President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been in the British capital receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Aisha Buhari's office released...
Bangladesh Suffer Woeful Warm-Up For Champions Trophy Opener
Bangladesh suffered a dispiriting warm-up for their Champions Trophy opener against England as they crashed to a 240-run defeat against India on Tuesday. With the start of the Champions Trophy just...
Nigeria’s Buhari Absent On Second Anniversary As President
Nigeria's ailing president was glaringly absent on Monday as his deputy marked their two years in power, with no word on the head of state's health three weeks after he went on indefinite medical...
MI5 Probes Manchester Bomber ‘warnings’
MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat. The security service, which was alerted to...
Extraordinary Life of Explorer Ali Bey Set For Cinema
Adventurer, Orientalist, spy: the remarkable story of Spanish explorer Ali Bey al-Abbassi is to be told on the silver screen for the first time, two centuries after his death. Born in Catalonia in...
The New Voice of Pro-Biafra Independence
Nnamdi Kanu walks slowly across the courtyard of his family home in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, as a crowd of supporters in the red, black and green of the Biafran flag hail him as their saviour....
MI5 Probes Bomber ‘warnings’
MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat. Whitehall officials have acknowledged the...
British Airways Cancels More Flights In Heathrow
British Airways has resumed some flights from Britain's two biggest airports after a global computer system failure, but thousands of travellers face further chaos with about 40 flights cancelled...