The small northern town holds great value for IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle Turkish-backed rebels have captured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic...
Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p. DE), in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the...
A corruption investigation expected to contain damning allegations against South African President Jacob Zuma will not be published on Friday, as planned. Thuli Mandonsela, who has hounded Mr Zuma in...
Donald Trump hasn't sued a newspaper for libel in three decades, despite the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly threatening to do so over the course of his business career, according to...
Riek Machar, who was sacked as South Sudan's vice-president in July after heavy clashes in the capital, Juba, is in South Africa to receive medical treatment, according his spokesman, quoted by...
Russia on Tuesday (11 October) said that it would not be in favour of imposing arms embargo on South Sudan despite UN Chief Ban Ki-moon criticising President Salva Kiir's government in failing to...
A Thai woman holds a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej as she prays for his health The health of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is "still unstable", the palace said late Wednesday, with the...
Burundi has been gripped by political strife since Pierre Nkurunziza sought and won France's foreign ministry has said that Burundi is losing credibility over promises to respect human rights and has...
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) launched its 2016 manifesto in Accra, this Sunday and a team of fact-checkers subjected five claims made by the party's Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Mahamud...
Republican Donald Trump on Sunday struck a defiant tone in the face of calls for him to abandon the U. S. presidential race, attacking prominent Republicans and saying he has "tremendous support"...
Leader and Founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings says her government – if she wins the December 7 elections – will invest in salt production factories. She...
A court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, has dropped charges against the leader of Nigeria's senate, Bukola Saraki, relating to forging rules that enabled to get elected, the Reuters news agency reports....
Eritrea has been criticised by rights groups about its human rights record. Three Eritreans have been allowed to have their case against the mining firm Nevsun Resources Ltd heard in a Canadian...
Debris flies through the air as the eye of Hurricane Matthew nears Daytona Beach Hurricane Matthew battered the southeast coast early Saturday with powerful winds, storm surges and torrential rain,...
The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew – the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade – has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the...
The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the town...
Supporters of Congolese President Joseph Kabila carry his portrait photographs during a rally Shortly after Congo President Joseph Kabila came to power in 2001, the U. S. embassy in Kinshasa sent...
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he could cut as many as 70% of federal US regulations if he is elected. Mr Trump, who was speaking at an event in New Hampshire, blamed...
Steven Woolfe, a leading candidate to be the new leader of Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party, was in hospital after suffering "epileptic-like" seizures on Thursday following an "altercation" at...
Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials...
