A joint UN-OPCW panel tasked with determining who was behind the deadly sarin gas attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun is facing heavy political pressure as it prepares to present its findings...
Arsenal’s new record signing Alexandre Lacazette is targeting titles after securing his “dream” move to the Gunners. Arsenal signed Lacazette on a five-year deal from Lyon on Wednesday for a...
Friday 7th July sees Wiyaala take the stage with MTV Europe Award winning Moroccan musician Ahmed Soultan at the Timitar Festival in Agadir, Morocco. Ahmed Soultan and Wiyaala will perform together...
2017 African Pride Awards takes over the Montcalm Hotel on Sunday, August 13. Following its seminal debut ceremony last July, which saw the likes of Cypress Ghana, Wizkid, Fuse ODG, CEO Dancers and...
UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of sites "in danger" despite concern over coral bleaching. A WHC spokesperson said...
Britain said Thursday it had begun housing Islamist extremists in separate prison units to prevent them radicalising other inmates, as it grapples with a mounting terror threat. A new "separation...
US President Donald Trump is to argue that the future of Western civilisation is at stake in a keynote speech in the Polish capital Warsaw. Holding up Poland as an example of a country ready to...
Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka wasn't even born when Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut 20 years ago, but she believes her life has been building towards the moment they meet on a tennis court....
England's new captain, Joe Root, won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. A lightly grassed pitch and blue skies overhead offered the promise of...
Thai customs officials sold off hundreds of seized luxury vehicles on Thursday, including dozens of supercars -- although many lots were removed last minute after it emerged they were stolen from...
German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski Thursday vowed to bolster enthusiasm for Japanese football after arriving to join Vissel Kobe, bucking a trend of big-name players moving to cash-rich China. "I...
Lock Maro Itoje has transformed in New Zealand from the baby of the British and Irish Lions camp into a cult hero who fans believe can inspire a historic Test series win over the All Blacks. The...
The Australian Cricketers' Association said Thursday that players would boycott this month's Australia A tour to South Africa over a pay dispute. The union said players were not obliged and were...
South Africa stand-in captain Dean Elgar is confident there will be no "scarring" on show when his side face England paceman Stuart Broad again in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. Broad's Test...
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan have set their sights on joining the Indian doubles elite by winning their first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. Raja and Sharan ended their long wait for a first victory...
Award-winning Ghanaian-British actress Ama Konadu Abebrese will be hosting this year’s FACE List Awards slated for Saturday, July 15 in New York City, USA. Dubbed the pan-African achievement...
Joe Root says he feels excited by the prospect of finally leading England in a Test on the eve of the South Africa series opener at Lord's. Months of waiting will come to an end on Thursday for the...
Joe Root, the new England captain, has confirmed that spinner Liam Dawson will play in the first Test against South Africa at Lord's starting on Thursday. With England having selected a 12-man squad,...
US payment processing giant Vantiv has agreed to take over British peer Worldpay, the pair said Wednesday, to create a global giant worth $27 billion. The deal was billed as a merger, with Worldpay...
Foreign funding for Islamist extremism in Britain mostly originates from Saudi Arabia, a think-tank report said on Wednesday in claims that were branded as "categorically false" by the Saudi embassy....
