Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Friday he was freezing contacts with Israel over new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, after deadly clashes erupted earlier in the...
News of Paapa Yankson’s death broke Friday afternoon , revealing that the Ghanaian highlife legend passed on earlier in the day around 9:00… Sources close to the family revealed that Paapa...
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive, following various claims he was dead. "I think Baghdadi's alive... and I'll believe...
South African Wayde van Niekerk fought off a late surge from Botswanan rival Isaac Makwala to win the 400m at Friday's Diamond League at Monaco. The world and Olympic champion, also the world record...
Millions of people, from students to rocket scientists, are poised to contribute to a massive scientific effort to study the total solar eclipse that will sweep across the United States August 21....
Anthony Scaramucci, named Donald Trump's new White House communications director, is a millionaire former hedge fund investor who shores up the stable of bankers in the president's inner circle. It...
Sean Spicer, who resigned Friday after a stormy six months as White House press secretary, was tapped to be Donald Trump's spokesman even though he was not a member of the president's inner circle....
Facebook could be working on a smartphone, according to paperwork recently spotted by cyber sleuths which the tech giant filed earlier this year. A Facebook unit devoted to hardware filed a patent...
White House press secretary Sean Spicer and a member of President Donald Trump's legal team resigned Friday in a one-two punch to a reeling administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening...
Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington apparently killed himself on the birthday of his late friend Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, leading fans Friday to examine the two singers' close friendship....
Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, is to address the nation Friday night in a televised speech, the first since Saudi Arabia and its allies severed ties with the emirate. The official QNA...
Bank of America announced Friday that it will move its hub for EU business to Dublin from London following Brexit. The Irish capital will be "the preferred location for (the bank's) principal EU...
Defender Chris Smalling has been an extremely polarising figure with fans of Manchester United since he first made an appearance for the club. The player endured a particularly testing season in the...
Iran on Friday vented its frustration over fresh US sanctions which it says "violate" the terms of a 2015 landmark nuclear deal, at a meeting with major world powers in Vienna. "We talked in detail...
The crew of a Navy destroyer that collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship will "certainly" be held accountable for the crash that killed seven American sailors, a US defense official said...
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at a shake-up of the communications team. Mr Spicer stepped down because he was unhappy with President Donald Trump’s...
Three Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded Friday as clashes erupted between protesters and Israeli forces over new security measures at an ultra-sensitive Jerusalem holy site where police...
Confirming the news of his death, Paapa Yankson’s eldest son said his father died at 9am in the presence of his wife at home. “Just this morning at exactly 9 : 00 am my mum called me and told...
The US Defense Department has withheld $50 million in Pakistan military payments after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis determined Islamabad is not doing enough to counter the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani...
Confirming the news of his death, Paapa Yankson’s eldest son said his father died at 9am in the presence of his wife at home. “Just this morning at exactly 9 : 00 am my mum called me and told...
