The Pentagon is confident it can protect the United States against an incoming North Korean rocket, an official said Wednesday following Pyongyang's first successful test of an intercontinental...
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...
A chunk of ice bigger than the US state of Delaware is hanging 'by a thread' from the West Antarctic ice shelf, satellite images revealed Wednesday. When it finally calves from the Larsen C ice...
A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province, US military officials said Wednesday Private First Class Hansen Kirkpatrick, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska...
Kei Nishikori dug deep to keep his Wimbledon challenge alive as the Japanese star ground out a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) win over Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky on Wednesday. Despite...
Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks -- two leading women in hip-hop who were embroiled in a bitter, racially tinged row -- have patched up with plans in the works for a collaboration. Azalea unveiled over...
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Wednesday to make China's new "special envoys" feel welcome in Berlin, as she unveiled two eagerly awaited giant pandas at the German capital's zoo alongside Chinese...
He joins from the Chinese side Shanghai SIGP, who had loaned him to Al Ahli in the United Arab Emirates last season. The 31-year-old ends a five-year absence from Europe after he left English club...
Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the country's premier feted the "major victory" over the jihadists in the northern city. In neighbouring...
The United States celebrated Independence Day with a long weekend of barbecues and fireworks, but in violence-plagued Chicago more than 101 were hit by gunfire, with 14 dying of their wounds, the...
A New York officer was shot and killed Wednesday while sitting in a marked police vehicle in what authorities called an "unprovoked attack" shortly after US Independence Day festivities. There was no...
Petroleum-linked shares tumbled early Wednesday, on lower oil prices, pressuring US stocks, while some big technology shares were modestly positive. ExxonMobil and Chevron were among the biggest...
A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday blasted US President Donald Trump's United Nations envoy, accusing her of carrying out a "crusade" against the Palestinian people. Hanan Ashrawi, an senior...
This file photo taken on June 29, 2017 shows a New York City bus with an advertisement for rapper Jay-Z's album "4:44" which was released exclusively on his Tidal streaming service. The music...
He joins from the Chinese side Shanghai SIGP, who had loaned him to Al Ahli in the United Arab Emirates last season. The 31-year-old ends a five-year absence from Europe after he left English club...
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...
Rights activists on Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to probe years of killings and disappearances, as well as torture and detentions, in violence-plagued northern Mexico. "From...
French prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking a three-year jail term and a 30 million euro ($34 million) fine for Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Teodorin Obiang, on trial in absentia for...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday on the first ever visit by an Indian premier to Israel as they sought to deepen ties beyond high-priced defence deals. The...
US President Donald Trump lashed out at China Wednesday, pointing to a surge in its trade with North Korea as evidence that US reliance on Beijing to rein in Pyongyang was misplaced. "Trade between...
