A deal has been signed to end Joseph Kabila's 15-year rule in the Democratic Republic of Congo - but the president himself has yet to add his signature.Senior ministers...
2016
NEW YORK – Officers patrolling New York City's harbor in a police boat have spotted a whale in the East River.The New York Police Department's special operations...
BUENA PARK, Calif. – Firefighters using ropes and harnesses safely lowered 21 people from an amusement park ride stuck 100 feet in the air for more than six hours...
ISTANBUL (AP) – An armed assailant who is believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations,...
BERLIN – German police say they have arrested a man who shouted "bomb, bomb, bomb" at Berlin's massive open-air New Year's party.Using the hashtag "#nichtlustig"...
US President-elect Donald Trump has praised Vladimir Putin for not expelling American diplomats, despite a similar move by Washington in response to alleged election...
At least 28 people have died in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in a double bombing claimed by so-called Islamic State (IS).The explosions happened one after another in...
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has called in the air force to help contain an invasion of army worms in maize fields, his spokesman has said.Military planes are flying...
The UK government is to fund a trial of drone-based deliveries of blood and other medical supplies in Tanzania.The goal is to radically reduce the amount of time it...
ANKENY, Iowa – Authorities say a 22-year-old man has died after a barbell slipped from his grasp and crushed his neck at a gym in central Iowa.The accident occurred...
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not expel any US diplomats, a surprise decision after Washington turfed out Russian diplomats over alleged...
MELBOURNE, Australia – Sixty people were injured at an Australian music festival in the crush of a crowd trying to leave a performance, police said Saturday.None...
A Rio de Janeiro police officer has admitted killing Greece's ambassador to Brazil possibly at the behest of the diplomat’s Brazilian wife with whom he was having an...
BUENA PARK, Calif. – Firefighters were slowly lowering 18 people from an amusement park ride stuck 100 feet in the air for more than five hours Friday night at...
Niger Interior Minister on Wednesday said dozens of Boko Haram fighters have given themselves up to authorities in southern Niger, days after the Islamist group suffered...
Dr Abbas Tajuddeen, member of House of Representatives, has said more than N5 trillion government projects were abandoned across Nigeria.Tajuddeen, representing Zaria...
'Kanye was leaving 24 Hour Fitness in L.A. Tuesday when a photog asked about his New Year's resolution.It's not so much what he says ... it's more his demeanor. The...
Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and other big names were booked to perform at several concerts ... that is, if you believe the promoter, but a new lawsuit claims it was all a...
Queen Latifah joins the growing number of crime victims ... her car stolen by thieves who had a penchant for punch.The incident went down days before Xmas in Atlanta....
The World Health Organisation has endorsed the final results of the clinical trial of an Ebola prototype vaccine.The global body in a statement in Geneva, Switzerland...
Argentina’s former Manchester United and Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has signed for Shanghai Shenhua in the latest big-money Chinese deal, the club said Thursday.The...
The Nigeria Army said it had arrested about 1,240 suspected Boko Haram terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops in Sambisa Forest.The Theatre Commander, Operation...
Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has lost 32 per cent of his wealth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires’ Index.Bloomberg...
Boko Haram fighters, fleeing an attack on their base last week might have used some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped on April 14, 2014, as human shields to prevent...
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