The Democratic candidate for Florida governor, Andrew Gillum, has conceded to the Republican Ron DeSantis. The nominee faced a tough climb in a state that Donald Trump carried comfortably in 2016, but he consistently…
U.S. billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates unveiled on Tuesday in Beijing a futuristic toilet that doesn't need water or sewers and uses chemicals to turn human waste into fertilizer. The Microsoft Corp co-founder, who…
Theresa May is being urged to take international students out of the UK’s controversial net migration target amid warnings that the country is losing its lucrative reputation for world-class universities. A report…
The midterm polls have opened in America today for the first time since Donald Trump took office, with majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate hanging in the balance. Mr Trump, the US president,…
85 years old Cameroonian president, Paul Biya, was sworn in on Tuesday for a seventh term in office after disputed elections amid mounting unrest in an English-speaking region. He pledged to uphold the “integrity (and)…
Nigerians and other citizens of Commonwealth countries will be able to join the British armed forces even if they do not live in Britain, the government said on Monday as it struggles to fill vacancies. Britain’s junior…
More than 80 people, mostly children, were kidnapped from a school in the city of Bamenda in western Cameroon early on Monday, government and military sources said. The students were abducted along with their principal,…
A 102-year-old man has died after being trapped on the roof of his home for three days. Ron Easton climbed on to the roof of his home in Bigbury-on-sea in Devon late last month with a bucket of tools but he got stuck…
North Korea has warned the United States it will "seriously" consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime.…
After boasting about the economy and raising fears over immigration, US President Donald Trump is facing pushback from his predecessor Barack Obama, who is taking on an increasingly prominent role in the final weekend…
An Indian couple who fell to their deaths in California’s Yosemite National Park was apparently taking a selfie, according to a family member and media reports. Vishnu Viswanath, 29 and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, died last…
US President Donald Trump said his administration was working to end citizenship for those born in the United States. Trump said he was working with a legal adviser to end the practice, which has existed since 1968, and…
Angela Merkel will not seek re-election as Germany's chancellor when her term ends in 2021, she has reportedly told senior members of her party. The comments, reported by the German media, came as the premier met with…
Lion Air passenger flight, a plane conveying 189 passengers on board has crashed and plunged into the sea north of Indonesia's capital Jakarta shortly after take-off. Pictures and video shared online by the head of…
A terrible mass shooting has occurred in Pittsburgh leaving four people dead and at least 12 others injured. The suspect surrendered to authorities shortly after 11 a.m. ET, according to local media reports. The…
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that preliminary results of investigations showed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after a fight with people he met there, state media reported. "The…
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed within 15 minutes and his dismembered body parts were packaged, Al Jazeera claimed on Friday. “The investigators, who used audio recordings of Khashoggi’s alleged murder to…
Rosie O’Donnell, a notorious critic of President Trump, said Thursday she wants the U.S. armed forces to remove him from the White House. “I want to send the military to the White House to get him,” O’Donnell said on…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the "onslaught" of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed opposition…
Canada has officially legalized the use of cannabis for recreational use making the country become the first major Western nation to legalize the use of cannabis. The change was praised by pot enthusiasts and investors…