FIFA ‘requests the suspension’ of Ivorian federation election
Former Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba has launched a foundation in his home country ISSOUF SANOGO AFP/File FIFA have called on the Ivory Coast Football...
Bolivia president demands Morales face justice over accusations
Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales is accused of having sex with minors RONALDO SCHEMIDT AFP/File Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez said on Friday that...
Brazil court removes Rio governor over corruption
Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel is alleged to have taken $50 million in kickbacks related to funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic MAURO PIMENTEL...
Thieves make off with 9 million euros in armed France cash heist
A photograph taken on March 27, 2020 shows the Banque de France ensign in Paris. © AFP - Franck Fife Thieves made off with nine...
UN extends Lebanon peace mission by one year but reduces troops
A picture taken on July 12, 2020 near the northern Israeli town of Shtula shows the "blue line" sign, a demarcation line drawn by the...
UN Security Council calls for more women peacekeepers
Peacekeepers from Honduras, Maria Sandra Granados (left) and Carme Lara, are photographed on a training mission in Talanga, Honduras on July 29, 2008 before deploying...
Robot eases loneliness of Mexican virus patients
Doctors say a robot at a hospital in Mexico's capital is offering a lifeline to coronavirus patients CLAUDIO CRUZ AFP A robot at a hospital...
Dow erases 2020 losses as US stocks charge upwards
The Dow is back in the black for 2020 while the S&P and Nasdaq posted their fifth consecutive week of gains Angela Weiss AFP/File Wall...
Cycling to probe object taken from Evenepoel after ravine plunge
UCI chief David Lappartient has announced a probe into Remco Evenepoel over suspected illegal in race data transmission Reinhard EISENBAUER APA/AFP/File Cycing chiefs are to...
ISIS infiltration: People magnifying an earlier US alert, says army on Gani Adams
The Nigerian Army says there is nothing to worry about over claims of terrorists infiltrating Oyo state. The Aare Onakakanfo Council led by Gani Adams...
Apple blocks Fortnite maker from game developer tools
Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, is in a battle with Apple over whether the tech titan's tight control over the App Store -- and...
Venezuela’s Guaido banking on US support even if Trump loses
Opposition leader Juan Guaido, pictured in June 2020, believes that a Joe Biden administration in the US would still support his challenge to Venezuelan president...
Magnitude 5.2 quake hits East Coast
People on the East Coast south of Auckland were jolted awake by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake early this morning. Recording earthquake information Photo: 123rf The...
Two dead after two crashes overnight
A road in Northland is temporarily closed after a woman died in a car crash. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson Police were called to the...
U.S. warns Bannon co-defendant against ‘inflammatory’ social media posts
FILE PHOTO: United States Air Force Senior Airman Brian Kolfage Jr., a triple amputee who lost both his legs and an arm while serving his...
‘We’ll be speaking Chinese in 10 years’ — Basketmouth speaks on foreign loans
Basketmouth has aired his reservation about the sovereignty clause in Nigeria’s loans from China, saying Chinese may become the country’s second language in 10 years....
AIB recovers black box, says crashed helicopter flew in from Port Harcourt
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has recovered the black box of the helicopter that crashed into a residential building in the Ikeja area of Lagos...
Identities of Lagos helicopter crash victims revealed
The identities of victims of the helicopter crash in a residential part of Opebi in Lagos State on Friday afternoon have been revealed. A statement...
U.S. House panel announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena...
Auckland’s second lockdown ‘nail in the coffin’ for some businesses
Auckland businesses that struggled to attract customers while the City Rail Link was constructed nearby are now hanging their hopes customers will return when the...
2023 Presidency: Igbo group suggests 11 persons from South-East
A political association, Igbo for President Solidarity Group, has suggested 11 politicians from the South-Eastern states that are “qualified to be presented as presidential candidates...
Top U.S. general foresees no military role in resolving disputed election
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army General Mark Milley is seen as U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks about airstrikes by the U.S. military in Iraq and...
#BBNaija 2020: Brighto is my biggest distraction in the house, Dorathy reveals
Big Brother Naija, BBNaija Lockdown, housemate, Dorathy, has revealed that her biggest ‘distraction’ in the house at the moment is Brighto. Dorathy told Biggie during...
Trump willing to sign a $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill: Meadows
FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows listens as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 2020 Council for National Policy meeting in Arlington,...
U.S. state election officials say little evidence of absentee ballot fraud
FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a sign urging people to vote outside the site of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), which will be a largely...
Belarus will shut transit routes if sanctions imposed, Lukashenko says
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, facing a nearly three-week popular uprising since a disputed election, threatened on Friday to cut off European transit routes across his...
Legal hurdles, pandemic would bedevil Biden efforts to undo Trump immigration overhaul
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he will reverse some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration policies should he win in November, but the...
Trump takes campaign to New Hampshire after convention speech at White House
Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination with a sweeping attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump travels to New Hampshire on Friday to...