Joachim Ronneberg, the Norwegian resistance fighter who sabotaged Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons ambitions during World War Two, has died aged 99. In 1943, he led a top-secret raid on a heavily-guarded plant in Norway’s southern […]
The self-exiled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that he has returned and is “coming back with hell.” “I have returned full-time and I am coming home and I will bring […]
Moscow on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump that his plan to ditch a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty with Russia was a dangerous step. Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said this “would be […]
Kidnapped Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji has been released, 10 days after he was seized by armed men in the city of Dar Es Salaam. “I have returned home safely,” he said in a tweet from […]
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has been spotted in Jerusalem in a video circulating online. The pro-Biafra separatist group leader, clad in white cloth and a cap was seen praying […]
US General Scott Miller was unharmed in the attack, Nato said A senior US commander has narrowly escaped a gun attack in which top Afghan security officials were killed. The gunman, reported to be acting […]
Sudanese Presidential Assistant Faisal Hassan Ibrahim on Wednesday held talks here with the Head of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki. “The government is ready to resume negotiations with the […]
Uganda Red Cross, a relief organization, on Wednesday launched an appeal for over 5,000 families in the eastern part of the country that are at risk of climate change effects. The organization in a statement […]
The UK’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has pulled out of attending an investment conference in Saudi Arabia next week. It comes amid allegations the country was behind the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. […]
The European Union’s new ambassador to Zimbabwe, Timo Olkkonen, began his tour of duty on Thursday after he presented his credentials to President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House. Olkkone pledged the EU’s readiness to […]
Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo The Rwandan foreign minister’s election as head of La Francophonie, with French support, is a good sign for Rwanda-France ties, which have been bumpy over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Rwandan […]
What the issue is The UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019, and the transition period, which Mrs May prefers to call the implementation period, is designed to smooth the path […]
PM: Extension would be ‘a matter of months’ The UK’s transition out of the EU could be extended by “a matter of months” to ensure there is no visible border in Northern Ireland, Theresa May […]
The president said the truth would come out “by the end of the week”. He rejected suggestions he was trying to provide cover for Saudi Arabia: “No, not at all, I just want to find […]
Turkish officers again searched the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday and Thursday The Washington Post has published missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s last column – a call for press freedom across the Arab world. […]
Morocco has tripled its budgetary allocation to the education sector in its 2019 appropriation from 700 million dirham to 2.1 billion dirham, Mr Mustapha El-Khalfi, the spokesman for the Moroccan Government and Parliament, has disclosed. […]
Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalise and regulate its sale and recreational use. The change was praised by pot enthusiasts […]
Canelo Alvarez has signed an eye-watering contract with DAZN worth nearly £278million over the next five years. The deal is believed to be the richest contract an athlete has signed in sports history, topping the £247m […]
The Gambia has launched a truth and reconciliation commission to shed light on human rights violations and abuses carried out during the reign of former president Yahya Jammeh, including summary executions, disappearances, torture, rape and […]
The family of Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has offered a 1bn Tanzania shilling ($440,000; £330,000) reward for information that would lead to his rescue. Mr Dewji. reportedly Africa’s youngest billionaire, […]
Manchester United could be set for huge Middle East investment as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince ‘eyes up a potential takeover worth around £850billion’. It has been reported that Mohammad bin Salman – who currently holds the second […]
Belgium has elected a black mayor for the first time – the father of international football star Vincent Kompany. Pierre Kompany topped the poll for the municipality of Ganshoren in Brussels, earning him the title […]
UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov wants to go one better than Conor McGregor after calling out boxer Floyd Mayweather, saying: “in the jungle there is only one king”. Russian Nurmagomedov, 30, beat McGregor on 6 October to extend […]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from prison for organising what the government claims are illegal protests against the Kremlin. Navalny, 42, spent three weeks behind bars, his second spell in detention in […]
South African anti-apartheid activist, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has been discharged from hospital after spending about two weeks there, his office said on Friday. He turned 87 while undergoing tests, but will be home for the […]
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