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Malawi First Lady Getrude Mutharika participated in a fundraising fashion show at Kamuzu Palace, on Saturday as a way of encouraging and inspiring girls to work hard at school and aim high in life. Mrs Mutharika also called on her fellow women in the...

Prime minister Naredi Modi appointed nine new members to the union Council of Minster and also promoted four Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ministers to the cabinet rank. Among those appointed and promoted are: Piyush Goyal (Minister of Railways,Minister...

The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said the British people need to be educated about the consequences of leaving the single market. In a statement likely to infuriates UK ministers, Barnier said Brexit would be “an educational process” for...

Limpopo police, South Africa have launched a manhunt for a man who went on the run after he allegedly shot dead his 26-year-old traffic officer girlfriend and her mother.

North Korea has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb according to the country's state broadcast, making it the country's sixth nuclear test in the year. The warhead is for its intercontinental ballistic missile and Initial data suggests this is the most...

A 27-year-old Nigerian man by the name Chijioke James Chukwunweike has been arrested by phuket police, Thailand, for allegedly robbing and shooting a Russian woman in the Island-province, as well as breaking into several houses in the area. He was arrested...

The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has said his country has "a problem" with its judiciary after the Supreme Court cancelled his victory in last month's presidential election. This was in light of Chief Justice David Maraga verdict that the election...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has spoken out against Sunday’s reported nuclear bomb test by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Director General of IAEA, Yukiya Amano, defined the North Korea’s latest nuclear launch as “an...

Two of the most crucial questions in US national political discourse – what does the special counsel Robert Mueller have on Donald Trump, and what more is he looking for? – were filled in at a remarkable pace this week, as details of highly sensitive...

The Nigeria Union in South Africa has confirmed the killing of a member, Kingsley Ikeri, 27, a businessman and native of Mbaitolu in Imo, at Vryheid town in KwaZulu Natal Province on August 30. The Chairman of the union, Mr Bartholomew Eziagulu, explained...

A bid for a UN Security Council vote early next week on a French-sponsored resolution that would set up a sanctions regime for Mali gained momentum Friday despite resistance from some countries, diplomats said. Russia and Ethiopia have voiced reservations...

Suicide bombers dressed as members of the Iraqi security forces killed seven people and wounded 12 in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad on Saturday, officials and a survivor said. Wearing military uniforms and armed with grenades, the three...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday lashed out at the judiciary for overturning his re-election, and refused opposition demands to replace the tarnished polls commission. While repeating his assertion that he respected the Supreme Court decision,...

Nine men have been thrown off an early-morning Ryanair flight to Madrid after one of them shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ ‘as a joke’. The flight, which had been due to leave Zaventem airport in Brussels at 7am this morning, was delayed for several hours with...

President of the US, Donald Trump has visited Houston the second time today, to commensurate with the Hurricane Harvey ravaged victims in Texas. He disembarked from Air force one wearing a dark pants and a rain jacket, and was received by the Texas Governor...

I Trump says DREAMers President Donald Trump says he expects to make a decision by the end of the weekend on whether or not to rescind an Obama administration policy that protects from deportation nearly 800,000 immigrants who as children entered the...

Over 60,000 people are set to be evacuated from the center of Frankfurt tomorrow, after a massive World War II bomb was discovered beneath the German city. Police say the bomb was found during work Tuesday on a construction site on Wismarer Street, close...

Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, has referred to the situation in thePalestinian territories as “an alleged occupation”, in an apparent break from US foreign policy and mainstream international opinion. Friedman statement tilts towards...

The Kenyan supreme Court on Friday has ordered for a new election after annulment of the election that uphold the reelection of the incumbent President, Uhuru Kenyatta. Meanwhile, many Kenyans have expressed their views, especially the supporters of the...

Kenya’s electoral board to make ‘changes’ ahead of new vote Kenya’s electoral commission has pledged on Friday to change some staff prior the new presidential vote ordered by the Supreme Court, which said it had failed to conduct a valid election last...

killing of another Nigerian by South African Police confirmed. The Nigeria Union in South Africa has confirmed the killing of a member, Kingsley Ikeri, at Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal Province. The victim was reported to be a businessman and native of...

U.S. admits to larger number of troops in Afghanistan The US has admitted that there are thousands more U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan than it was previously disclosed. The revelation came following the accusations from different quarters had...

The son of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has debunked his alleged involvement in the said corruption despite his links with controversial businessmen especially with his business partnership with the Gupta family. However, Leaked emails about links...

As reported, North Korea sentenced four South Korean journalists to death for book reviews that insulted the administration.Two newspapers ( Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo ) reviewed the new Korean edition of “North Korea Confidential”, a book by two...

The US economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter, hitting President Donald Trump’s goal for the first time since he took office, according to data released Wednesday. Higher consumer spending and business investment...