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Passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashes with many feared dead

An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 67 passengers and five...

Three shot dead as gunmen attack Haiti hospital

At least three people have been killed when armed men in Haiti opened fire at medical staff, police and journalists during a briefing to...

American Airlines grounds all US flights on busy Christmas Eve

American Airlines on Tuesday grounded all its flights in the U.S. due to an unspecified technical issue, according to the company and a regulatory...

Former US President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital with fever

Former US President Bill Clinton has been admitted to a hospital after developing a fever, according to a spokesman for the Democrat. "He remains in...

Nigeria activates emergency response as Lassa fever kills 190 this year

Nigeria has launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness, the country's disease control agency said...

Anything, everything I can do; I’ll do for God – Denzel Washington after baptism

Denzel Washington is celebrating a big moment for him and his faith. The Oscar-winning actor, 69, was baptised and received a minister's license at the...

Trump wants mass deportations; a ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges

The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. A New York subway line rumbled overhead, and then an officer’s voice...

Spacecraft attempts closest ever approach to Sun

A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's...

Honda and Nissan join forces to challenge Chinese EV market

Honda and Nissan plan to merge as the two Japanese firms seek to fight back against competition from the Chinese car industry. Joining forces would...

Man charged with murder for setting woman ablaze on NYC subway

A man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train...

Scientists unveil 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains

Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia during the...

Biden commutes most federal death sentences

US President, Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, switching their penalty to life in prison...

The student who blew whistle on Kenya airport controversy

Kenyan business student, Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with...

Another deadly crush in Nigeria at event offering free food

The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say. It is the...

Woman dies after being set on fire

A man has been arrested in New York in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway...

Cyclone Chido kills 94 people in Mozambique

Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local authorities have said. The country's National...

“Let’s pray for Liberia” – Apostle Ekatso declares in recent prophecy [Video]

Revered Ghanaian preacher, Apostle Ekatso, has declared that all believers must urgently pray for Liberia. Last Sunday, during a church service, Apostle Ekatso had a...

US deportations under Biden surpass Trump’s record

US immigration authorities last year deported the largest number of undocumented immigrants in nearly a decade, surpassing the record of Donald Trump's first term...

Malaysia approves new search for missing flight MH370

Getty Images A file picture of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 - similar to the one which operated flight MH370Getty Images The Malaysian government says...

Four French nationals released following mediation by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has facilitated the release of four French nationals detained in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, since December 2023. The Ministry of Foreign...

Man admits running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in USA

An American citizen has pleaded guilty to helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on...

Pope assassination plot foiled by UK intelligence

A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The...

Stampede in southwestern Nigerian city causes multiple deaths

A stampede at a religious event in Ibadan, the capital of Nigeria's southwest Oyo state, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, Governor Seyi Makinde...

Congo river boat sinks killing at least 22

A river boat sank in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local...

Nigeria approves Shell’s $2.4 billion asset sale to Renaissance

Shell has received approval from Nigeria's oil Minister for the sale of $2.4 billion in onshore and shallow-water assets to Renaissance Group, Renaissance said...

‘Everybody wants to be my friend,’ Trump says of CEOs

US president-elect, Donald Trump has said that people who were his enemies in his first term, now want to be his friend. In his first...

Nigerian man promised pardon after 10 years on death row for stealing hens

A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the...

Driver jailed for killing 3 teenage passengers after inhaling laughing gas 

A driver who inhaled laughing gas at the wheel has been jailed for nine years and four months after he admitted killing his three...

Man, 54, charged for beating wife to death with iron rod

A 54-year-old man identified as Eseni Chima, accused of killing his wife, Ugochukwu, was on Tuesday, December 17, charged with murder at an Abakaliki...

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured...

Bitcoin hits new record high of more than $106,000

Bitcoin has surged to a new record high, extending a rally that has seen the cryptocurrency's price rise by more than 50% since Donald...

Why a nation of 1.45 billion wants more children

Last year, India nudged past China to become the world's most populous country, according to UN estimates. With nearly 1.45 billion people now, you'd think...

US court jails two Ghanaians for internet fraud and money laundering

An American Judge in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, Thomas A. Varlan, has sentenced two Ghanaian nationals to prison for internet fraud...

Controversial Nigerian pastor dismisses UK deportation claims

High-profile Nigerian Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has dismissed claims that he was about to be deported from the UK, where his church is facing allegations...

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline

The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United...

Drama as family buries wrong body

A family in Zimbabwe is reeling from grief and confusion after mistakenly burying the body of a Malawian man, thinking it was their 23-year-old...

Popular actress cries out after maid allegedly flees with $10,000, other items

Nollywood actress Sarah Martins has taken to social media to express her distress after allegedly falling victim to theft at her home. She accused her...

FBI extradites “most wanted” Nigerian fraudster from Ghana to face charges

Abiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian national listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List, has been extradited from Ghana...

Elon Musk’s record $447 billion fortune means he’s nearly $200 billion ahead of Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is nearly $200 billion richer than Jeff Bezos, and personally worth more than Costco, after adding $63 billion to his fortune in...

Three men accuse Diddy of rape and sexual assault in new lawsuits

Three more men have accused Sean "Diddy" Combs of rape and sexual assault in a batch of new lawsuits alleging the rapper drugged and...