NHS England has invited people aged 56 to 59 to book Covid-19 vaccinations in the coming week, with letters to 850,000 people in that age bracket landing on doorsteps from

Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet

From early permutations, THISDAY can report that Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is most likely to zone its presidential ticket to the South to match the

Tens of thousands of people came out in Myanmar on Sunday in one of the biggest days of protest against last month’s coup despite overnight raids by security forces in

Protesters have blocked roadways across Lebanon for the fifth day in a row, setting fire to tyres and pieces of furniture as Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened to

The United States Senate has narrowly passed an amended version of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill, sending the legislation back to the US House of Representatives for

Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich came from two goals down to beat Borissia Dortmund 4-2. Edin Terzic’s side, who were without Jadon Sancho and Raphael Guerreiro, did

Regional body Economic Committee of West African States (ECOWAS) has recommended that compensation be made to citizens of member nations who suffer any form of side effect as a result

Granit Xhaka’s clanger saw Arsenal throw away a lead as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley at Turf Moor amid late controversy. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had put the

The US space agency’s Perseverance rover has wiggled its wheels and undertaken its first Martian drive. It didn’t move far – just 6.5m (21ft) in total. But Nasa’s deputy project

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Nigeria’s northwest Katsina State has lampooned the renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi over his call on the federal government to grant amnesty to

Violent protests have hit Senegal for a third day as demonstrators burnt cars and clashed with police after the arrest of an opposition leader on Wednesday. Four people have died

California health officials set new rules on Friday that would allow Disneyland and other theme parks, stadiums and outdoor entertainment venues to reopen as early as April 1, after a

Though, former president Goodluck Jonathan on Friday debunked media speculation about his rumoured interest in the 2023 presidential election, he failed to emphatically rule himself out of the race. The

Pope Francis began a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a land torn by sectarianism and

An officer of the Nigerian Army who supplies ammunition and uniforms to bandits in Zamfara State has been arrested, the state government has announced. The Zamfara State government announced that the military

The Judicial Conduct Committee in South Africa has ordered the country’s chief justice to apologise and retract his comments that showed support for Israel. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the remarks in June last

There is a “very high risk” that an Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea could spread to neighbouring countries, the World Health Organization has warned. “As of yesterday, a total of 18