Nigeria has added passengers from South Africa to the list of countries restricted for travellers due to the surge in the country’s COVID-19 cases. The Nigerian government insisted that the

The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and

Authorities in several countries – from Bangladesh and Indonesia to Australia and Israel – are racing to contain the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, while

British Health Minister Matt Hancock has resigned, a day after being called out for breaking social distancing rules by kissing an aide. The 42-year-old handed his resignation to Prime Minister

The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired,

Reports suggest Boko Haram terrorists are reunited with the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway faction of the insurgent group. A 13-minute video released on Saturday and

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the

At least one person has died and dozens are missing after the collapse of a 12-storey residential building north of Miami, Florida, officials say. The number of people who have

The United Nations says more that 1.1million people may die in Nigeria’s northeast if conflict with Islamist insurgencies continues to 2030. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday said

Across Hong Kong, people lined up early Thursday to buy the last print edition of the last remaining pro-democracy newspaper. By 8:30 a.m., Apple Daily’s final edition of 1 million

John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Russia says its patrol ship and fighter jet fired warning shots towards a British destroyer in the Black Sea. Reports in Moscow quoted the defence ministry to have said that

American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in the

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has listed Nigeria and South Africa among nations being considered by Africa, in conjunction with the European Union (EU)

A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not have enough doses to continue programmes, the World Health Organization has said. WHO senior

Emirates Airlines on Monday announced the suspension of all flights to and from Nigeria, barely 48 hours after announcing that flights will resume on Wednesday, June 23. According to a

Iran’s president-elect said Monday he wouldn’t meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias, sticking to a hard-line position following