The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed to continue a military offensive in the northern state of Tigray despite international calls for restraint. Tensions between the state and the

WhatsApp is introducing a “disappearing messages” option that will erase chats from the phone of both the sender and recipient after seven days. The Facebook-owned app, which has two billion

Joe Biden has declared that “every vote must be counted” in the US presidential election, pushing back against Donald Trump’s call for counting to stop in some states. The Democratic

President Donald Trump has again demanded that election officials stop the counting of votes in the country’s November 3 election. “STOP THE COUNT!,” the president tweeted on Thursday, two days

Nigeria’s federal government will Thursday sign an agreement with Transcorp Consortium, the preferred bidder of Afam Power Plant, with a bid sum of N105 billion (about $272m). The Director-General of

US President Donald Trump has been complaining about what he described as “surprise ballot dumps” as ballot counts in the Rust Belt showed his lead shrinking in those states –

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is conducting a preliminary examination into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria including the alleged killing of peaceful protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Tollgate

The Nigerian military on Tuesday claimed that 75 terrorists were eliminated as part of a clampdown on Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Northeastern part of

The Nigerian government has said it granted the United States special forces permission to rescue its citizen in the Northern region of the country, with sources telling ARISE News the

 Legendary Nigerian Author Wole Soyinka is set to release his first novel in 48 years. Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth’ will be released this year, with the 86-year-old

 Millions of Americans are voting in person on Tuesday, adding their ballots to the more than 99 million already cast by early voters in the country’s most divisive contest in

Despite video evidence and allegations that personnel of the Nigerian Army shot at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos state, Nigeria’s Attorney-general and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said hoodlums wearing military

The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) efforts to elect a new leader next week could be delayed for at least another month because of the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland.

A three-year-old girl has been rescued alive from a collapsed apartment building in Izmir, Turkey, following Friday’s strong earthquake, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu. The child, identified by

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have one last chance to make their case to voters in critical battleground states on Monday, the final full day of campaigning

Investors in the Nigerian equity market gained N1.934 trillion (about $5bn) in October as the market recorded its best monthly gain since 2018, following the continued inflow of funds searching

President Donald Trump is mounting one final test of whether the massive crowds that often show up at his signature rallies will translate into votes as he finishes the final