A former South African president, Jacob Zuma has pleaded not guilty in a corruption trial involving a $5 billion arms deal from the 1990s. He is facing 16 counts of

The lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is a violation of privacy rights in

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the European Union will impose sanctions on those people in Mali behind the arrest of the interim president and prime minister. Speaking at

The political tension in Mali has taken another twist after retired Colonel Bah Ndaw, President of the West African country’s Transitional Government was detained on Monday along with Prime Minister

The EU has decided to ban Belarusian airlines from European skies after a flight was diverted to Minsk on Sunday and a dissident journalist arrested. At a meeting in Brussels,

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court in person for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1, Myanmar

Nigeria’s federal government has revoked the visas issued to 27 Indians in addition to placing a tag of Persons of Interests on 63 Nigerians. This action followed the failure of

Western countries have expressed outrage at the forced diversion of a plane carrying a Belarusian activist on an internal EU flight on Sunday. EU leaders are due to discuss their

A Brazil based drug kingpin has been nabbed with 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing about 30 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8 billion (about $20m) at the Murtala

Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow River

Lava from a volcanic eruption approached the airport of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city of Goma late on Saturday, and the government urged residents to evacuate. As the

The European Union (EU) says it intends to invest 1 billion euros ($1.2billion) to build Covid vaccine-manufacturing hubs in Africa. It will also donate at least 100 million doses of

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days

Israeli media say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral cease-fire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip. The decision came after heavy U.S.

Ahead of Thursday’s Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) meeting, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday at its virtual meeting considered the report of a committee headed by Kaduna State

Café and restaurant terraces have reopened in Paris after a shutdown of more than six months, as the country lifted certain coronavirus restrictions. Museums, theaters and cinemas are also reopening

The New York attorney general’s office says it is investigating the Trump Organization “in a criminal capacity”. A spokesman for the state’s top prosecutor, Letitia James, said the inquiry into

US President Joe Biden has voiced his support for a ceasefire after eight days of violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Bill Gates acknowledged through a spokeswoman that he had an extramarital affair with a Microsoft employee, which Microsoft said led its board to investigate the “intimate relationship” shortly before he