The test is a vital step in NASA’s Artemis programme to put the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.NASA ignited all four engines of a de…
Costa Rica’s latest effort to address a nearly $40bn debt crisis threatens to rekindle anti-austerity protests across the Central American nation, exp…
Residents, government troops flee as armed group overran a town in Nigeria’s Borno state in attack claimed by ISIL.Government troops and hundreds of r…
Yoweri Museveni has already ruled Uganda for 35 years – and he is now set for five more.The veteran leader was declared on Saturday the winner of Ugan…
Burkina Faso athlete adds 15 centimetres to the previous record set by his own coach, Teddy Tamgho.Hugues Fabrice Zango has become the first Burkinabe…
About 8,000 people began leaving Honduras early Friday, fleeing violence, poverty and recent natural disasters.Thousands of Hondurans are making their…
State officials across the United States are preparing for potentially violent demonstrations in support of President Donald Trump in the days leading…
Hichem Mechichi names a dozen new cabinet members, including interior, justice, energy and health ministers.Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi ha…
The Brazilian state of Amazonas has received more emergency supplies of oxygen after authorities appealed for help to treat COVID-19 patients amid a d…
Wendy Sherman, Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy secretary of state, was key US negotiator of 2015 Iran nuclear accord.United States President-elect Joe …
A team of Nepalese climbers made history by scaling the world’s second-highest peak – Pakistan’s K2 – in the winter season, a local Alpine Club offici…
Saudi Foreign Minister Farhan says kingdom ‘will restore full diplomatic relations with Qatar’.Saudi Arabia expects to reopen its embassy in Doha in t…
Uganda’s electoral commission has declared incumbent Yoweri Museveni the winner of the country’s presidential election, extending his 35-year rule as …
“Ten years on, there is still a price to pay in Tunisia for speaking your mind,” said 37-year-old seasoned social media activist Azyz Amami with a sig…
Armin Laschet wins 521 of 991 votes cast during conservative party’s first ever digital convention.Centrist Armin Laschet was elected chairman of Germ…
Tehran, Iran – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested long-range missiles and drones against land and sea targets in Iran’s fourth large-…
One peacekeeper was killed in an ambush by rebels near the town of Grimari in the Central African Republic (CAR) as deadly violence continues after a …
The bloodshed comes as the Taliban and government negotiators engage in peace talks to end the nearly two-decade war.Two members of an Afghan militia …
Slovakia’s former foreign minister Jan Kubis will succeed Ghassan Salame as the UN’s new envoy to war-stricken Libya.The United Nations Security Counc…
India, home to 1.3 billion, is aiming to inoculate about 300 million people by July.India launched one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination …
After four years in the White House, Donald Trump is leaving the United States presidency with low job approval ratings following the January 6 attack…
Death toll rises to 45 while 190 people are treated for serious injuries and 15,000 residents have sought temporary shelters.An aftershock hit Indones…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says seven companies were targeted for shipping steel to or from Iran.The United States has imposed more sanctions on c…
The former lover of Spain’s king emeritus, Juan Carlos, has testified that her life had been threatened by a former spy chief on orders from the exile…
Federal prosecutors previously said there was evidence that rioters intended ‘to capture and assassinate’ officials.The top federal prosecutor in Wash…
