French Interior Minister Bruno Ritayo announced today (Tuesday) that one of the sons of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, who lived for years in a town in the Normandy region…
China will provide emergency humanitarian medical supplies to Lebanon at the request of the Lebanese government, Li Ming, spokesman for the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDA), said on Tuesday.…
More than 350 people have died from cholera in the past nine months, a 239 percent increase on the same period last year, Nigerian health officials said today. The number…
Ethiopia’s parliament on Monday elected Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie as the country’s president, an honorary position, succeeding Sahle-Work Zewde, whose term expires at the end of October. Ethiopia’s president…
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck areas near the Kermadec Islands off the coast of New Zealand on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The agency…
The Tripoli Criminal Court has sentenced a former head of Libya’s mission to Italy to 10 years in prison after convicting him of illicit financial gain, the public prosecutor’s office…
Brazil defeated Argentina 2-1 in the final on Sunday to win the Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan. Brazil’s goals were scored by Ferrao and Rafa in the 6th and 13th…
A powerful explosion outside Karachi airport on Sunday night killed two Chinese nationals, as the Pakistani government prepares for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Islamabad in a week’s…
After more than a year, Ghana has reached an agreement with international bondholders to restructure up to $13bn of international debt. the Ghanaian government said it had reached an agreement…
Tropical Storm Milton has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, with no landfall expected here, but heavy rains are expected along the…