The US president has invited the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal to Washington this week.

More than 600 Palestinians have died near Gaza aid sites since late May, says the UN. Meanwhile, doctors say Gaza’s main hospital is now "one massive...

Since 1990, Saba Saba, meaning "seven seven" in Kiswahili, has become a call to action for Kenya's pro-democracy demonstrators. Despite the government...

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or t...

Evin Prison, located in northern Tehran, is Iran’s most infamous facility for holding political prisoners.

Young people, mostly from Gen Z (born in the late 1990s to early 2010s), have grown increasingly alienated from the government as confrontations escal...

A treaty between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes as the United States tries to reassert its role as a global mediator under Presiden...

Germany is desperate for foreign skilled workers. But despite its revamped consular services website and special visa programme, few workers are reloc...

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also responded to the Iranian missile launch. "Tehran will shake," Smotrich posted on his X account.

Iran's official SNN news agency said that Tehran fired a last round of missiles towards Israel before a ceasefire comes into effect.

Araghchi said that final decision on stopping Iranian military operations would be made later

The final decision rests with the country's Supreme National Security Council.

On June 17, after more than a decade of investigation, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office requested that the case surrounding the assassination o...

The US struck Iranian nuclear facilities in Iran, including the key Fordo site, in a tightly choreographed operation dubbed "Midnight Hammer."

An Iranian official confirmed that part of the nuclear site in Fordo was attacked by "enemy airstrikes," according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency and IR...

Pope Leo XIV told politicians in Rome not to forget that artificial intelligence is a tool. He warned, "Our personal life has greater value than any a...

Grandi said, "The time to de-escalate is right now. Once people are forced to flee, there's no quick way back and all too often, the consequences last...

EU member nations will need to decide how to respond to the analysis. Their options range from suspending the current agreement to imposing economic s...

UNICEF said Gaza now faces a "man-made drought," warning that if an ongoing fuel blockade of over 100 days is not lifted, "children will begin to die...

Nearly 13 million people have been uprooted from their homes in West and Central Africa. The UN Refugee Agency blames migration trends and conflict fo...

The rocket exploded when preparing for an engine test at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas. SpaceX said all personnel were accounted for and safe.

A hospital in southern Israel and two towns near Tel Aviv were struck after a barrage of Iranian missiles. Israeli emergency services say more than 40...

Israel has relied on its Iron Dome system for years, but with escalating tensions with Iran and other parts of the Middle East, it may begin deploying...

US President Donald Trump threatened to react with "the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces" should Iran attack any US target.

Iran state radio said on Saturday that another two generals were killed in Israeli strikes on Friday, bringing to eight the total number of senior mil...

However, Baghaei stopped short of saying that the next round of talks, set to be held on Sunday in Oman, was cancelled, according to the Mizan news ag...

The missile struck near homes in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion.

Riyadh, which restored ties with Tehran two years ago, denounced the attacks as "blatant Israeli aggressions" undermining Iran's sovereignty, accordin...

Earlier, Iranian armed forces spokesperson Abolfazl Shekarchi told state TV that Israel would pay a "heavy price" for the attack and should await a "s...

Severe weather and overcrowding are believed to be the reasons the boat sank. Deadly boat accidents have become common in the waters near the African...

Israel's military said it fired warning shots at approaching "suspects" who ignored warnings to turn away, in an area that is considered an active com...

A ship with aid supplies for Gaza carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists was stopped by Israel from reaching the Palestinian enclave. Israel had...

Bangladeshi prosecutors have accused former leader Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India, of "crimes against humanity" during last year's uprising...

The ministers slammed the reported Israeli decision, calling it a "flagrant violation of Israel's obligations as the occupying power," the ministry ad...

At least 21 were killed and scores more injured, according to a Red Cross field hospital and numerous witnesses, cited by The Associated Press.

Ahmad said that the couple's only surviving child, an 11-year-old son, was in critical condition after the strike. The dead children ranged in age fro...

International efforts to end the conflict have included a United Nations (UN) embargo on arms transfers to the parties to the conflict, which expires...

African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), up for renewa...

In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose serious risks, yet preparedness remains low.

The opposition party has long complained that the composition of the electoral commission and systems favours the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) par...

Senior diplomats and aid officials from the UK, Germany, France, the European Union and the African Union gathered at the one-day conference hosted in...

An international network is allegedly taking advantage of vulnerable, poor people in Kenya on one side and the hopes of those desperately needing life...

Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023, is now Niger's president. The country's return to democratic norms looks furth...

Analysts say there is little interest in staging another uprising similar to the one that toppled longtime ruler the late Robert Mugabe

Qatar's mediation efforts have brought Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the table, leveraging strong economic ties to facilitate crucial...

The deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti is an exception because African troops are most deeply involved in peacekeeping missions across Africa and ma...

Military strikes, famine and disease have killed tens of thousands of civilians and millions have been displaced.

Under Mobutu's successors, Laurent and Joseph Kabila, the army was infiltrated by Rwanda, among other nations.

The Nigerian government wants to rehabilitate and reintegrate bandits who have terrorized the North West zone. But will expanding Operation Safe Corri...

 French police were working to disarm a WWII-era bomb found "in the middle of the train tracks" in the north of Paris. All trains to the Gare du Nord...