Pope arrives Thailand on three day visit

Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, part of a mission to boost the morale of those countries’ tiny minority Catholic communities and speak about issues…

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle named most powerful dresser of 2019

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has emerged as 2019's most powerful dresser according the Lyst Index, an annual fashion report which analyses data collected throughout the year to reveal the biggest…

100 protesters still holed up in Hong Kong university

No fewer than 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university Tuesday as a police siege of the campus entered its third day. City leader Carrie Lam said 600 people had left…

Israel intercepts rocket fire from Syria, reportedly hits back

Israel's air defences intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday, the army said, prompting reported retaliatory missile strikes against the source of the fire.        The Syria…

Amazon deforestation rate hits highest level in 11 years

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has risen to its highest level in 11 years, according to Brazilian government data released Monday.         …

Pope Francis takes anti-nuclear campaign to Japan

Pope Francis takes his mission to ban nuclear weapons this week to the only places where they were used in war, visiting the World War Two ground zeros of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of a tour of …

Bill Gates overtakes Jeff Bezos to reclaim world's richest man title

Billionaire Bill Gates has officially surpassed Amazon Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeff Bezos at world's richest person on earth with a net worth of $110 billion (N39,765,000,000,000).   …

North Korea would not hold useless summits with USA : KCNA

Another summit between North Korea and the US would be "useless" unless Washington offers new concessions in their nuclear negotiations, Pyongyang said Monday, hours after Donald Trump hinted at the …

Ousted US envoy testifies at Trump impeachment hearing

An ousted US envoy to Ukraine who said she felt threatened by Donald Trump testified Friday on Day Two of impeachment hearings looking into whether the president abused his office for personal politi…

8-year-old girl with IQ higher than that of Einstein's goes viral

Adhara Perez might only be eight years old but she's already known for her intellectual capabilities.         Perez, who hails from the slums of Tlahuac, Mexico City, ha…

Judge agrees Alabama islamic state recruit is not an american citizen

A judge agreed Thursday with President Donald Trump's administration that an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group was not a US citizen, leaving the 25-year-old and her son in limbo in Syr…

Italy to declare state of emergency in Venice after flood (Pictures)

Italy was poised to declare a state of emergency for Venice Tuesday after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city.&n…

China launches five satellites with one rocket

Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province on Wednesday. The five Ningxia-1 satellites were launched by …

Rat holds up flight in India for 12 hours

A domestic flight in India was delayed for nearly 12 hours after a rat was spotted scampering around the aircraft, news reports and officials said on Tuesday.        Air…

Swine flu kills fourth person in Vietnam

A 37-year-old Buddhist nun in Vietnam’s central highlands has died of swine flu, bringing the total number killed by the disease this year to four, authorities said on Tuesday.    &nbs…

Lion Air Finds Cracks In Two Boeing 737NGs

Lion Air has found structural cracks in two Boeing Co (BA.N) 737 NG planes with fewer flights than a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) threshold for checks, Indonesia’s aviation safety regul…

Trump Jr face backlash for exposing the ID of alleged whistle blower

President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. has triggered a backlash after he revealed in a tweet the name of the alleged whistleblower at the centre of the impeachment probe of his father.…

Climate change: New Zealand passes ‘zero carbon’ law

New Zealand lawmakers on Thursday passed a “Zero Carbon” bill that it hopes will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a near-neutral level by 2050.        The legislat…

Britain’s PM Johnson launches election campaign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to fire up supporters with a Brexit rallying cry on Wednesday after the first day of his election campaign was marred by a ministerial resignation, a ga…

Uk welcomes Riyahd agreement

The United Kingdom has welcomed the signing of the “Riyadh Agreement” document between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council, in response to the gracious invitation of the Custo…