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China's former domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang, was sentenced to life in jail on Thursday after being found guilty during...

Nestle on Thursday asked an Indian court to review the ban of its popular Maggi brand instant noodles by the...

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, 50, was killed on Sunday by gunmen. The President...

Ethiopia plans to launch hydropower dams and other renewable energy projects over the next five years to 2020 that will...

Two convicted murderers who used power tools to break out of a maximum security prison in New York, the United...

China and the United States (U.S.) will swap initial demands for an investment treaty as early as Monday, sources said,...

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Munich, Germany on Sunday, armed with the "wish list" of Nigeria in line with the...

An Egyptian court on Saturday invalidated an earlier ruling that had designated the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement a terrorist organisation....

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Ajjampur Ghanashyam, said on Saturday that the bilateral trade volume between India and...

Rescuers have recovered most of the bodies of those who perished after a cruise ship sank in the Yangtze River,...

United Arab Emirates telecom operator, Etisalat. has agreed to sell its 85 per cent stake in Zanzibar Telecom Limited (Zantel)...

Some 21 people were treated for injuries following a crash involving two underground trains in Rome on Friday. The Atac...

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has decided to maintain its maximum production limit at 30 million barrels of...

Oil prices slipped on Thursday ahead of a key Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting to decide production...

London Mayor, Boris Johnson, said on Wednesday that the government would equip most policemen with body-mounted cameras by March, 2016....

London has edged out Bangkok to retain its title as the world's most popular tourist city, with 18.8 million visitors...

The United States (U.S.) has urged East African states to send high-level representatives to Burundi to reiterate their opposition to...

Embattled President of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), Mr. Sepp Blatter, has resigned. He resigned on Tuesday in...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is operating a small Air Force with scores of low-flying planes across the United...

An Egyptian court on Tuesday in Cairo postponed until June 16 a final verdict on last month's death sentence handed...