By Natalia Zinets and Alissa de Carbonnel KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine, March 2 (Reuters) – Ukraine mobilised for war on Sunday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared he...
NAN Former Georgian Prime Minister, Vano Merabishvili was on Monday sentenced to five years in jail over charges of bribery, misappropriation of public funds and abuse...
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Over 200 workers were feared trapped Sunday inside an illegal gold mine in South Africa, emergency rescuers said. “We have got communication with...
NAN Pope Francis, on Friday, celebrated St. Valentine’s Day by hosting an audience of more than 20,000 engaged couples and urged them to respect the sanctity...
A deal, which would have given South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) a black presidential candidate, has collapsed. Last week’s agreement would have merged the...
Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza urged fighters to put down their arms as she took the oath of office, even as looters pillaged Muslim neighbourhoods and sectarian...
SAO PAULO (AFP) – Opponents of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil said they have scheduled protest demonstrations in 36 cities for Saturday. Under the slogan...
NAN A proposed new Egyptian constitution has been backed by 98.1 per cent of people who voted in a referendum, officials have said. Turnout was 38.6...
BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced. Ghana-born Dumor was a...
More than 40 journalists and editors have signed a statement demanding the immediate release of three al-Jazeera colleagues accused of helping the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt....
Libya’s deputy industry minister has been shot dead during a visit to his hometown of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli. Local media quoted officials as...
The UN Headquarters complex in New York has been closed as a result of the snow and weather conditions across the U.S., the News Agency of...