Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections. His...
A man has been arrested in New York in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in...
Emergency services in Liberia were tackling a fire in the country’s parliament building which broke out as opposition protests spilled into a second day. Authorities did...
A man who should have been celebrating his birthday and a married couple were among 11 Indians to die in a Georgian ski resort at the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended his congratulations to Ghana’s President-elect John Dramani Mahama following his victory in the December 7 polls. In his congratulatory message,...
A man in Canada’s far north leapt on to a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled, police say. The unnamed man suffered serious...
Joe Biden has begun his long-anticipated maiden visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US president but it comes amidst uncertainty over future US-Africa relations as Donald Trump...
A former Chinese state media journalist has been sentenced on Friday to seven years in prison for espionage, his family has confirmed to the BBC. Dong...
French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisèle for a decade and inviting 50...
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours...