Japan PM promises to deal with North Korea threat
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to "deal firmly" with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday's election.
Mr Abe had called an early election for an increased...
WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
"I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns," WHO head Tedros Adhanom...
WHO chief ‘rethinking’ Robert Mugabe’s appointment
The new head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is rethinking a plan to appoint Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's original proposal sparked an outcry.
He had previously praised...
Mogadishu truck bombing death toll jumps to 358
The death toll from last Saturday's huge truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 358, the information minister says.
Some 56 people are also still missing, Abdirahman Osman says.
Officials have blamed the...
Missing US hikers died in ‘murder-suicide’
A California couple who went missing in July in the Joshua Tree National Park are believed to have died in a murder-suicide pact, police have said.
Rachel Nguyen, 20 and Joseph Orbeso, 22, were first...
Spain expected to remove Catalan powers
The Spanish cabinet is expected to approve measures allowing the government to impose direct rule over Catalonia.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with his cabinet almost three weeks after the region held a referendum.
The Spanish...
Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump's leadership.
Mr Obama urged Americans to...
SA football boss Danny Jordaan ‘raped singer Jennifer Ferguson’
South African singer and ex-MP Jennifer Ferguson has accused the country's football boss Danny Jordaan, 66, of raping her nearly 24 years ago.
He "overpowered" her and "painfully" raped her in a hotel in Port...
Dare Not Linger: Mandela’s book sequel launched in South Africa
The new instalment of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, has been released in Johannesburg.
Dare Not Linger tackles his five years as South Africa's president after the collapse of apartheid and gives his...
Queen of Denmark Margrethe II visiting Ghana
The Queen of Denmark Margrethe II is coming to Ghana on a state visit in November.
Margrethe II is also the supreme authority of the Church of Denmark and Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Defence.
She is...