US gunman kills three ‘in race attack’
Three white men were killed and another wounded when a black gunman opened fire in Fresno, California, in a suspected race attack, police have said.
Kori Ali Muhammad shot 16 rounds in 90 seconds in...
Theresa May to seek general election on 8 June
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced plans to call a snap general election on 8 June.
She said Britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum.
Explaining the decision, Mrs May said:...
Zimbabweans to pay school fees with ‘Goats and Sheep’
Parents in Zimbabwe can now pay the school fees of their children using livestock. That is the announcement from the country’s government.
Zimbabwe’s Minister Lazarus Dokora has said that managers of schools must be willing...
Turkey referendum: Vote expanding Erdogan powers ‘valid’
The result of the referendum that grants sweeping new powers to the president of Turkey is valid, the head of the electoral body says.
Sadi Guven was speaking after the main opposition Republican People's Party...
FGM: Detroit doctor Jumana Nagarwala faces life in jail
A doctor in the US city of Detroit has been charged with carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in...
Senior New York judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam found dead in Hudson River
US judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first black woman to serve in New York's highest court, has been found dead in the city's Hudson River.
The 65-year-old is also widely reported to have been the country's...
$43m found in empty Nigeria flat’
More than $43m (£34m) has been seized from a flat in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, the anti-corruption agency says.
Officials raided the flat after a tip-off about a "haggard-looking" woman in "dirty clothes" taking bags...
Boko Haram ‘plot to attack UK and US embassies foiled’
Nigeria's spy agency says it thwarted a plot by militant Islamist group Boko Haram to attack the UK and US embassies in the capital Abuja.
Six people were arrested last month in connection with the...
Melania wins damages from Daily Mail over ‘escort’ allegation
The UK's Daily Mail newspaper has agreed to pay damages and costs to the first lady of the United States over an article about her modelling career.
The newspaper had reported allegations that Melania Trump...
Rawlings blasts Trump over Syria attack
Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings has condemned the attack by the United States of America on Syria describing it “most vicious, cowardly and evil.”
The US last week attacked a military base in Syria...