The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for calm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the announcement of the provisional results of the long-delayed presidential election. DRC has been witnessing tensions

An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said, with locals putting the number many times higher.

Paris police say several people have been injured in an explosion and fire at a bakery suspected to be caused by a gas leak. A Paris police spokeswoman said firefighters were at the scene

The central French city of Bourges is shuttering shops to brace for possible violence between police and yellow vest protesters, as the nationwide movement seeks a new stage for its weekly demonstrations. Paris, too,

WASHINGTON: The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said Friday amid uncertainty over America’s planned exit from the war-battered nation.President Donald

WASHINGTON: The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said Friday amid uncertainty over America’s planned exit from the war-battered nation.President Donald

The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in the history of the United States when the clock ticked past midnight on Friday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a

An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family saying she feared for her life, was due to arrive in Canada on Saturday, after being granted asylum in the North American country. Canadian Prime Minister

Democrat member of the US Congress, Tulsi Gabbard, has announced that she is running for president in 2020. Gabbard, a delegate for Hawaii in the House of Representatives, told CNN in an interview set

Israeli warplanes have fired a number of missiles towards the Syrian capital, Damascus, triggering Syrian air defence that shot down most of them, Syrian state media reports. "The results of the aggression so far