Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has appointed a new first vice president and prime minister, a day after declaring a year-long state of emergency to counter protests calling for his removal from office. Bashir replaced long-time

Abuja, Nigeria - Polls have closed in Nigeria's closely contested presidential and legislative elections which were delayed by a week due to logistical problems. There was a huge voter turnout in the capital city,

Dakar, Senegal - Millions of Senegalese citizens are preparing to head to polling stations across the West African country on Sunday to elect a new president. More than 6.5 million people have registered to

Guwahati, India - Over a 100 people have died after consuming spurious liquor in northeastern India's Assam state in the last 48 hours, authorities said. The victims, mostly tea plantation workers in Golaghat and Jorhat districts

A Swedish schoolgirl has taken her environmental fight to France. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg is spearheading student strikes against inaction on global warming. She joined hundreds of others at a protest in Paris. It was

The Philippines' top diplomat has defended his comments on Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler's massacre of Jews as "historical fact", amid brewing diplomatic tension between Manila and Berlin. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr

Two Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the kingdom, to which they now fear they will be forcibly returned. The siblings' flight

Security forces arrested 41 people during angry protests that rocked Algeria's capital against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fifth term, authorities said on Saturday. Police fired tear gas on Friday afternoon to block

There are concerns the Mexican president may backtrack over his promise to appoint a civilian as the head of the new National Guard. The controversial 50,000 strong National Guard force made up of military

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s defense minister told Pentagon officials there must not be a vacuum of power during the withdrawal of US forces from Syria, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday.A senior US administration official