Japanese stocks rose Friday on a weaker yen after a muted day on Wall Street following the Christmas holiday. Japan’s key Nikkei index was up more than 1 percent in morning trade, after the yen hit ...

India on Friday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.

South Korea's acting president faced an impeachment vote on Friday, as the country struggled to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor's martial law declaration that shocked the world.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the military airstrike in Sokoto State that erroneously killed innocent citizens, instead of terrorists, as a gross violation of humanity.

As the curtain gradually draws on 2024, Nigeria stands on the precipice of a new era, awed by the tumultuous events and issues that shaped the past 12 months.

The Federal Government has dismissed allegations made in a viral video by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the military leader of Niger Republic, that Nigeria and France conspired to destabilise his ...

The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife asked forgiveness from his ...

It is already the second Christmas in Bethlehem to be marked by Israel's war in Gaza. Tourists and pilgrims have stopped ...

Several interior ministry personnel were killed in a clash as they went to arrest an officer of the ousted Assad regime.

A day after violent protests and looting spread across Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, smoke billowed from destroyed buildings ...

Haitian leader Leslie Voltaire condemned the "unacceptable" shooting in Port-au-Prince, which also left a police officer dead ...

A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander ...