UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government’s expected…

A murder investigation has been launched into the parents of a 3-year-old child who died of starvation in Austria. Police in the western Austrian state of Tyrol said on Wednesday…

“I am now on antidepressants and being here alone, I have nobody to talk to. For over two months, I’ve barely eaten or slept and I don’t understand why this…

Israel’s more than seven-month war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Norway, Spain and…

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for late president Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday as huge crowds thronged the capital Tehran for his funeral procession. Flanked by top officials,…

Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who was the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014. Iwao Hakamada,…

Norway, Ireland and Spain announced on Wednesday that they will recognise a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys. Ireland’s leader said his nation would recognise Palestine as…

The governments of Ireland and Norway were expected on Wednesday to move towards formally recognising a Palestinian state, media reports said. Ireland’s leaders were scheduled to hold a news conference…

The Association of Enterprise Risk Management Professionals (AERMP) has urged the Federal and state governments in Nigeria to take immediate risk-mitigating measures against the resurgence of COVID-19. The body noted…

To project African patriotism, an adventurer and former librarian at the Goethe Institut in Lagos, Georges Gambadatoun, has launched his cross-countries motorbike ride dubbed Reading Ride Africa. This is a…