Chad’s junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is hoping to sweep May 6 elections and extend the more than three-decade rule of his family over the central African country. The…

China-friendly former diplomat Jeremiah Manele was elected Solomon Islands’ prime minister on Thursday, the country’s governor-general said, defeating a rival intent on curbing Beijing’s reach in the Pacific…

At least 10 people have died in floods caused by torrential rains in Brazil’s south, authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers searched for nearly two dozen individuals reported missing. Deluges in…

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s trial for covering up payments to suppress details of an alleged affair will hear Thursday that the former president has again breached a gag order…

Microsoft pledged a $2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in Malaysia on Thursday to help develop the country’s AI infrastructure. The tech giant’s chief executive Satya Nadella…

Cambodia’s defence ministry said Thursday a blistering heatwave roiling Southeast Asia played a role in an ammunition explosion that killed 20 soldiers at an army base over the weekend. The…

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept a Gaza truce plan despite an Israeli warning that the army will keep fighting the Palestinian militant group after any…

By AFP 02 May 2024   |   8:00 am A freak overnight mudslide in northern France killed a 57-year-old woman, local authorities said Thursday. [FILES] Police Line. PHOTO: iStock…

President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the family and associates of Second Republic legislator…

The death toll from a highway collapse in southern China’s Guangdong province has risen to 36, state media said Thursday, as rescue work continued. Heavy rains caused a stretch of…