Nigeria’s abstinence from voting at the United Nation’s Security Council meeting on Wednesday is already causing ripples across the world. Nigeria traditionally voted pro- Palest... Read more
Thirty-five people died in a stampede during New Year’s celebrations in downtown Shanghai, city officials said Thursday ” the worst disaster to hit one of China’s showcase... Read more
The pilot who successfully landed a Virgin Atlantic jet at Gatwick Airport after a major landing gear fault has said he was just doing his job. In a statement issued as his relieved passenge... Read more
Al-Shabab militants have been driven out of the group’s strongholds in Somalia A leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group was killed by a US air strike on Monday, Somali officials say. T... Read more
Angola, Africa largest oil producer behind Nigeria, plans to keep decreasing fuel subsidies next year after it raised gasoline and diesel prices by 20 per cent last week, President Jose Edua... Read more
Sounds of heavy gunfire at presidential palace in small west African nation, AP news agency quotes residents as saying. Heavy gunfire near Gambia’s presidential palace has been reporte... Read more
MADE NAGI/EPA Indonesian search and rescue team members marked a search area on a map. As the search for a missing AirAsia plane resumed on Monday morning, Indonesian authorities said they b... Read more
Boston’s National Public Radio affiliate (WBUR) reported that Obama’s approval rating is up to 48 percent. And they cited Rasmussen Reports, a polling firm often accused of leani... Read more
An AirAsia flight carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic controllers. Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said Flight QZ8501 lost c... Read more
Fifteen people have suffocated while digging in an illegal mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the problem of illicit mining is widespread, an official said Saturday. Th... Read more
