A Sierra Leonean doctor died of Ebola on Tuesday, a medical source said, bringing to seven the number of doctors killed by the virus savaging the nation’s healthcare system. Still recovering... Read more

The European Commission on Monday said the Netherlands and Britain have taken sufficient steps to curb recent outbreaks of bird flu in poultry farms. According to officials, the strain is di... Read more

Algerian army troops killed 7 militants and arrested one another in two separate operations near borders with Mali and Libya, a security source told Xinhua on Sunday. The source said two SUV... Read more

UAE Declares Muslim Brotherhood A Terrorist Organisation Muslim Brotherhood Logo The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, echoing a simi... Read more

Authorities in Burkina Faso named former foreign minister Michel Kafando as transitional president in a key step towards guiding the West African country to elections in the wake of a brief... Read more

The US State Department had to shut down its unclassified computer network over the weekend after evidence emerged that it could have been hacked, the US media reported late Sunday. The Stat... Read more

A Saudi groom who divorced his bride on their wedding night has been branded “totally irresponsible” and “utterly insensitive.” The couple has reportedly accepted to marry without meeting or... Read more

Lanxiang is known for training beauticians, chefs — and hackers. Now it’s back in the headlines. The founder of a military-linked Chinese vocational school at the center of an in... Read more

About 160 Chinese health workers have arrived in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41m Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by C... Read more

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has pledged his support to the Afghan president over his attempt to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, a sign of warming ties between the two... Read more