Foreign

Benin presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni swept to victory in the country’s polls, securing 94 percent of votes, according to provisional results. The electoral commission published the preliminary tally overnight from Monday...

A new trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide. This comes nearly a year...

France’s interior minister is seeking to block US rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June due to his antisemitic remarks, a source close to the...

Pope Leo XIV has responded to recent criticisms from US President Donald Trump, asserting that his mission is rooted in the Gospel and he has no fear of the American president. Speaking...

US President Donald Trump has intensified his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, as he launches a blistering attack on the pontiff in a post on Truth Social filled with sharp accusations...

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday issued a forceful denial of any association with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She spoke at the White House, while simultaneously...

U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed Vice President J.D. Vance to seek a diplomatic exit from the escalating conflict with Iran as the administration’s peace delegation prepares to depart for Islamabad,...

Pope Leo XIV embarks Monday on an 11-day visit to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea for his first major international trip since becoming pontiff last year. From dialogue with Islam to...

The White House on Monday confirmed there was a deal under consideration for a 45-day ceasefire with Iran, but that President Donald Trump had “not signed off” on the proposal and...

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has appointed his son, Franck Emmanuel Biya, as Vice President of the Republic and Head of the Armed Forces, consolidating control over the country’s political and military...

British politician of Nigerian descent, Kemi Badenoch, has emerged as the most popular political party leader in the United Kingdom, according to a new opinion poll, Daily Mail reports on Sunday. Badenoch,...

Iran on Thursday threatened “crushing” attacks on the US and Israel, firing missiles at Tel Aviv after US President Donald Trump vowed to bomb the Islamic Republic “back to the Stone Ages”. The...