Getty ImagesCol Assimi Goïta seized power, with a pledge to end insecurityThe al-Qaeda flag flutters from an airport building. A jihadist places a burning rag in the engine of...

Getty ImagesSri Lanka's former president fled the country in 2022 after months-long protestsPolls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first...

Russia dissident freed in prisoner swap vows to returnA dissident freed by Russia in the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War has vowed to return to the country...

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has said he was "forced" to recognise President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of July's disputed election before being allowed to seek asylum in...

An Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza City has killed at least 22 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.The Israel Defense Forces...

BBC/GettyThe tenor and tone of the 2024 presidential race has once again become a top issue after Republican nominee Donald Trump was again targeted in what the FBI called...

Australia head coach Graham Arnold has resigned as it is the "best for the nation" after a poor start to their 2026 World Cup qualifying.The 61-year-old ends his six-year...

Schools in Niger will start the new academic year almost a month late because of heavy rainfall and flooding, says the military government. “Several schools have been affected, and...

ABANTU FOR DEVELOPMENT/FACEBOOKThe new law comes after decades of stallingWomen's rights advocates are demanding the immediate implementation of a nearly 30-year-old gender equity bill which Ghana’s president signed into...

Social MediaDr Nawz is the second blasphemy suspect in Pakistan to be shot dead in the space of a week.Police in southern Pakistan have shot dead a doctor accused...

One of Georgia's most well-known transgender women has been killed in her home, a day after the country's parliament passed a major anti-LGBT bill.Local officials say Kesaria Abramidze, 37,...

A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women while on assignment in the US and overseas.Over a...