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Survivors of a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Lebanese capital of Beirut last night were picking through the remains of their city for victims today as the death toll topped 100 and was expected to continue rising, with more…

A United Nations plane skidded off the runway while touching down at the Gao Airport, Mali, on Monday, leaving 11 people injured. United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) disclosed in a…

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Tuesday, formally declared her intention to seek a second term in an election in November that is seen as a test of the Southeast Asian nation's tentative democratic reforms. After decades of military…

Former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse reported on Monday, citing his biographer. Benedict, aged 93, has become very frail and his voice is…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered Nigerians with expired visas to leave the country on or before August 17, 2020. The Nigerian Embassy in Abu Dhabi confirms this in a statement, on Tuesday. The UAE had granted waivers on…

China vowed retaliation after the US forced the closure of its Houston Consulate, in one of the biggest blows to diplomatic ties between the two countries in decades. The US government gave China three days to close its consulate in…

President Donald Trump of the United States of America said, in a tweet, on Tuesday, he was looking forward to watching sports but suggested he would stop watching a game if he sees a player taking a knee during the national anthem. …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, sent a passionate “get well message” to Saudi ruler and custodian of the two holy mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, who has been hospitalised. King Salman, 84, was admitted to hospital in the…

British Airways is to retire its fleet of Boeing 747 with immediate effect due to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The airline has used the craft since July 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. …

Tunisian Prime Minister, Elyes Fakhfakh stepped down, on Wednesday, plunging the country into a political crisis as it tries to weather the economic fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic. Fakhfakh presented his resignation to President…