President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Xi Jinping on his re-election for a third term of five years as President and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of... Read more »

Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinian gunmen in a pre-dawn firefight in the occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian sources said Sunday, amid a surge in violence in the region. The Israeli... Read more »

More than 1,000 Africans trying to reach Europe have been rescued in a single night off Tunisia, the coast guard said Friday, after a wave of violence against black migrants. Last month... Read more »

A deadly shooting happened at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday evening. Gists9ja reports that eight people were killed in the attack and eight others injured. Police said... Read more »

Robert Blake, noted actor and Emmy-winner who starred in crime series “Baretta,” has died, according to his daughter, Delinah Blake. He was 89. Delinah Blake told CNN in an email that her... Read more »

A Nigerian born music manager was stabbed to death after celebrating his birthday with a designer watch worth up to £300,000, a London court heard. The Old Bailey heard that Emmanuel Odunlami,... Read more »

Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murders of his wife and son on their hunting estate in a case whose twists... Read more »

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the... Read more »

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated Thursday that France harboured no desire to return to past policies of interfering in Africa after he began a four-nation tour of the continent. “The age of... Read more »