INTERNATIONAL

Amid fears and other concerns by many countries, the European Union (EU) has declared that AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective against COVID-19. Emer Cooke, executive director of the European...

Vatican has said the Catholic Church and its priests cannot bless same-sex marriages because God "cannot bless sin." The Vatican's orthodoxy office -the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...

Ugandan-born US journalist Shaka Ssali, is set to retire from broadcasting after 20 years of hosting popular show -Straight Talk Africa on Voice of America. Shaka's plan to move on...

China has made anal COVID-19 swabs mandatory for all foreign travelers arriving in the country, a report said Wednesday. As part of the new travel requirement, there will be testing...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail after court found him guilty of corruption. Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty of trying to bribe a...

United Nations has appealed to coup plotters in Myanmah to immediately stop repression on citizens amidst violent crackdown by the military on protesters following a government takeover early this month....

At least one person died and seven others were injured following a powerful explosion near Parliament compound in Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, local media have reported. Eyewitnesses say the...

The News Zealand Parliament has scrapped a long-time rule binding legislators on mandatory wearing of neckties ending a tradition widely deemed by majority population in the country as a "colonial"...

Hospitals in South Africa have resorted to shipping containers as hospital authorities improvise to cope with the high number of corpses due to COVID-19 deaths. According to local media, 17...

As a mark of peace, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari usually releases white pigeons from a cage as the country commemorates the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony, every 15th January. But,...