MOGADISHU: A powerful blast, likely a car bomb, was heard late Monday near the heavily guarded Villa Somalia which houses the presidential palace and the...
WASHINGTON:Â US President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited a Muslim schoolboy to the White House after he was arrested and dragged off in handcuffs for bringing...
JOHANNESBURG: As many as 200 passengers were reportedly injured in a commuter train crash in south Johannesburg late Friday, medical officials said, as investigators examined...
TRIPOLI: Libyan forces have warned European Union for severe consequences if any European vessels found to be entering Libyan water without permission, local media reported...
BRAZAVILLE – The authorities in Congo-Brazzaville have banned people from wearing the full-face Islamic veil, including the niqab and the burka, in public places....
LAGOS: A “secretive” ailment that kills patients inside 24 hours has guaranteed no less than 18 lives in a southeastern Nigerian town, the government said...