About 200 US businesses have been hit by a “colossal” ransomware attack, according to a cyber-security firm. Huntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through

Kenya High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage, has denied the involvement of his home government in the extradition of leader of disbanded Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

India has reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system and

Russian president on Thursday signed a law demanding large social media companies that operate in the country to open offices there or face stiff penalties. If firms like Facebook and

China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as

Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. Cosby has served more

About three years after jumping bail, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal

The Nigerian government says it’s rearrested Nnamdi Kanu, a self acclaimed leader of a group seeking the secession of the southeastern region. The federal government on Tuesday said the separatist

South Africa’s constitutional court has sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in prison. The court in a majority ruling found Mr Zuma guilty of contempt for failing to

Ethiopia’s government declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire Monday in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict as Tigray fighters occupied the regional capital and government soldiers retreated

Nigeria has added passengers from South Africa to the list of countries restricted for travellers due to the surge in the country’s COVID-19 cases. The Nigerian government insisted that the

The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and

Authorities in several countries – from Bangladesh and Indonesia to Australia and Israel – are racing to contain the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, while

British Health Minister Matt Hancock has resigned, a day after being called out for breaking social distancing rules by kissing an aide. The 42-year-old handed his resignation to Prime Minister

The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired,

Reports suggest Boko Haram terrorists are reunited with the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway faction of the insurgent group. A 13-minute video released on Saturday and

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the

At least one person has died and dozens are missing after the collapse of a 12-storey residential building north of Miami, Florida, officials say. The number of people who have