Senegal’s first satellite has been successfully launched into orbit, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said. He added that the move marked a major step towards the West African country’s “technological sovereignty”. The GAINDESAT-1A... Read more »

The Economic Community of West African States Parliament is stepping up diplomatic efforts to prevent Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from leaving the regional bloc. The Deputy Speaker of the House of... Read more »

A dramatic altercation unfolded in the Turkish Parliament on Friday as a heated debate over the detention of an opposition delegate descended into physical violence. The brawl erupted when Ahmet Sik, a representative... Read more »

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has been appointed as Thailand’s new prime minister, becoming the country’s youngest-ever leader and marking the return to power of the Shinawatra family, which has dominated Thai politics over the... Read more »

Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has announced he will resign in September, marking the end of a tumultuous three-year term overshadowed by political scandals. In a press conference on Wednesday, Kishida declared... Read more »

Mark Zuckerberg unveils statue of his wife, Priscilla Chan, in their garden. “Bringing back the Roman tradition of making sculptures of your wife,” the Facebook founder captioned the post. Read more »

Eric Dwamena, a Ghanaian teacher who was falsely accused of fathering a student’s child, has been exonerated following a DNA test that confirmed he is not the father. The accusation, made approximately... Read more »

Former President Donald Trump headed to Montana for a Friday night rally in hopes of ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but his plane first had to divert to an airport on the... Read more »

A passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, killing all aboard. The plane was carrying 58 passengers and four crew members at the time of... Read more »