ISIS fanatic inmates have taken control of a Russian penal colony, slashing a guard’s throat and forcing maimed hostages to beg Putin for help while demanding a helicopter and £1.5million cash. Horrifying... Read more »

US presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, has launched an unexpected verbal attack against Donald Trump. During her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) – four days of a star-studded and super-charged... Read more »

Russian strikes killed eight civilians across Ukraine, regional authorities announced Friday, over two years and a half since Russia invaded its neighbour. Attacks killed two in the northeastern Sumy region, the national... Read more »

Cameroon is due to hold its next Presidential election in 2025, longtime President Paul Biya will be 93. He has confirmed that he will contest If he wins, and completes the new... Read more »

Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu. The security personnel had... Read more »

Ghanaian politician Hawa Koomson hawks watermelon while campaigning for votes in Kasoa Read more »

The world’s oldest living person, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said... Read more »

British tech magnate Mike Lynch was among six people lost at sea on Monday, August 19, after a luxury superyacht sank off the Italian island of Sicily during a sudden storm. Lynch’s... Read more »

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 »