India’s moon mission lifts off after delay
India has launched a rocket into space to perform a soft landing of a rover on the moon, the country’s most ambitious mission yet to...
Ethiopia referendum: Dozens killed in Sidama clashes – BBC News
Ethiopia referendum: Dozens killed in Sidama clashes BBC News Activists from the Sidama ethnic group were set to declare their own federal state last week....
Iran says it has arrested CIA spies; UK to unveil response to ship crisis
Iran said on Monday it had captured 17 spies working for the CIA and sentenced some of them to death, an announcement President Donald Trump...
Several dead in bomb blast in Somalia’s capital
Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an explosion in Mogadishu which has killed at least seven people and wounded 27 others. Sisipho Skweyiya reports....
Congo health minister resigns in protest over government handling of Ebola response
Democratic Republic of Congo’s health minister, Oly Ilugna, resigned on Monday in protest at the presidency’s announcement last week that it would take control of...
At least 17 killed in bomb attack in Somalia capital
At least 17 people were killed and 28 others wounded when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital...
Summertime, and the living is easy for Santas in Copenhagen
Being Santa Claus is an all-year job if you ask the 150 Santas from around the world who have left Rudolph and the elves at...
Grupo Mexico says Navy found no environmental damage after sulfuric acid spill
Mexican mining and transport firm Grupo Mexico said on Monday that Mexico’s Navy Ministry reported it did not find environmental damage from the company’s sulfuric...
Wall Street opens higher in crucial earnings week
U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday, led by technology stocks, as investors eyed fresh trade developments between the United States and China in a busy...
France finds wreckage of submarine which disappeared in 1968
The French Navy has found the wreckage of its ‘Minerve’ submarine, which disappeared off the coast of Toulon in the Mediterranean Sea in 1968, leading...