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Did China ask its people 'not to respond to aliens'? Origin of bizarre claim on social media

MS Dhoni-CSK Fallout? Report claims failed stake sale talks triggered rift

Scientists reveal the SAFEST COUNTRY when catastrophe strikes the planet

Serial killer on the loose in South Korea's Jeju Island? Fourth body found in three days as more than a dozen people go missing

2/3rd of glacier detached, collapsed: ISRO satellite images reveal what triggered Nepal floods

Trump once again claims without him there would be ‘no Israel right now’

Foreign espionage attacks against German companies surge to 37%, Bitkom report reveals

Blake Lively wins partial legal fee from Justin Baldoni after $8M request

Why is Pakistan deploying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones near India border?

'OH MY GOD! We've found other agents!': Investigators discover not one or two, almost 700 OpenAI AI agents went rogue, hacked Hugging Face

Lunar eclipse 2026: India timings, places to see and more. August Blood moon factsheet

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on global outreach tour 

Both pilots killed as training aircraft crashes in Lucknow – What we know

16-year-old charged with preparing terror attack on kindergarten in Norway

How the S-400 protects itself from enemy attacks

Nepal floods: Over 165 dead, 400 missing; US, India, China, World Bank mobilise aid

India's multi-layered watch: The new surveillance war

5 doomsday planes spotted in US skies hours after CIA director's secret trip to Russia

9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to finally face trial in 2028, nearly 27 years after horrific attacks

Islamabad hospital fire: What we know about one of the biggest facility that housed Imran Khan

Workers run for life while filming Nepal flash flood: Scary new visuals emerge from Rasuwa

Russian military planes enter South Korean air defence zone amid rising tensions with North Korea: What's happening

Ron Weasley Is Back! Rupert Grint set to return to Harry Potter universe on Broadway

400-year-old 'vampire' grave in Poland reveals non-existent genetic lineage

Dolly Parton, global icon and queen of country music, dies at 80

Nepal flash floods: Kailash Mansarovar yatra affected, close to 400 pilgrims out of contact

'If he is dead, they're putting on a pretty good show': Trump casts fresh doubt over Mojtaba Khamenei's fate

Man arrested near US Capitol with guillotine in pickup truck: What happened?

Why the Su-30MKI cockpit is painted bright turquoise green

Senegal's Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, delivered a fiery speech, where he took shots at France. He questioned why, after more than 60 years of Senegal's independence from France, the former colonizer was still benefiting from military bases in the country. France has between 350 and 400 troops stationed in Senegal. Senegal's coup-hit neighbours Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have already removed French bases from their country. Could Senegal be next?

Senegal hints at trooping out the French

The armed forces of the democratic republic of Congo say they foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners. It followed attacks on the presidential palace and the residence of a close ally of Congo's president that left three people dead in the capital. Many in Kinshasa had questions about the attackers' motives and how they were able to access key government sites.

DR Congo army foils coup attempt by Americans & rebels

From sharing food and nap times to family gatherings, Libyan Abdel Fattah Al-Saadi has been raising predatory animals as his pets inside his home in Libya's Tripoli. Here's a report on why some North African and Arab nations allow people to breed or domesticate wild animals.

Libya: Man raises predatory animals at home as his pets

A deaf teenager from a Nairobi slum has defied expectation by excelling in a community ballet programme, despite not being able to hear the music.

Kenya: Deaf ballerina beats all odds

Several thousand people take to the streets of Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, to protest against rising prices and the violation of individual and trade union freedoms.

Benin: High cost of living drives residents to the brink

The European Union on Tuesday expressed concern over a string of arrests of civil society figures in Tunisia. Tunisian lawyers protested and launched a nationwide strike over the arrest of a lawyer and political commentator in a weekend police raid. Many have accused President Kais Saied of ruling with an iron fist, even calling him a 'belligerent dictator'.

Tunisia: Lawyer's arrest causes outrage against Saied

The Sussexes, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, completed a three-day unofficial visit to Nigeria at the invitation of the country's military. The tour came as a surprise to many as the couple had been relatively low key for a couple of months prior, many Nigerians say the trip was a success as it boosted their relations and some say renewed their bond not only with the British Royal family but with the UK, although some did not see the relevance of the visit.

Nigeria: Decoding Harry & Meghan's unofficial tour

Ghana's Supreme Court said that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive anti-LGBTQ bill must amend their motions due to insulting language in their submissions and then postponed the case. Parliament unanimously passed the bill that would intensify a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the West African nation in February, but President Nana Akufo-Addo has delayed signing it with his office citing pending challenges at the Supreme Court.

Ghana: Supreme Court postpones anti-LGBTQ case

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled its largest refugee Olympic team to date for the Paris 2024 games, with 36 athletes from 11 different countries. The athletes, from countries including Syria, Sudan, Iran and Afghanistan, will compete across 12 sports in Paris, the third time such a team has formed for the Summer Olympics. But reports of doping seems to affect the game's spirit.

The IOC unveils 36-athlete refugee team

During war and colonisation, western nations participated in the theft of thousands of pieces of African art. This is the story of the role Britain’s anti-slavery mission played in looting African artefacts, and of the campaign to get them returned. But why the rush to return them now, more than 150 years later?

Race by western countries to return looted treasures

A Tunisian town has been gripped by an exodus of youth seeking a better life in Europe. The struggling town of El Hencha is just 150 kilometres from the Italian island of Lampedusa, a gateway for migrants to Europe. Many families in the North African nation are living in agony.

Tunisian youth flee to small towns to Europe

Up to 18,000 people a day, including shoppers and daily workers, go through the official Betbridge crossing point between Zimbabwe and South Africa...but now there is a new headache, ever since a crackdown was initiated by the South African government, many Zimbabweans are opting for the perilous Limpopo river crossing where they encounter smugglers and thieves too.

Xenophobia slowly returning to South Africa

Senegal tapestry production has found a new lease of life. Tapestry was a flagship cultural policy of Senegal's first president, poet Leopold Sedar Senghor, with production now revitalised thanks to a broadening of operations and new partnerships, including with fashion giant Chanel.

Senegal tapestry production finds new lease of life

The death toll in East Africa has risen significantly due to torrential rains brought about by cyclone Hidaya which made landfall in the coast of Kenya and Tanzania. The region has never faced a cyclone before, so how did the governments in these nations deal with the emergency?

East Africa floods to continue in May

With Dubai's plan of constructing the world's largest airport, is it somewhere ratcheting Saudi vision-2030?

West Asia's tourism battle

UN warns of possible imminent attack on city in Sudan's north Darfur. The agency added that an attack on Al-Fashir would have devastating consequences for civilians in area already on brink of famine. Watch in for more details!

Sudan: Darfur on the Precipice

The president of military-led chad kicked off his campaigns last week for a may presidential election he is widely expected to win, after his main rivals were ousted from the race. General mahamat idriss deby itno seized the presidency in a 2021 coup after the death of his father, idriss deby itno, who had ruled the sahel country with an iron fist for more than three decades. He had promised to hand power back to a civilian government within 18 months and told the African union he would not stand for election as president.

Chad readies itself for the Presidential Polls

Kenyan rugby player Dennis Ombachi has become as famous for his catchphrase "done" as he is for his cooking videos on TikTok. As he forged a path away from the sports fields and onto his iconic balcony, the 2022 best African TikTok content creator battled a few demons along the way - DEPRESSION.

Kenyan rugby player-turned-TikTok star's journey

Rwanda says it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British parliament this week approved a long-stalled and controversial bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country. But not everyone has welcomed this move.

Rwanda & UK hurdle over migrants quest to Kigali

Scores reported missing as Kenya ravaged by mass flooding. So far, 71 people were killed when a dam burst in Kenya's rift valley region. East Africa has been hit by the worst effects of the El Nino phenomenon which has affected Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi with over 250 deaths reported in a week in all the three nations, and approximately 300,000 people displaced.

Kenya Floods: Dam burst kills over 70 in Kenya's rift valley

Lawmakers in Togo approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and civil society groups have denounced as a constitutional coup.

Togo removes powers to elect president from the people

A growing number of states in Nigeria’s conflict-hit Northern region are setting up community-based vigilante patrol units to tighten security in villages where violent killings and kidnappings are rife.

Youth take up arms in Nigeria's volatile Kaduna state

Disadvantaged children in Rwanda take up the sport of fencing.

Fencing gaining popularity in Kigali, Rwanda

South Africans go to the polls on may 29, with elections falling nearly a month after the 30th anniversary of the first post-apartheid elections, held on April 27, 1994.

South Africa marks 30 years since first post-apartheid elections

Homophobia is not uncommon in ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and carries a three-year prison sentence, but now the LGBTQ+ community is feeling terrorised.

Ghana LGBTQ: We live in fear of 'snitches'

29-year-old pelumi nubi, who grew up in London, spent over two months driving from the UK capital to Lagos, Nigeria in her beloved purple peugeot 107. She traveled through around 17 countries, including France, Morocco, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Here's what she learned along the way.

Woman drives across continents for a borderless Africa

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