World

By Ebi Kesiena Sri Lanka police fired tear gas and water cannon on a small protest on Thursday to break up the first demonstration since the crisis-hit island nation lifted a state of emergency. An unprecedented...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Saudi woman and a PhD candidate at Britain’s University of Leeds, Salma al-Shehab has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for using her tweet to aid dissidents seeking to “disrupt public...

At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister said. Kamel Beldjoud told state television that 24 people lost...

By Ebi Kesiena An Indian man has been arrested at Thailand’s main airport for attempting to smuggle out live creatures including a white desert fox and a raccoon, officials said on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian kingdom...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Russia is set to receive Chinese troops coming into the country to take part in joint military exercises to be led by Moscow, China's defence ministry said on Wednesday. Also expected to take...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Navy in Equatorial Guinea has arrested an oil vessel MV Heroic Idun with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number 9858058, which fled from Nigeria, after an alleged attempted loading at the Akpo field....