World

By Ebi Kesiena The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut the heads off mannequins, insisting figures representing the human form violate Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the heads off...

By Ebi Kesiena A woman and her three-month-old baby in southeastern Zimbabwe have been trampled to death by an elephant, the national parks authority said on Wednesday. The 23-year-old woman from rural Chipinge District had taken...

By Emmanuel Nduka South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the first instalment of a long awaited report on corruption in the country. The report which was presented on Tuesday, is the result of a three-year...

By John Ikani Five of the world's largest nuclear powers pledged on Monday to work together towards "a world without nuclear weapons" in a rare statement of unity amid rising East-West tensions. "A nuclear war cannot...

By Ebi Kesiena Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not need surgery, his doctors said on Tuesday, a day after the far-right leader was rushed to the hospital with a partially blocked intestine. “President Jair Messias Bolsonaro’s...

By John Ikani  Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement. Henry’s office said on Monday that “bandits...