World

By Ebi Kesiena Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped five Chinese nationals working at a gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-plagued east on Sunday. Regional Army spokesman, Major Dieudonne Kasereka said that...

By Ebi Kesiena A militant of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement opened fire on Sunday in Jerusalem’s Old City, killing one person and wounding three before he was shot dead, Israeli officials, police and medics said....

By Ebi Kesiena Venezuela on Saturday entered the Guinness record for the world’s largest orchestra after thousands of local musicians performed Tchaikovsky’s “Slavonic March.” The performers were brought together by Venezuela’s publicly funded “El Sistema” program,...

By Ebi Kesiena Explosive remnants of war have killed 19 civilians in Syria since the start of November, a war monitor reported on Saturday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Nineteen Syrian civilians,...

By John Ikani The United States has rejected an appeal by the Taliban for the release Afghan assets frozen after their takeover. In an open letter on Wednesday, the Taliban called on the US Congress to...

By Emmanuel Nduka Guinea’s Interim President, Mamady Doumbouya, has pledged his commitment to a smooth handover of power back to democratic rule. The tough Doumbouya, declared this during the first meeting of Ministers under the National...