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US justice department drops probe into Fed chairman Jerome Powell
The US justice department is dropping its investigation into the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, over alleged building cost overruns.
US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia
The US and Saudi Arabia have signed a landmark deal that will reportedly allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme.
Michael Jackson film is a ‘whitewash’ and ‘ghoulish’, critics say
Film critics have described the new Michael Jackson biopic as a "whitewash", with several reviewers saying it tells a "sanitised" version of his life and career.
Oil hits $100 a barrel despite deal to release record amount of reserves
Oil prices continued to rise on Thursday despite major countries agreeing to release a record amount of oil from their emergency reserves as they try to curb the impact of the Iran war.
Behind Nigeria’s murky coup plot – the money, the prayers and a Nollywood arrest
For months rumours and secrecy have surrounded last year's alleged Independence Day coup plot in Nigeria - but with this week's indictment of six people accused of involvement comes the first details of what is said to have been an elaborate plan to oust President Bola Tinubu.
Starmer tells Apple and Google to ban nude images on children’s phones
Tech companies such as Apple and Google have been asked by the UK government to block access to naked images on smartphones and other devices for under-18s.
Netanyahu vows to ‘increase the blows’ against Hezbollah as Israel intensifies strikes in Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled a major escalation in the conflict with Hezbollah on Monday night, vowing to intensify military operations against the Lebanese militant group despite a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Following his video announcement, the Israel Defence Forces launched a wave of st...
Ghanaian jailed in UK for processing ‘koobi’ from his residential flat
Watford Borough Council has successfully secured a conviction following a lengthy and complex two-year investigation into illegal fish processing taking place in a residential flat in Watford. Mr Stephen Akuoko, of 21 Lincoln Green Court, Haines Way, Watford, pleaded guilty to two food safety offences at St Albans Magi...
US deports eight people ‘of African origin’ to Uganda
Eight people from different African countries have been deported to Uganda from the United States, the first of such transfer under a migration deal signed last year.
At least 30 feared dead in crush at Haitian tourist site
At least 30 people are feared to have been killed in a stampede at a popular tourist site in Haiti on Saturday.
Four climbers killed and six feared missing after avalanche hit Nirmal Purja’s team
US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey says the school for girls that she launched in South Africa nearly 20 years ago will close next year.
Trump paused attacks on Iran to make space for talks, US ambassador says
President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran for the second night in a row to give diplomacy more time, the US ambassador to the UN said.