WORLD

Zimbabwe will upgrade its main airport at a cost of $153 million in an effort to attract more visitors, state media reported on Thursday, as authorities renamed the airport in honour of 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. Harare…
Read More...

At least six children have been killed and 25 others injured in an explosion at a primary school in north-west Tanzania, witnesses say. Reports say the pupils were playing with a grenade they had found. Three were pronounced dead at…
Read More...

On November 8, the Saudi authorities frozed bank accounts of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, one of the most senior members of the ruling Al Saud family, and the former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, according to Reuters. Prince Mohammed bin…
Read More...

North Korean officials were closely watching US President Donald Trump when he addressed the South Korean National Assembly Wednesday, but they say they weren't listening. Though the American leader's tone was more subdued -- and he…
Read More...

Police in Colombia have made the largest seizure of cocaine in the country's history. The government have said that they have discovered an incredible 12 tonnes of cocaine from banana plantations in the north of the country. President…
Read More...

Zimbabwe's former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sacked on Monday, has fled the country amid death threats, his allies say. President Robert Mugabe, 93, accuses his former deputy of plotting to take power from him. "He went…
Read More...

President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, the government said, as the veteran leader appeared to clear the way for his wife Grace to succeed him. The dramatic move came after a tense weekend in which…
Read More...

Japan will impose additional sanctions on North Korea in response to the continuing threat posed by its missile and nuclear programs, Japan’s top government spokesman said on Tuesday. The sanctions, mentioned by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
Read More...

Liberia’s Supreme Court on Monday put a presidential run-off on hold until the electoral commission can investigate claims of irregularities and alleged fraud in last month’s first round of voting. People walk past the headquarters of…
Read More...

Panic has gripped the Indian capital, Delhi, as residents woke up to a blanket of thick grey smog on Tuesday. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) declared "a state of medical emergency" and urged the government to "make every possible…
Read More...