Venezuela’s opposition leader and democracy advocate, Maria Corina Machado, has been named the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of...
France has been thrown deeper into political turmoil after its new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned on Monday, barely a month after taking office. His sudden...
Sanae Takaichi has been elected leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), putting her on track to become the country’s first woman prime minister. The...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has cancelled its “Africa Hometown” initiative, saying the programme created unnecessary confusion and was widely misunderstood. The announcement, made in...
A Paris court has handed former French president Nicolas Sarkozy a five-year prison sentence after convicting him of criminal conspiracy. The case centred on allegations that...
US President Donald Trump has signed a new order raising the application fee for H-1B visas to $100,000, a sharp increase that could have major consequences...
Utah’s governor, Spencer Cox, has confirmed that 33-year-old Tyler Robinson has been arrested as the prime suspect in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The...
Sushila Karki, a former chief justice of Nepal, is set to take over as interim prime minister following the resignation of KP Sharma Oli, who stepped...
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has defended the country’s decision to strike Hamas leaders in Qatar. The Israel’s UN envoy described the strike as “the...
Texas Governor Ted Abbott has announced a statewide ban on Sharia law and the creation of Sharia-compliant towns or cities. Ted Abbott made the declaration on...
Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled that former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra must spend one year in prison over a corruption and abuse of power conviction. The...
Angela Rayner, the UK’s deputy prime minister, has stepped down after an inquiry found she failed to pay the correct stamp duty on a property. Angela...
The UK Government announced on Sunday that people with criminal records will face stricter limits under its new “Plan for Change”. The measures will ban offenders...
The Japanese government has designated the city of Kisarazu as the “hometown” for Nigerians who want to live and work in Japan. The announcement, made during...
The United States Government has doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, raising it from $25 million to $50...
Ghana has been hit with tragedy following a deadly military helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region that claimed the lives of eight people, including two senior...