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Zimbabwe held its first election on Monday since former leader Robert Mugabe was ousted in a de facto coup but the opposition leader alleged voter suppression, raising fears of a disputed result. Nelson Chamisa is the main challenger to…

On the eve of Zimbabwe’s first election since former president Robert Mugabe was ousted in a de facto coup, the 94-year-old said he hoped his former allies in the “military government” would be voted out of power. Mugabe, whose…

The American government may have postponed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposed visit to Washington till next year, but the Russian leader said he was ready for the visit, as he also invited Donald Trump to visit Moscow.…

British doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, the government announced Thursday following a review — but insisted it was not a first step towards legalising recreational use. Home Secretary Sajid Javid, the interior…

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary…

Chinese police have cracked down on an online pyramid scheme involving 10.2 billion yuan ($1.5bn) and over 220,000 investors, local authorities said Wednesday. Police in Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, caught 82…

The EU is mulling tit-for-tat tariffs of around $20 billion on US products if Washington goes ahead with its threat of new tolls on European cars, the bloc’s trade commissioner said Wednesday. “We hope that this won’t happen and that…

A Thai man cut off his best friend's peen and tossed it to his dog to eat after his drunk mate 'tried to seduce' his sleeping wife. Suwit Tipjantha, 39, had been drinking at the home of colleague Permsak Petprasert, 50, and another…

Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio…

A Kuwaiti social media star is facing a backlash after criticising new laws improving conditions for the country’s Filipino domestic workers. Sondos Alqattan, an Instagram star and makeup artist with over 2.3 million followers,…

One woman has been killed and at least 13 people wounded, including a young girl, after a gunman opened fire in the Canadian city of Toronto before being shot dead by police, officials said. An unidentified man opened fire late…

Mr Rouhani said: “America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.” Iran’s president has warned Donald Trump against provoking the country, telling the United States…

An American man has narrated how their new baby was born in the bathroom of a restaurant who promised to give her free food for life. The excited father, Robert Griffin, took to Facebook to reveal how his daughter was born in popular…

President Donald Trump on Saturday described as “totally unheard of” the action of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen after it emerged that he had secretly taped a discussion about payments to a former Playboy model who claimed she had an…

President Donald Trump has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Washington for a summit in October, the White House has confirmed. White House spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, said in a tweet that Trump asked his National…

The Ugandan government on Thursday re-tabled before parliament the social media and mobile money amendment bill following public protest. Matia Kasaija, minister of finance planning and economic development, tabled the amendment bill…

President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday after Brussels hit US tech giant Google with a record fine, and warned he would no longer allow Europe to take "advantage" of the United States. "I told you so! The European Union just…

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused forces in the U.S. of trying to undermine the success of his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, and said the two leaders had managed to begin to improve U.S.-Russia ties anyway.…

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are calling on a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit from actress Ashley Judd — who accuses the disgraced mogul of torpedoing her career — on the grounds that she had made a sexual “deal” with him. The…

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that Russia is no longer targeting the United States, contradicting his top intelligence official who said the opposite earlier this week. The statement came amid continued furor over…

US President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that his meeting with Vladimir Putin could prove successful, as he tries to quell fury in Washington after appearing to defer to the Russian leader over US intelligence chiefs. The…

The neighbours of a Zimbabwean man, Godfrey Makeche Ncube of Chinotimba suburb teamed up in mob justice style to trap Tafireyi Zimba who had been cheating with his wife, Cynthia Ngwenya. Neighbours who included Ncube’s brothers…

18 men have been arrested for raping an 11-year-old school girl for several months in an apartment complex in the eastern Indian city of Chennai. The hearing-impaired girl was allegedly sedated and given spiked soft drinks by the…

Egypt’s parliament passed a law giving the government sweeping powers to regulate traditional and social media, a move critics say will boost the Sisi regime’s ability to crack down on free speech and dissent. The measure allows…