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President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to “stop the transgender lunacy” on day one of his presidency, as Republicans — set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House — continue their push against LGBTQ rights.…

The military junta of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic will end their membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January 2025, the regional bloc said on Sunday. This is part of the resolutions…

US President-elect Donald Trump has once again been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year,” securing the honor for a second time in less than a decade. The president-elect, who previously won the title in 2016, beat out a…

The just-concluded presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana have been described as "commendable" by Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Yakubu, who led a team of observers from the…

United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to deport all immigrants in the United States illegally over his upcoming four-year term. In an interview aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump detailed his vision…

Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat on Sunday. The result of Ghana's…

Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday of last week’s disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country’s first woman president after a disputed vote that the main opposition has already said it does not…

The BBC faced pressure Monday to take one of its most popular and long-running shows, “MasterChef”, off air following claims one of the programme’s presenters engaged in sexually harassing behaviour. Presenter Gregg Wallace has…

Belgium has passed a landmark law granting sex workers the same rights to maternity pay, pensions, and employment protections as other workers. On Sunday, the country’s lawmakers signed into law that ensures sex workers are treated…

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the WTO DG on…

A federal judge has dismissed a major case against Donald Trump that alleged he illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election. Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who brought the criminal case against Trump, had asked to have the…

An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said Saturday. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who had speaking and hearing difficulties, had fallen sick and…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world's richest man who donated millions of dollars to helping Trump get elected.…

A shocking and disturbing incident has unfolded in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, where an 11-year-old student, Kritarth, was allegedly killed as part of a sacrificial ritual performed by the owners of his school, DL Public School. The police have…

US Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump has returned to his home in New Jersey after he was injured in an attempted assassination at a rally on Saturday. Shots rang out as he was speaking at the event in Pennsylvania,…