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First international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus. Two charter flights brought more than 400 South Korean and Japanese fully vaccinated…

South Africa's last white president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, has died at 85 on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town, FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement. The statement partly reads; Former President FW de Klerk died…

Four lions at a Singapore wildlife park have tested positive for the coronavirus after coming into contact with infected zookeepers, and have symptoms including coughing and sneezing, officials said on Wednesday. The endangered Asiatic…

United States has on Monday reopened its land and air borders to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, hobbled tourism, and strained…

A massive fireball sparked by a fuel tanker explosion killed 98 people in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the West African country’s disaster management agency said on Saturday. The blast happened when a fuel tanker collided with…

At least 84 people died on Friday after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, it has emerged. Mohamed Lamrane Bah, director of communications for Sierra Leone's National Disaster Management Agency…

Social media platform Facebook has taken down a post by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed urging Ethiopians to kill and bury rebels. The post was a violation of the social media platform’s policy on inciting violence. In November…

UN rights chief, Michelle Bachelet has slammed the extreme brutality characterising the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, following a joint UN-Ethiopian report warning of possible “crimes against humanity” by all sides. Bachelet…

British bank Barclays have on Monday said chief executive, Jes Staley had quit ahead of contesting the outcome of a UK probe into historical links with convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Barclays, which had supported Staley during…

African Union has on Wednesday announced the suspension of Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it…

Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok was brought home late Tuesday, his office said, after a day of intense international pressure following his removal in a military coup. Hamdok was “under close surveillance” while other…

Sudan’s top general has on Monday declared a state of emergency, dissolved the authorities leading country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders in what…

Armed forces detained Sudan’s prime minister over his refusal to support their “coup” on Monday, the information ministry said, after weeks of tensions between the military and civilian figures sharing power since the ouster of autocrat…

Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state, has on Monday, October 18 died at 84 from COVID-19 complications. "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," the family…