Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s daughter warned that her father’s death “will cause more awakening in the resistance front” and “will bring darker days” fo... Read more
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar. The 62-year-old Nigerian busin... Read more
Lebanon has received a “red notice” from Interpol for the arrest of fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn. The request was received by Lebanon’s internal security forces on... Read more
Africa’s largest mobile operator MTN says it is reviewing allegations that it paid protection money to militant Islamist groups in Afghanistan. The allegations, made in a legal complai... Read more
A passenger plane has crashed in Kazakhstan, killing at least 15 people. The aircraft from Bek Air – a Kazakh airline – went down and crashed into a building shortly after take-o... Read more
A boat carrying migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan has sunk in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, with at least seven people dead, officials say. The lake is near the border with Ir... Read more
Boeing has fired its chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, a move the board of directors said “was necessary to restore confidence” in the firm. David Calhoun, Boeing’s curre... Read more
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi gov... Read more
The ex-boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a moral harassment policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s. Didier Lombard was jailed for a year,... Read more
US President Donald Trump has demanded an immediate impeachment trial in the Senate, amid an impasse among Democrats and Republicans over when it may start. On Wednesday, the House impeached... Read more
A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales, Australia, amid fears a record-breaking heatwave will exacerbate the state’s bushfire crisis. The nation endured its hottest-... Read more
Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. The... Read more
Pope Francis has made changes to the way the Roman Catholic Church deals with cases of the sexual abuse of minors, by abolishing the rule of “pontifical secrecy” that covers them... Read more
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military leader has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad. The three-member court sentenced him over a high treaso... Read more
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