FOUR people accused of orchestrating a knife attack that killed dozens of people at a Chinese train station went on trial Friday, a court said, in a case authorities blamed on separatists from largely Muslim Xinjiang. The March 1 carnage in Kunming, ...

ISLAMIST militias openly challenged the legitimacy of parliament after announcing their seizure of Tripoli airport, plunging Libya's rocky political transition into a fresh crisis on Sunday. The militias, which the elected parliament branded as "terrorists", said the ...

THERE have been scenes of chaos as rebels from Syria raided a border town in Lebanon, killing members of the security forces and abducting others. Fighters said to be from the Nusra Front briefly seized a police station in Arsal, which is home to thousands ...

EBOLA--BB-2-8-14 SOMETHING positive, ironically, came out of the case of the much feared killer Ebola virus disease (EVD), which was recently recorded in Lagos, 'imported' as it were, by a certain Mr. Patrick Sawyer, an Americo-Liberian who was in the ...

THE third edition of Special Olympics Nigeria (SONigeria) National Games 2014, a sporting event that brings together equal number of athletes with intellectual disabilities and their peers for training and competition, has been fixed to hold from August 10-13, ...

ARGENTINA was in default Thursday for the second time in 13 years after the failure of last ditch talks with US hedge funds it has branded "vultures." After hours of meetings Wednesday in New York, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof emerged to confirm that no ...

SHANGHAI has shut a factory of US food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald's and KFC, authorities said Monday, in China's latest food safety scandal. A Shanghai television channel, which reported the ...

THE Super Eagles' performance and eventual qualification for the Round of 16 at the just-concluded World Cup in Brazil has impacted on the July FIFA ranking as Nigeria now occupies the 34th position. In the rankings table released by the world football ...

THE Super Eagles' performance and eventual qualification for the Round of 16 at the just-concluded World Cup in Brazil has impacted on the July FIFA ranking as Nigeria now occupies the 34th position. In the rankings table released by the world football ...

STRONG winds Wednesday knocked out power and forced thousands of people to evacuate as Typhoon Rammasun hit the central Philippines. The typhoon, also known as Glenda, struck the main island of Luzon with gusts of up to 185km/h (115 mph).

STRONG winds Wednesday knocked out power and forced thousands of people to evacuate as Typhoon Rammasun hit the central Philippines. The typhoon, also known as Glenda, struck the main island of Luzon with gusts of up to 185km/h (115 mph).

SYRIA'S President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in Wednesday for a new seven-year term, warning Western and Arab governments they will pay dearly for backing those who took up arms against him. In a triumphant speech delivered after he took the oath of ...

STRONG winds Wednesday knocked out power and forced thousands of people to evacuate as Typhoon Rammasun hit the central Philippines. The typhoon, also known as Glenda, struck the main island of Luzon with gusts of up to 185km/h (115 mph).

SYRIA'S President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in Wednesday for a new seven-year term, warning Western and Arab governments they will pay dearly for backing those who took up arms against him. In a triumphant speech delivered after he took the oath of ...

SYRIA'S President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in Wednesday for a new seven-year term, warning Western and Arab governments they will pay dearly for backing those who took up arms against him. In a triumphant speech delivered after he took the oath of ...

POST-TROPICAL storm Arthur, weakened from a hurricane, has battered south-east Canada leaving more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick bore the brunt of the storm's torrential rain and strong winds.

WOMEN who have more than three sugary drinks a week may have an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a study has found. Researchers found that the more sugary drinks consumed by the women in their study, the greater the density of their ...

A MASSIVE explosion Friday on a state-owned gas pipeline running through the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh killed at least 16 people and gutted scores of homes, a state minister said. "At least 16 people are dead. We have recovered 13 bodies ...

FOOTBALL fans on Monday in Abuja said the Super Eagles opened their match so casually against Iran at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. ‎. A cross section of those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the Group F match, said though ...

FOOTBALL fans on Monday in Abuja said the Super Eagles opened their match so casually against Iran at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. ‎. A cross section of those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the Group F match, said though ...