Benin police arrest former defence minister turned opposition leader Candide Azannai
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Putin's reluctant foreign legion: Inside Ukrainian PoW camp where a Brazilian software engineer and Kenyan athlete are among scores tricked into signing up for Russia's meat grinder
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePitch black in the forests of the fiercely contested Donbas region and grenades were raining down on Pedro Antunes. The 33-year-old Brazilian…
Christmas cheer for Charles in his cancer fight: King's weekly treatment has gone so well it can be significantly scaled back
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe King revealed on Friday evening that he has received a major boost in his battle with cancer that he described as a…
Surgery-addicted social media star Mary Magdalene, 33, found dead near Thai hotel after haunting final post
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA surgery-addicted social media star known online as ‘Mary Magdalene’ has been found dead in Thailand. Read More
£3bn announced to create ‘tens of thousands’ of school places for SEND pupils
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAround 50,000 new school places will be created for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) from £3 billion funding, the Government…
Venezuelan opposition leader misses Nobel ceremony as 'lives risked' to help her
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf, hours after officials…
Coup: Nigeria, Benin Foreign Ministers Meet Amid Security Concerns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has met with his Beninese counterpart, Olushegun Adjadi Bakar, in Abuja. Read More
Massive influx of Congolese refugees strains Burundi's humanitarian capacities
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of new Congolese refugees are arriving en masse in Burundi to escape fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic…
London rough sleeping crisis so bad 'I want to scream,' says minister
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHomelessness minister Alison McGovern has told how she “wants to scream” when she sees people living rough on London’s streets as she…
Hundreds killed in fighting in DR Congo, despite US-mediated peace deal
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 400 civilians have been killed as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in Kivu province in eastern Democratic…