The US Congress voted Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 across the country, a move intended to stem the rising tide of youth vaping

Passed by the Senate as part of a wider budgetary bill, it will take effect next…

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed “unfathomable grief” Tuesday for tourists caught in a deadly eruption at the White Island volcano, where five people have died and eight more are feared dead

Ardern held out no hope for the eight people still missing after Monday’s tragedy, saying overnight…

London’s transport authority on Monday refused to renew an operating licence for ride-hailing giant Uber because of safety and security concerns

Transport for London (TfL) has concluded that it will not grant Uber London Limited (Uber) a…

UK Driver Charged Over Death Of 39 Pleads Guilty To Two Counts

Maurice Robinson, 25, appeared via video link at London’s Central Criminal Court from the high-security Belmarsh…

Twenty-three bodies were recovered on Sunday after a small plane crashed on takeoff into a densely populated area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rescue workers said

“We are up to 23 bodies now,” Goma rescue service coordinator Joseph Makundi told AFP. Goma…

The Police in Kaduna State have arrested the judge of Sharia Court of Magajingari division in Kaduna North Local government area of Kaduna state, Murtala Nasir

The judge was arrested for  allegedly conducting an illegal marriage between the daughter of former Chairman…

Two packed trains rammed into each other in Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring nearly 60 others, police said

Three coaches were sent crashing off the tracks at Mondobhag station in the town of Kasba…

Three Actors Stabbed On Stage In Saudi Capital

The knife-wielding assailant was arrested after state television footage showed him storming a musical performance in…

There is a fire outbreak currently raging in Balogun market, Lagos Island

According to videos shared on social media, the fire is seen billowing from a building in…

Millions of people in India’s capital started the week on Monday choking through “eye-burning” smog

A poisonous haze envelops New Delhi every winter, caused by vehicle fumes, industrial emissions and smoke…