Lamine Camara scored twice as Senegal kicked off their Africa Cup of Nations title defence with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Gambia in ...

Algeria were held to a 1-1 draw by Angola in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, with a ...

Japan plans to double a fund used for disaster relief and other contingencies to $6.8 billion after a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake, ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has shed more light on the controversy surrounding the injury to Real Sociedad striker, Sadiq Umar. Umar withdrew ...

Former US President Donald Trump on Monday won the first Republican presidential contest by an unprecedented margin, with caucusgoers in the Midwestern state of Iowa ...

North Korean state media reported Tuesday that Kim Jong Un has scrapped key government agencies tasked with managing relations with South Korea.   Two Koreas ...

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The former German chancellor Angela Merkel had a reputation as being a steady hand at the wheel. In her 16 years in office, ...

The rich and powerful of the world are descending on the idyllic Swiss resort town of Davos for the meeting of the World ...

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