Moyes sacked by Manchester United
Manchester United have sacked manager David Moyes who had only been in charge of the club since July. The 50-year-old Scot was appointed on the personal recommendation of Alex...
Drones kill al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Yemen's interior ministry says 55 members of al-Qaeda have been killed in what has been described as an "unprecedented" joint aerial campaign with the US that targeted a training camp...
S Korea ferry crew forced to explain actions
Crew members detained over South Korea's ferry disaster have said they had done their best to launch life rafts, and one suggested possible technical reasons for the ship capsizing. ...
Japanese MPs visit controversial war shrine
Nearly 150 Japanese politicians have paid homage at the Yasukuni shrine which honours the nation's war dead including a number of senior military and political figures convicted of war crimes...
Pakistan attacks target two police patrols
Eight people, including five policemen, have been killed in two attacks in northwest Pakistan, officials say. Pakistani police said the attacks took place on Tuesday morning on the outskirts...
US backs Kiev against ‘humiliating threats’
Joe Biden has told Ukraine's new pro-Western leadership that it has the backing of the US against "humiliating threats" and encouraged them to root out corruption as they rebuild their...
S Korea ferry disaster death toll passes 100
The confirmed death toll in South Korea's ferry disaster has crossed 100, but almost twice that number remained unaccounted for nearly a week into the rescue and recovery effort. ...
S Sudan rebel leader rejects massacre claims
South Sudan's rebel commander Riek Machar has said his forces were not behind the massacre of hundreds of people in the contested town of Bentiu. The United Nations has...
NIGERIA: Group Tasks Delegates on Regionalism
The pan-Yoruba group, Oodua People's Congress (OPC) said it has taken stock of the deliberations at the National Conference and warned that any decision taken outside a return to regionalism...
Committee Work: Fiscal Federalism, State Creation to Top Agenda
As the 20 committees of the National Conference resume deliberations today, fiscal federalism, state creation, resource control and local government administration among others are expected to top their work plan....