Nigeria’s oil regulator has rejected Shell’s proposed $1.3 billion sale of its onshore oilfields to Renaissance group because the buyer is not qualified to manage the assets, ThisDay newspaper reported...
The world’s top chess federation has banned all trans women from competing in all-female contests over ‘unfair advantage’ fears. The new rules from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) state that...
Two Indian men have been jailed for life for raping and murdering two Dalit sisters. A court in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh sentenced the two men over...
Firefighters in Portugal are battling to contain wildfires engulfing thousands of hectares amid soaring temperatures. Around 800 personnel attended a fire near the southern town of Odemira overnight on Monday,...
Three people have died following a helicopter crash during a firefighting mission in the US state of California. The incident happened on Sunday evening after fire crews were called to...
Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a deadline to reinstate the...
Three new applications to burn religious books have been handed to police in Sweden amid the ongoing row over the country’s freedom of speech laws risks among religious groups. The...