The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo early Friday. Mukwege, a Congolese doctor, and Murad, an Ezidi campaigner from Iraq, were awarded "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a...

The International Monetary Fund has called on Pakistan?s new government to act fast to stabilise its teetering economy, warning growth will likely slow and inflation rise, but made no mention of a new bailout deal. Former cricketer Imran Khan?s new administration had vowed to decide by...

At least 14 people have been killed in the escalating ethnic tensions in central Nigeria’s central Plateau state, an army spokesman said late Thursday. Adam Umar, an army spokesman, told reporters that the latest killings took place in the Jol community, where 13 people -- including...

One person was killed and three others injured on Thursday when an explosion tore through a fuel depot north of capital Cairo, according to local media reports. Flagship state daily Al-Ahram reported that a fire broke out after a fuel tank exploded at an oil-pumping warehouse in the...