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The couple said on Twitter they made the decision after “a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship”. In a message on the Microsoft founder’s Twitter account, the couple said they made the decision after “a

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration designate Madam Shirley Ayokor Bothwey has reiterated country’s long stance ban on same sex marriage and LGBT activities, adding that Ghana’s laws clearly criminalise the practice. This was when she was confronted with

The U.S. National Park Service said on Monday it has closed the Washington Monument through Jan. 24 due to continuing threats, from groups involved in last week’s pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

The US has reopened its embassy in Somalia nearly 30 years after it closed it, after civil war broke out in the country. Long-time leader Siad Barre was removed from office in 1991 by clan militias, who then fought each other

A white Dallas police officer who killed an unarmed black neighbor in his own living room drew 10 years in prison in a stunning courtroom scene of forgiveness and compassion in which she received a hug not just from the dead

Sixty-four people have been gunned down across the U.S. since January in mass shootings where four or more people were killed, according to a Washington Post database, exposing an increasing gun violence problem in the country. The number of mass shootings

Fashion retailer Forever 21 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. The company said it plans to “exit most international locations in Asia and Europe” but would continue to operate in Mexico and Latin America. It expects to

The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported. Until now,