Billy Munyiri Mwangi says he took a matatu from Nyeri after abductors released him

9 Jan 2025 - Chad's government said security forces had foiled an attempt to destabilise the country on Wednesday evening, after bursts of gunfire rang out near the president's office in the capital N'Djamena and the military blocked the surrounding streets.

9 Jan 2025 - Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other fires in the area killed at least five people, destroyed hundreds of homes and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit.

9 Jan 2025 - South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the embattled leader.

9 Jan 2025 - The sister of billionaire OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her regularly between 1997 and 2006, prompting him and other family members to deny her claims.

9 Jan 2025 - At 20 years old, Pierre Poilievre already had a roadmap for Canada. Canada's Conservative Party leader - now 45 - laid out a low-tax, small government vision for the country in an essay contest on …

9 Jan 2025 - The Inspector General and DCI boss were to appraise the court on the recent spate of abductions and whereabouts of abductees

9 Jan 2025 - US President Joe Biden has said he thinks he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. Speaking to USA Today in an exclusive interview, Biden did, however, add that he was u…

9 Jan 2025 - Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.

9 Jan 2025 - Investigations are still ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire.

9 Jan 2025 - Chad's government says it successfully neutralised a destabilisation attempt during a high-profile visit by China's foreign minister.