At least 17 students died in a fire in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state on Tuesday night, a state police spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of the town of Nyabibwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu ...

Kenya's central bank cut its main interest rate for the fourth meeting in a row on Wednesday, saying it wanted to do more to support lending and boost economic growth.

The pressure is on Amazon.com to deliver on lofty expectations for cloud computing in its fourth-quarter results on Thursday, ...

A U.S Senate committee voted on Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's nominee Howard Lutnick to run the Commerce ...

Shares in Colombia's majority state-owned energy conglomerate Ecopetrol fell 2.20% in early trading to 2,005 pesos ($0.48) ...

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said on Wednesday he was honored that U.S. President Donald Trump would attend ...

Anglo American Platinum is seeing a high level of investor interest in the business as it prepares to spin off as an independent entity from its parent Anglo American , Amplats CEO Craig Miller said ...

Britain's government will not "put a number on" how much risk of consumer harm it is willing to accept in return for ...

United Steelworkers president David McCall filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel , the union said on Wednesday.

Australia women's soccer captain Sam Kerr said she felt British police treated her differently because of the colour of her ...

Australia's Macquarie is set to shutter its U.S. debt capital markets arm, as it plans to focus its resources on private ...