South Korean star, Son Heung-min, has not even been officially announced as joining Los Angeles FC of MLS, but excited fans are already waiting to welcome him. ESPN and The Athletic report... Read more »

South Korean prosecutors questioned former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Wednesday over a litany of allegations, including stock manipulation and bribery. The questioning comes as her husband, former president Yoon Suk... Read more »

Lithuania on Tuesday asked NATO for “immediate measures” to bolster its air defences after revealing that a Russian drone that flew into the Baltic state last week was carrying explosives. Foreign Minister... Read more »

Yemen’s Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for firing a missile at Israel’s main airport on Tuesday, as the Israeli military said it intercepted it. The Iran-backed rebels targeted Ben Gurion airport “using a... Read more »

Ghana on Monday increased the producer price of cocoa by more than 60 percent ahead of the 2025-26 season, a move expected to put pressure on top cocoa-producing rivals like the Ivory... Read more »

Saudi authorities put two people to death on Monday to reach 17 in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated towards a record number of executions this year. Two... Read more »

The Kremlin said Monday it was anticipating “important” talks with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, later this week, ahead of the US president’s looming deadline to impose fresh sanctions on Moscow... Read more »

A wave of resignations has swept through Spain’s political class amid growing scrutiny over falsified academic credentials, affecting figures across the political spectrum and prompting calls for greater transparency. The controversy began... Read more »

US President Donald Trump has told Axios’s journalist Barak David that he is working on a plan “to get people fed” in Gaza. “We want to help people. We want to help... Read more »

David Grossman, an award-winning Israeli novelist, has said Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to a “genocide”, a term he said he is using with “immense pain and a broken heart”. “For many... Read more »

Authorities in Brazil have launched an investigation after a 20-year-old woman died suddenly while travelling on a long-distance bus, with dozens of iPhones later discovered glued to her body. According to Dailymail,... Read more »

A Nigerian based in the United Kingdom, Elvis Nosakhare, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting the underage daughter of his girlfriend. Akelicious learnt from a statement obtained from the... Read more »

Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a major policy shift that drew an angry response from US President... Read more »

Protests have erupted in several cities across Côte d’Ivoire following President Alassane Ouattara’s formal declaration of his intention to seek a fourth term in the country’s upcoming presidential election scheduled for October... Read more »

The United Arab Emirates has begun construction on a major pipeline to carry desalinated water from Egypt to southern Gaza, according to multiple sources. Technical teams sent by the UAE have started... Read more »

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 per cent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified “penalty” over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian weapons and energy.... Read more »

Australia will use landmark social media laws to ban children under 16 from video-streaming site YouTube, a top minister said Wednesday, stressing the need to shield them from “predatory algorithms”. Communications Minister,... Read more »

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii... Read more »

Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition and former prime minister, has criticised the government’s handling of the Gaza conflict saying it led Israel from a “just war” to a “political disaster”. In... Read more »