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Indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from the country's capital Jakarta on Saturday.

President Donald Trump has been allowed to tweet again after being locked out of his account for 12 hours.

A growing number of lawmakers -- including from Democratic leadership -- are calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office either through impeachment or the 25th Amendment to the Constitution after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday.

The US Congress has affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump.

One Ghanaian and two Burkinabes were killed when a gang of suspected armed robbers attacked a Mobile Money vendor and a forex bureau at Yelewongo on the Burkina Faso side of the border with Ghana, near the Bongo District in the Upper East Region.

Police are clearing supporters of President Donald Trump from the US Capitol after they breached one of the most iconic American buildings, engulfing the nation's capital in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden's win.

Sierra Leonean President Dr Julius Maada Bio has granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts.

The UK has reported a further 1,041 people have died with coronavirus, the highest daily death toll since April.

US lawmakers are braced for a volatile session to confirm Joe Biden as the next president, as Donald Trump's supporters protest against the result.

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.

The United States (US) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized nearly nine pounds of banned “bushmeat” from a passenger who arrived on a flight from Ghana on Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

Seychelles has recorded its first death from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus.

US President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn the election result.

Vandals in the US have attacked the homes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.

Veteran broadcaster Larry King has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at a hospital in Los Angeles, according to US media.

A group of US senators say they will refuse to certify Joe Biden's election victory unless a commission is set up to investigate alleged voter fraud.

A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.

The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force.

UN Secretary-General's 2021 New Year message.

Guinea began vaccinating against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on an experimental basis, starting with government officials, authorities said Thursday.

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Anita Kiki Gbeho as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).