Today's World News covering, Africa, Europe, Middle East

Travis Kalanick, the ousted CEO and co-founder who still has a seat on Uber's board of directors, apparently blindsided the company Friday by appointing two new board members.

O.J. Simpson walked out of prison early Sunday after serving nine years for a Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping.

Catalonia's independence referendum has begun in chaotic fashion, with clashes taking place as police attempt to prevent the vote from taking place.

A stampede on a footbridge at a Mumbai railway station has left 22 people dead and injured more than 30, Indian officials report.

Africa will now have its own web address - .africa, similar to the regular - .com.

The deadly tsunami that struck north-east Japan in 2011 has carried almost 300 species of sea life thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the United States.

South Africa’s parliament said on Wednesday it has terminated its contract with KPMG, citing reputational risks after the global auditor was caught up in a scandal involving business friends of President Jacob Zuma.

An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 19 people and may have infected 85 others in just two months, the Indian Ocean island nation's health minister said Thursday.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has confirmed the arrival of over 300 Togolese refugees in Chereponi and Bunkpurugu, two border towns in the Northern Region to seek refuge from an ongoing political unrest in their country.

A five-year-old Nigerian boy, who was seriously injured when he was run over by Boko Haram militants three years ago, has taken his first steps since.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, expressed the view that Nigeria’s exit from recession will impact positively on investor confidence in the country’s economy.

British Airways has launched an investigation after a staff member posted an offensive rant on the social app Snapchat.

Kenyan MP, Paul Ongili, better known as Babu Owino, has been charged with insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Daily Nation newspaper is reporting.