Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with US President-elect Donald Trump over control of the Panama Canal, denying that China was interfering in its operation.   Mulino also rejected the possibility of reducing tolls for US vessels in response to Trump's threat to demand control of the vital waterway connecting the…

Airstrikes by Nigerian military forces targeting suspected jihadists in the northwest Sokoto state killed 10 civilians and injured six others, local officials said Thursday.   The strikes were aimed at positions of the Lakurawa jihadist group in a forest in Silame district but instead hit Gidan Bisa and Runtawa, two villages on the edge of…

Manchester United's miserable season suffered another Boxing Day blow as captain Bruno Fernandes was sent-off in a 2-0 defeat at lowly Wolves.   Fernandes saw red for the third time this season early in the second half for a second bookable offence.   Wolves took full advantage to make it two wins in two games…

Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has condoled with his Jigawa counterpart, Gov. Umar Namadi, over the death of his eldest son, Abdulwahab Namadi, who lost his life in a tragic auto crash. The incident occurred after the passing of Hajiya Maryam Namadi, Abdulwahab’s paternal grandmother, on Wednesday. Malam Sunusi Tofa, the governor’s spokesperson in…

A bus carrying several foreign tourists went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a lake near the Raftsundet strait that separates the Lofoten archipelago from the Norwegian mainland, killing three people and injuring four, police said Thursday.   "Many of the passengers on the bus were foreign nationals," police said, adding that…