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Man, 61 steals 159 bicycle seats because someone stole his

A 61-year-old man from Tokyo’s Ota Ward was recently arrested by Japanese police for allegedly stealing no less than 159 bicycle seats, as a...

Saudi Arabia allows unmarried couples to share hotel rooms

Last month, the Saudi Kingdom announced the launch of a new tourist visa program, opening up the country to mass tourism for the first time. And...

Student punished after baking cannabis cakes

In an unconventional ruling, a court in northern Zambia has ordered a university student to write a 50-page essay on the dangers of drugs...

Trump ends automatic citizenship for children of military, federal workers born in US

Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, speaking during a briefing at the White House says the Trump administration has unveiled new...

Uganda wants death penalty for gay sex

Uganda plans to enact a law that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals, saying the legislation would curb a rise in unnatural sex...

Congolese scientist uncovers ebola cure

Congolese scientist and researcher, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, has successfully discovered the most effective cure for Ebola. According to him, he discovered the most effective cure for the...

Apple removes police-tracking app used in Hong Kong protests

Apple on Wednesday removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong used to track police movements from its app store. Apple said the use of the...

Video: Mexico mayor tied to truck, dragged through streets over unfulfilled campaign promise

Eleven people were arrested in southern Mexico on Tuesday after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, beaten, and then tied to a pickup...

Magufuli shocked at pregnancy rates in schools

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has said he is shocked by the lack of action against men who impregnated 229 schoolgirls in the south-western...

Judge shoots himself in court after being forced to give guilty verdict

A judge shot himself in a Yala courtroom in Thailand after handing down a ruling on Friday.Khanakorn Pianchana pulled out a pistol and...

Saudi Arabia now lets women rent hotel rooms without a man present

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia has lifted some restrictions on women travelling in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, its tourism authority said Sunday,...

Gandhi’s ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday

Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say. The ashes were taken from a memorial in...

Facebook says it has removed multiple accounts from UAE, Nigeria, Egypt and Indonesia

Facebook Inc has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia, citing “coordinated inauthentic...

Video: 60-year-old teller fights off armed bank robber

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IuyZYAJe4/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again An elderly female bank employee has been hailed after she fought off an armed bank robber and forced him to leave the premises. READ: Shatta...

Dramatic escape by jailed Colombian politician caught on video

Colombian officials have ordered an investigation following the daring escape in Bogota of an imprisoned former senator from a medical centre where she had...

Murder: Ghanaian stabs Ghanaian to death in Europe

A Ghanaian resident in Spain has allegedly killed another Ghanaian in a meat factory where they both work. The happening was made known to the Ghanaian...

60-year-old man dies while watching porn

A man has reportedly died while watching porn at a sex shop in Italy.  The 60-year-old British tourist is suspected to have suffered a heart attack...

Photos: Lady falls in love with DJ who played at her wedding

In an unusual twist of fate, 26-year old Megan Willis from Baltimore met her current partner, 42-year old DJ Mark Stone when he played...

Doctor performs abortion on the wrong woman

Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake. On August 7, a pregnant patient with a six-week-old...

German court rules hangover is an ‘illness’

 A German court has ruled hangover is an "illness", in a case against the maker of an anti-hangover drink. The firm was taken to court...

World’s oldest working barber dies at 108

A barber, who spent nearly a century of cutting hair in upstate New York “didn’t know the meaning of the word retired.” Anthony Mancinelli in...

Pastor blames child for ‘demon-for-sex attack’

A pervert pastor tried to rape an underage girl – then said the child’s ‘demons’ had provoked him into the sex attack, police say. ...

FIFA reacts to ‘Messi Vote fixing claims’

FIFA has denied allegations of foul play with regards to the voting as Lionel Messi was named Best Men's Player at the FIFA The...

US museum returns looted Egyptian gold coffin

A gilded coffin looted by art thieves in the wake of the Arab Spring and unwittingly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in...

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies

Jacques Chirac, former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. More soon. Source: BBC

Ghana grabs two awards with Africa’s highest score in ‘Aviation Safety Oversight’, Airport Security

Ghana has been awarded two International Civil Aviation Organization Council President certificates for maintaining one of the highest aviation safety and security standards Globally...

Man mauled to death by lion he kept in backyard

A man has been mauled to death by a lion caged at his family home in the eastern Czech Republic. Michal Prasek owned the...

Pastor commits suicide by jumping from 4th floor

Reverend Berry Dambaza, a senior Zimbabwean pastor with Upper Room Ministries died on Monday, September 23, after committing suicide by jumping from the third...

US Army soldier arrested after allegedly discussing bombing news network

A US Army soldier discussed bomb-making techniques and bombing a major American news network's headquarters, as well as named presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke as a possible...

US policeman suspended for arresting two six-year-olds

A US police officer has been suspended after arresting two six-year-olds at a school in Orlando, Florida. One of the two was handcuffed...

Policeman suspended for arresting two six-year-olds

A US police officer has been suspended after arresting two six-year-olds at a school in Orlando, Florida. One of the two was handcuffed after throwing...

Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater during a "once-in-a-lifetime" trip to Tanzania. Steven Weber and his girlfriend, Kenesha Antoine, were...

He tweeted hate at her. She sued. Then she met him

When the torrent of hate first hit, Taylor Dumpson curled into a fetal position and rocked herself, unable to speak. Next, she made sure she...

Russia jails Jehovah’s Witnesses for alleged extremism

A Russian court has sentenced six Jehovah's Witnesses to jail for belonging to an "extremist organization" in the western city of Satatov. Since 2017...

Facebook worker dies after jumping from building at Silicon Valley HQ

A Facebook employee died Thursday after jumping from the fourth floor of a building at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters, police and reports said. The...

Indonesia to criminalize sex outside marriage

Indonesia is set to pass a highly controversial new penal code that would criminalize consensual sex outside of marriage and effectively outlaw same-sex relations,...

No need to apologise to Nigeria – Mayor of Johannesburg

Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, has revealed that he feels that apologising to Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks was unnecessary.  Speaking on CNBC Africa’s Political Capital...

Trump on journalist’s death: ‘She never treated me nicely.’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to the death of veteran journalist Cokie Roberts by saying "she never treated me nicely" before extending his well wishes to...

Video+Photos: Popular witch forced to confess

In a bit to wipe out sorcery in a town in Russia, an alleged witch was forced to confess and repent on local TV. READ:...

Sleeping with 27 men has cost me huge deals – Presenter

Kenyan media personality, Kamene Goro has revealed that her public disclosure of sleeping with 27 men in her adult life has cost her a...