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A beauty pageant turns ugly: The alleged plot to steal a queen’s crown

Overlooking the clear waters of the South Pacific, a cyclone of controversy was about to descend on Fiji’s Pearl Resort & Spa. Standing on stage...

Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school

A fire broke out at a girls' boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three students injured...

At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion

At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the...

Paralympics closing ceremony has Paris partying

The Paris 2024 Paralympics concluded with a sparkling closing ceremony on Sunday to round off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital. Twenty-four...

Mexico arrests alleged cartel kingpin tied to 43 missing students

Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested an alleged cartel chief linked to the decade-old disappearance of dozens of students. Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the suspected...

Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the...

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney to vote for Kamala Harris

Former US Vice-President and lifelong Republican Dick Cheney has confirmed he will vote for the Democrats' Kamala Harris in November's presidential election. Mr Cheney, seen...

Trump’s criminal sentencing delayed until after election

Donald Trump's sentencing in his Manhattan hush money criminal trial has been postponed until after the November election. Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed the...

17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire

At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya. The inferno occurred late...

Kenya: Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei burned alive by boyfriend

Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. This week, her boyfriend doused her with petrol and set her ablaze, police said...

23-year-old student arrested for kidnap, murder of friend in Nigeria

A 300-level student of Philosophy at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State in Nigeria, Ayomide Adeleye, has been arrested over the kidnap and...

Ghana and China elevate ties to strategic partnership

President Akufo-Addo and Chinese President, Xi Jinping have announced the elevation of China-Ghana relations to a strategic partnership. The announcement was made during a meeting...

Spotify wins case over ‘billions’ of Eminem streams

Spotify has won a long-running court case, in which it was accused of streaming Eminem's music without permission. The case was launched in 2019 by the...

North Korea’s President executes 30 govt officials over floods that killed 4,000 – report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered up to 30 officials to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent massive flooding and landslides in...

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-President Zuma to be Eswatini king’s 16th wife

A daughter of the former South African President Jacob Zuma and the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, have become engaged during a traditional ceremony...

British man baffled by Nigeria declaring him a top fugitive

A British national has said he is at a loss as to why the Nigerian police have accused him of planning to overthrow Nigeria’s...

Fire destroys 170-year-old historic church in France

A major fire broke out at a historic church in northern France early on Monday, September 2, with its bell tower collapsing as a...

Handler attacked by tiger at Australian theme park

A trained tiger handler has been hospitalised with injuries to her arm after being attacked by one of the animals at an Australian theme...

Indonesia expects to sign $3.5bn deals at Africa forum

Indonesia plans to sign business deals worth $3.5 billion with African countries as it hosts the second Indonesia-Africa Forum in the resort island of...

Top Brazil court to vote on ban of Musk’s X

Brazil's Supreme Court will vote on Monday on whether or not to uphold a ruling to ban social media platform X, formerly known as...

Row over Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower plan

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has triggered a heated debate by saying she wants to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower after the...

Illegal visa network making millions fleecing students

A global network has fleeced students out of tens of thousands of pounds for worthless visa documents they hoped would enable them to work...

Striking images reveal depths of Titanic’s slow decay

It was the image that made Titanic's wreck instantly recognisable - the ship's bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. But a...

Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza

Israel’s military said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas militants in Gaza – including an Israeli-American captive – dealing...

Mass poison: Canada-based Nigerian woman under probe for threatening genocide

A Nigerian woman based in Canada, Amaka Sunnberger, is under probe for threatening to poison Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin extractions. A representative of the...

New Jersey: 2 brothers killed in crash on the eve of their sister’s wedding

NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were fatally struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bikes on a New Jersey roadway, officials...

Man admits poisoning wife’s Coca-Cola ‘so he could have sex with stepdaughter’

An Indiana man who admitted he spiked his wife's Coca-Cola with cocaine and other drugs in hope of killing her and running off with...

Dangerous criminal wanted for 20 years found working as police officer 

Antonio “El Diablo” Riano, a fugitive wanted by US authorities for almost two decades in connection to a fatal shooting in Cincinnati, was recently...

Shocking: Man gets food poisoning in penis after romp with wife

Doctors have treated the first ever case of rice-related food poisoning affecting the genital region. A 38-year-old man sought help from urologists after suffering redness,...

Woman who’s undergone over 500 plastic surgeries struggling to find a man

A plastic surgery enthusiast and New York-based influencer, who has undergone 500 procedures to perfect her plastic look has revealed she is struggling to...

Free rent and free parking: Landlords are throwing in sweeteners

Renters are gaining the upper hand in the balance of power with landlords. Apartment units are staying on the market for longer. Vacancy rates are...

Court upholds gun ban for migrants in US unlawfully

A U.S. appeals court upheld a federal law that bars migrants who are in the United States illegally from possessing guns, rejecting arguments by...

Politician found guilty of investigative reporter’s murder

A former Nevada politician has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of a journalist who wrote critical stories about his time...

2 dead, 1 injured after Delta plane tire explodes at airport

Two people were killed and a third seriously injured Tuesday when a tire exploded as it was being changed on a Delta Air Lines...

You’re playing with fire – Russia warns US

Russia has issued a warning that permitting Ukraine to launch Western missile strikes into Russian territory could significantly escalate the conflict. In a statement, Russia...

Meta CEO Zuckerberg regrets bowing to Biden ‘pressure’ over Covid

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets bowing to what he calls pressure from the Biden administration to "censor" content on Facebook and Instagram...

Boy accidentally smashes 3,500-year-old jar on museum visit

A 3,500-year-old jar has been accidentally smashed into pieces by a four-year-old boy during a trip to a museum in Israel. The Hecht Museum in...

Man goes on crime spree to prove he is alive after gov’t declares him dead

An Indian man who had wrongfully been pronounced dead by the government turned to crime as a desperate way of proving that he was...

Woman gets two months in jail for overfeeding pet dog to death

A New Zealand woman was sentenced to two months behind bars for overfeeding her pet dog Nuggi to the point where he could hardly...

‘I found out that my son had died on social media’

As record numbers of young Africans risk their lives trying to reach the Canary Islands, Spain’s Prime Minister begins crisis talks with Senegal, Mauritania...