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Horror as bully dog tears chunk of flesh from girl’s legs and arms

A teenage girl was left suffering nightmares and afraid to go outside after a dog mauled her all over her body and tore chunks...

Power drought hit Shanghai, sights go dark

An iconic skyline in the Chinese city of Shanghai - called The Bund - will not be lit for two nights to save power,...

Daughter of Putin ally killed in a blast

The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed in a suspected car bombing. Darya Dugina, 29, died after an...

Singapore to end ban on gay sex

Singapore will repeal a law that bans gay sex, effectively making it legal to be homosexual in the city-state. The decision, announced by Prime Minister...

2-year-old revenges, bites 20-inch snake to death

A two-year-old bit a snake to death in Turkey last week after she was struck first.  Newsweek reports the toddler was in her backyard on August 10 when neighbours heard...

Ethiopian Airlines suspends pilots who didn’t respond to traffic control

Ethiopian Airlines Group has suspended a plane crew pending an investigation after they lost communication with air-traffic control in Addis Ababa before later landing safely. Flight...

Bus ploughs into crash scene, kills 16 rescuers

A bus has hit the scene of an earlier road accident in Turkey, killing 16 people and injuring 21. The incident happened near the southern...

Woman quits job after just 1 coworker attended her wedding

A young Chinese woman allegedly quit her job of five years after being disappointed that only one of the seventy coworkers she invited to...

Zulu King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini to be crowned in South Africa despite family feud

After a year-long family feud, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini is finally to be crowned Zulu King in a traditional ceremony in South Africa on Saturday. The...

Groom kills bride on wedding night, hides body in suitcase

A man who horrifically murdered his new bride just hours after they tied the knot has been handed a life sentence. Dawn Walker’s body was found stuffed into a...

Sad video of how teens beat Ghanaian taxi driver to death drops

New York City police have released footage of the moment five teenagers fatally beat a yellow cab driver. The harrowing video shows how father-of-four Kutin Gyimah,...

Billionaire jailed for 13 years

A Chinese-Canadian billionaire has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in China and his company fined more than $8bn (£6.7bn). Xiao Jianhua and his...

Princess Diana’s jewellery – what happened to collection and who inherited her jewels?

Princess Diana wore such a heavy tiara on her wedding day that is said to have given her a headache. The former Princess of Wales - who died 25 years...

Pope rules out sex misconduct probe of top cardinal

The Vatican has said it will not probe accusations of sexual misconduct against one of its top cardinals due to insufficient evidence. Canadian Cardinal Marc...

Akufo-Addo congratulates President-elect William Ruto of Kenya

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the newly-elected President of Kenya, William Ruto, on his victory in the just ended presidential elections of 9th August...

2 suspects arrested in connection with death of Ghanaian Taxi Driver in New York

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has charged two men in connection with the death of a city taxi driver. The two, Austin Amos and Nicholas...

Two pilots on Ethiopian Airlines flight ‘fall asleep at 37,000 feet’

Two pilots of a passenger airplane fell asleep mid flight- but miraculously landed their plane without anyone suffering injuries. Flight ET343 was travelling from Khartoum...

Covid-19: Live fish tested for Covid amid China’s new outbreak

More than five million people have been ordered to undergo Covid-19 testing in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen this week, after some 40...

Woman hospitalised after napkin laced with poison was placed in her door handle

A woman in Texas is shaken up after she was rushed to the emergency room for an apparent poisoning incident. Erin ‘Dawn’ Sims, 37,...

Student jailed 34 years for using Twitter in Saudi Arabia

A 34-year-old Saudi student at Leeds University, Salma al-Shebab, has been sentenced to 34 years imprisonment for using a Twitter account and for following...

Man ordered to pay $1k for urinating in his ex-girlfriend’s Louis Vuitton handbag

A South Korean civil court recently ordered a 31-year-old man to pay his ex-girlfriend 1.5 million won ($1,150) as damages for urinating in her...

Biden signs climate, tax and health bill into law

US President Joe Biden has signed a $700bn (£579bn) bill that aims to fight climate change and healthcare costs while raising taxes mainly on...

Man sued after lover injects herself with his HIV+ blood to prove her love for him

The family of a teenage girl, who injected her boyfriend's HIV-positive blood into her body to prove her love for him, has sued their daughter's boyfriend. Last...

Liberian President suspends 3 top officials sanctioned by US for corruption

Liberian President George Weah suspended Nathaniel McGill, the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, and two other officials after the US Treasury added them...

Cuba relaxes foreign investor rules amid crisis

Cuba says it will allow foreign investors into its wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years. The move is a major...

Ghana’s Consulate visits family of Ghanaian taxi driver beaten to death in the US

The Consul General of Ghana’s Consulate in New York, Kingsley Daniel Atta Boafo, has visited the family of the Ghanaian taxi driver who was...

Russia blames sabotage for new Crimea blasts

A week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store at another military facility has been...

Human remains found in suitcase bought at auction

New Zealand police are investigating after a family found human remains in suitcases they purchased from an auction at a storage facility. The occupants of...

Drivers rescued after bridge collapses

Drivers of two vehicles have been rescued after a bridge collapsed into water in the south of Norway. One car went into the river but...

Tanzania: Fresh training for pot-bellied police officers

Tanzania's President Samia Hassan has ordered fresh training for pot-bellied immigration officers to make them more agile. She made the remarks in Swahili on Monday,...

Hidden underwater village resurfaces for first time in 40 years as UK heatwave dries lake

A secret underwater village hidden for over 40 years has been uncovered as Britain's scorching heatwave dries up the lake where it was previously hidden. The houses that used...

Vladimir Putin in chilling threat over arming Russia’s allies with deadly weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin is ready to hand out modern weaponry to its allies - which include rogue states lead by unpredictable...

Kenya elections: William Ruto wins presidential poll

Deputy President, William Ruto has won Kenya's presidential election, the electoral commission chairman has said, amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga,...

One dead, 17 injured after stage collapsed at music festival

One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain,...

Shanghai shoppers flee Covid lockdown attempt

There were chaotic scenes at an Ikea store in Shanghai on Saturday, with shoppers trying to escape as authorities tried to quarantine them. Health officials...

Russia reopens bond market to friendly traders

The Moscow Exchange will be partially reopened to foreign investors from Monday after a nearly six-month suspension during the Ukraine war. It says only investors...

Monkeypox: Experts give virus variants new names

A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part of ongoing efforts to align...

25-year-old Zambian wins 2022 BBC Komla Dumor award

Zambian TV and radio presenter Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya has won the 2022 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. At 25, Buyoya is the youngest recipient of...

Gunman hailed hero for holding up bank over savings

An armed man who held a bank hostage for more than six hours in Beirut because he could not withdraw savings has been hailed...

UN alarmed over Ukraine nuclear plant

More shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reported, with Ukraine and Russia again blaming each other for the attack. Each side said...