Former England and Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe retires at 39
Former Tottenham, West Ham and England striker Jermain Defoe has announced his retirement at the age of 39, with a standing as a Premier...
Haunting before and after photos show destruction of Ukraine’s once-thriving cities
These haunting photos what Ukrainian schools, streets and buildings looked like before and after the Russian invasion.Russian leader Vladimir Putin launched his unjust invasion on February 24...
I’ll walk barefoot from Accra to Lagos if Nigeria beats Ghana – Popular Ghanaian/Nigeria actor
Actor and politician John Dumelo is full of hope that Ghana will win against Nigeria in the World Cup qualification football game scheduled for...
Man charged with smuggling more than 1,700 reptiles into U.S.
A California man is facing decades behind bars for his alleged involvement in illegal wildlife trade.According to the Justice Department, 30-year-old Jose Manuel Perez—aka “Julio Rodriguez”—was...
Nigerian soldier kills child, injures 13 in deadly mass shooting
A Nigerian soldier said to have been under the influence of drugs killed at least three civilians and injured 13 others during a mass...
I’m Russian, my wife is Ukranian — Here’s how Putin’s actions make me feel
I’ll be honest. I don’t like writing or talking about politics. Where I am from, nobody does.My generation — people born in the late 1990s — was...
Man pulls gun, challenges Mike Tyson to a fight
Mike Tyson knows what he’s capable of and he’s not scared by a mere threat. The former professional boxer has been praised for his reaction...
Ukraine mayor says cemetery can’t handle the dead as city is in ‘complete carnage’
A Ukrainian mayor has warned that his cemeteries can no longer handle the dead as the city is left “in complete carnage” from the Russian...
Chelsea allowed to sell tickets again as UK government revises its special license
Chelsea FC will be allowed to sell tickets to away games, cup matches and fixtures involving the women’s team after the UK government made alterations...
Somali militants kill female MP in suicide bombing
At least 15 people, including a female member of the Somali federal parliament, were killed in two suicide bombings in Beledweyne town in central...
Former US Secretary of State passes on
Madeleine Albright, a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, has died aged 84.A...
Chelsea: Club allowed to sell tickets after government alters licence
Chelsea will be allowed to sell tickets to away games, cup matches and fixtures involving the women’s team after the UK government made alterations...
Ukraine’s biggest zoo caught in the crossfire
The Mykolaiv Zoo bills itself as the best in Ukraine, but now the 4,000 wild animals it holds are trapped in a whole new...
Roman Abramovich ‘opens talks to buy new club’ amid Chelsea sale
Roman Abramovich has allegedly opened talks to buy a new football club while still in the process of trying to sell Chelsea.The billionaire put the...
Putin sends in ‘execution squads’ to kill own troops if they try to flee Ukraine war
Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin are reportedly sending execution squads after their own army with orders to kill Russians who try to flee.Ukraine security services claim that...
Inside Ukrainian hospital filling up with war wounded and traumatised civilians
Medical experts are bracing for a flood of war-wounded and sick civilians fleeing the Ukraine frontline as Russia ’s shelling intensifies.Moscow’s attacks on cities such as Mariupol has put hospitals under...
Putin’s troops plant mines as they prepare for ‘long war’ of attrition in Ukraine
Russian forces are planting mines around areas they have seized as they prepare for a “long war” of attrition in Ukraine, new images show.The Institute for the...
Nigerian student dies weeks after fleeing Ukraine
One of the Nigerian students who fled the war in Ukraine has died in his hometown of Sokoto in northern Nigeria.It’s not yet clear...
Ukraine war: Terror of African students in Russian-occupied Kherson
About 100 African students are pleading for help to leave the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, more than two weeks after it was captured...
Zambian ex-justice minister charged with corruption
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Zambia has charged and arrested the country’s former justice minister for allegedly being in possession of property reasonably suspected...
Nigeria scraps pre-departure Covid tests
The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test.This is...
Wife of Ukrainian politician caught at border with huge cash [Photos]
Border security officers have caught a glamorous wife of a prominent Ukrainian tycoon and politician with millions of dollars.According to Dailymail, the woman was...
Ukraine: Russia bans Instagram, Facebook, cites ‘extremist activities’
A Russian court on Monday banned Facebook and Instagram as “extremist”, part of sweeping efforts by Moscow to crack down on social media during...
Ukraine war: Terror of African students in Russian-occupied Kherson
About 100 African students are pleading for help to leave the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, more than two weeks after it was captured...
Friends beg Vladimir Putin’s ‘lover’ to persuade him to end Ukraine invasion
Friends of Vladimir Putin's alleged lover have begged her to go to Moscow and persuade him to end the war, it is claimed.Former...
Ukraine war: Holocaust survivor killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv
A Ukrainian man who survived the Nazi Holocaust during World War Two has been killed during a Russian attack on the eastern city of...
Motor rider speeding off with screaming girlfriend fined
A Kenyan motorist has been fined by a court after being filmed speeding off on a highway with a screaming female passenger while one...
Girl, 5, dies on way to meet doctors after being sent home from school with ‘tummy bug’
A five-year-old girl from Hull tragically died on her way to see an out-of-hours General Practitioner just hours after another doctor sent her home...
Ukraine President Zelensky warns failed talks with Russia could lead to ‘Third World War’
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Sunday, saying that if negotiations with Russia were to fall apart, we could be at the precipice...
UK blames Russia for hoax calls to cabinet ministers
The UK government has publicly blamed Russia for hoax calls about the conflict in Ukraine made to British cabinet ministers.Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and...
Horrifying moment Russian bombs obliterate Kyiv shopping mall
This is the horrifying moment Russian bombs destroyed a Kyiv shopping mall, killing at least eight people.Firefighters have been working through the night to rescue Ukrainians trapped underneath...
Teenage boy and 59-year-old lover caned for having sex in public [Photo]
A 59-year-old woman was publicly caned for having sex with a boy in Uganda. The woman, identified as Ms Kedesi Katsigaire, a resident of Nyambirizi Village,...
The lonely funeral of a young soldier in Ukraine
There was no family around Dmytro Kotenko when they put him in the ground. His parents did not hear the gunshots that rang out...
Six killed after car drives into crowd
At least six people have been killed after a car drove into a crowd of carnival-goers in southern Belgium.The incident happened in the...
Plane carrying 133 people crashes in southern China
A Boeing-737 jetliner carrying 133 people crashed in the mountains in southern China's Guangxi region on Monday afternoon, with fire visible on site, according...
Heroic Ukrainian mum saves baby’s life by taking Russian shrapnel hits to body
Bandaged and bloodied, a mum nurses the baby she saved from Russian shellfire by shielding the tot with her own body.Brave Olga — badly...
Parents return from holiday to find son is at war in Ukraine
The parents of Scottish garage owner Adam Ennis were on holiday when he decided to pick up arms and fight alongside the Ukrainian Army.And...
Belgian sanctioned by US for smuggling DR Congo gold
Belgian gold dealer Alain Goetz and a network of companies have been sanctioned by the US for allegedly smuggling hundreds of millions of dollars’...
Moment ‘invisible’ Russian hypersonic missile destroys Ukraine military base
New drone footage shows the moment Russia launched a hypersonic missile strike on Ukraine.A clip filmed from a military drone shows people fleeing through the snow...
Russia’s lethal ‘exoskeleton’ suits that give soldiers deadly ‘battlefield powers’
The Russian army appear to have some high-tech tricks up its sleeves with a deadly 'exoskeleton' giving their soldiers lethal powers, it has been claimed.While it...