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Russian plane burst into flames mid air on way to Ukraine

A massive Russian Il-76 cargo plane has crashed en route to Ukraine, killing four crew, as it exploded into a huge fireball in the...

Judge jailed for driving naked

A Supreme Court judge in the American state of Ohio has been indefinitely suspended after he was found driving naked through the city –...

Nike announces full exit from Russia

Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, as another major brand is pulling its business from the country. Nike has announced that it’s making a full...

Coach rescues swimmer who fainted inside pool at World Aquatics Championship

Dramatic footage has emerged showing the moment unconscious US synchronised swimmer Anita Alvarez was dragged out of a pool in Budapest after fainting in...

Tigray forces deny blocking aid to Ethiopia

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the northern Tigray region, has denied claims by the Ethiopian government that it was preventing aircraft...

Police rescue eye-gouging victim

Nigerian police have rescued a 16-year-old boy whose eyes were gouged out in the northern state of Bauchi. In a statement, a police spokesperson, Ahmed...

DR Congo’s president’s ex-aide acquitted

A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has acquitted President Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff of charges of corruption, according to his...

EU awards Ukraine and Moldova

Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced. "Today marks a crucial step on...

Lawyers threatened to quit over Trump election pressure

US government lawyers threatened to quit en masse as then-President Donald Trump hounded them almost daily to help overturn his 2020 election defeat, a...

Widower wins landmark case to use embryo made with late wife for surrogate baby

The husband of a woman who died suddenly while pregnant with twins has won a landmark case to use an embryo made with his late wife...

Rwanda genocide: How a man married the daughter of his father’s killer

Rwanda’s genocide began on April 6, 1994, when a plane carrying Rwanda’s ethnic Hutu President Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot...

Sacked police chief arrested in connection with $150m corruption scandal

Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former police chief George Kainja two days after he was sacked He has been charged in connection with a...

Women horrified as they board plane only to find their seats don’t exist

A group of women who boarded an easyJet plane were left stunned to find out their allocated seats didn't exist. Excited holidaymakers Daisy Barr and her friends navigated the...

Fearless Ukrainian women determined to fight Russian invaders with machine guns

Fearless Ukrainian women are determined to fight Russian invaders with machine guns. Ukrainian fighter experts have created a programme in Zaporizhzhia in the south east...

Lawyer storms Supreme Court in traditional regalia [Photos]

A Nigerian lawyer caused a stir at the Supreme Court today June 23, when he attended proceedings in the court in his traditional worshipper’s regalia. According to...

British Airways Heathrow staff back summer strikes over pay

Hundreds of British Airways workers at Heathrow Airport have voted to go on strike over pay. Unite and GMB union members who are mostly check-in...

Nigerians charged with child organ harvesting plot

Two people have been charged with conspiring to transport a child into the UK in order to harvest organs. Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike...

Gunmen behead another abducted politician in Nigeria

A second Nigerian politician has been beheaded by abductors in the south-east of the country, the authorities say. Police in Anambra state say the decapitated...

UK regulator fines Ghana International Bank £5.8 million

The regulator of financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined the Ghana International Bank (GIB) £5.8...

Germany puts in place measures for gas rationing

Germany has taken a step closer to gas rationing after a drop in supplies from Russia. The country has triggered the "alarm" stage of an...

Ukraine set to be an EU candidate

Ukraine is set to be approved as an EU candidate at a Brussels summit on Thursday, after the European Commission gave the green light. Ukraine...

Brics nations push for global clout amid Ukraine war

The leaders of the Brics group of nations are meeting this year amid major shifts in the geopolitical order. The group, which owes its name...

Russia to stop gas supply to Europe

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Russia may stop supplying gas to Europe this winter. Fatih Birol says he believes a...

Russia aiming to destroy Donbas – Zelensky

A key advisor to Ukraine's president has said the battle for the eastern cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk has reached a "fearsome climax". Oleksiy Arestovych...

India’s richest state in crises after lawmakers flee

India's richest state, Maharashtra, is witnessing high political drama that has put the fate of its government in jeopardy. Around 35 lawmakers - led by...

Man wakes up to find he’d lost three generations of family including baby girl in crash

A man lost three generations of his family after they were involved in a horror crash on their way home from a funeral. Pedro Clariman, 26, awoke to find...

Man, 30, arrested after 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home

A man has been arrested after an 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death at home. Police were scrambled to the property in Croydon, South...

Heavily-armed Finland fires warning to Vladimir Putin as nation vows to fight if attacked

Finland has prepared for decades for a Russian attack and would put up stiff resistance should one occur, its armed forces chief said. The Nordic country has built up...

French elections: Macron loses majority as French vote fragments

Less than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron has lost control of the French National Assembly following a strong performance by...

Man jailed over sexual assault of Alibaba staff

A client of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting one of its female employees on...

Soldier, 26, dies in horror accident during exercise

A soldier has died during a routine exercise on Salisbury Plain after crashing with an armoured vehicle. Emergency services were rushed to the Wiltshire training ground on...

Singapore records first monkeypox case

Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week. Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the...

Australia state bans display of Nazi symbol

Victoria has become Australia's first state to specifically ban the display of the Nazi swastika. Under a new law, people who intentionally exhibit the symbol...

Gun control bill clears US Senate hurdle

The US Senate has taken a first step towards passing what has been called the most significant new gun controls in a generation. Senators voted...

Canada MPs given panic buttons

Canada's Members of Parliament (MPs) will be given panic buttons to call police in an emergency, amid growing harassment, intimidation and threats of violence. The...

Thousands evacuated as flood raze south China

Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been evacuated in several southern and eastern provinces after unrelenting rains caused floods and triggered landslides. Two...

Scores wounded, others dead after earthquake hits Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency. Pictures show landslides...

At least 280 killed as earthquake hits Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency. Pictures shared on...

Malawi president strips deputy of powers over graft

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers after the latter was named in a $150m (£123m)...

Burkinabé junta head in surprise talks with ex-leader

Burkina Faso’s military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January. Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré...