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Man jailed for life over murder of brother with albinism

Five people convicted of the murder of a man whose body parts they planned to sell have been sentenced to life imprisonment with hard...

Journalist arrested over tweets

Police in India have arrested the co-founder of a fact-checking website who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Mohammed Zubair...

Leaked toxic gas kills 13 people, dozens injured

A leak of toxic chlorine gas at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba has killed 13 people and injured more than 260 others, state...

Woman, 6-year-old daughter gang raped in moving car after being offered lift

A mother and her six-year-old daughter were gang-raped by a group of men who offered them a lift home in northern India, police said. The pair...

Obese retired Russian general sent to Ukraine as Putin runs low on commanders

An obese retired Russian general has been shipped to the frontlines in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin runs low on senior officers. The "second rate" 20 stone commander is understood...

Top Russian general seen on Ukrainian soil for 1st time as invasion intensifies

New footage has shown Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu visiting the frontlines in Ukraine for the first time. Shoigu, 67, made his first visit to an undisclosed Ukrainian location...

High ranking judicial officer resigns over corruption allegations

Nigeria’s highest-ranking judicial officer Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned from his position. Multiple local reports say Mr Muhammad, Nigeria’s Chief Justice, resigned on the grounds...

Colombian bullfight stand collapses, kills several people

At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia. Footage showed...

AU calls for probe on migrants’ death at Spanish enclave

The African Union (AU) has called for an immediate investigation into the death of at least 23 migrants who died on Friday when a huge...

Ukraine war: Uk joins ban on imports of Russian gold

The UK, US, Canada and Japan will ban imports of Russian gold in an effort to hit Moscow’s ability to fund the war in...

China develops mind-reading device that can detect when men watch porn

Chinese researchers claim to have patented a device that is capable of “reading a man’s mind” and detecting when he is watching porn, according...

Man jailed for murdering boy, 6, and hiding naked body in woods

A murderer has been jailed for life for killing a six-year-old boy almost three decades ago. James Watson, 41, lured little Rikki Neave to the...

Tonto Dikeh nominated as running mate to Rivers State governorship candidate

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has been chosen as the running mate to Tonte Ibraye, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Rivers...

Abortion clinics start to close after US Supreme Court ruling

Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling on Friday removed American women’s constitutional right to abortion. About half of...

Suspects of Nigeria church massacre remanded

Suspects linked to the killing of at least 40 people in a church in south-west Nigeria have been detained by a regional security force,...

18 dead in mass break-in to Spanish enclave

Eighteen migrants have died and others were injured when a huge crowd tried to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla, officials from...

Covid-19: Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies to distribute vaccines produced in Africa

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced Ghana has set up a consortium for Covid-19 vaccines to be produced by German manufacturing giant, BioNTech. This, he said...

Wedding guests kidnapped by gunmen freed

Twenty-nine wedding guests abducted nearly two weeks ago in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have been freed. They were kidnapped by gunmen who ambushed...

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...