One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers begin to emerge. The country’s deputy defense minister said the bomber studied in the UK before doing a course in Australia. The announcement comes after the death toll rose again […]
Typhoon Mangkhut rocked Hong Kong before striking mainland China on Sunday, injuring scores and sending skyscrapers swaying, after killing at least 49 people in the Philippines and ripping a swathe of destruction through its agricultural heartland. The world’s biggest storm this year left large expanses in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Saturday 18th August, 2018. President Buhari, according to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, had called President Nana Akufo-Addo […]
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Kofi Annan, the first black African to become UN secretary-general, has died aged 80 in Switzerland, his aides say. He “passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness”, the foundation named after him said on Saturday. Mr Annan served two terms as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, and was awarded a Nobel Peace […]
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Nigerian man involved in kidney racket sentenced to two years imprisonment in India A 37-year-old Nigerian national, who created a fake look alike website of Fortis Hospital and Kidney Institute, Kolkata, India and floating an advertisement asking for kidney donations was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment along with fine of Rs 1 lakh […]
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Zimbabwe soldiers and police were on the streets of Harare Thursday as authorities came under increasing pressure to release results of the presidential election after a deadly crackdown on protesters. The country’s landmark election — the first since veteran autocrat Robert Mugabe was ousted last year — turned bloody Wednesday when troops opened fire on […]
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A woman in northern India chopped off her husband’s genitals for allegedly neglecting her and staying with his second wife, police said on Thursday. Yunus Ahmed, 45, has been admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh state’s Muzaffarnagar district and the woman has been arrested, Area Police Chief, Anil Kaparwan said. Ahmed married the […]
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Afghan police in Kabul Thursday recovered the bodies of three foreign nationals who were abducted and killed, in the latest incident targeting foreigners in the war-torn capital. “At this stage, we think it is a terrorist incident,” a police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told AFP.
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Turkey, US diplomatic row ministers’ After sanctions news breaking here. Turkey and the United States were on Thursday locked in the most serious diplomatic crisis between the NATO allies in years after Washington slapped sanctions on two senior Turkish ministers and Ankara vowed to retaliate. Tensions have ratcheted up in recent weeks over Turkey’s detention […]
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Mayor Antonio Halili, the controversial mayor who conceptualized the ‘walk of shame’ for criminals in Tanauan City. A controversial Philippines mayor who gained notoriety for parading people arrested on drug offenses was shot and killed by a sniper at a flag-raising ceremony at Tanauan City Hall Monday morning. Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili was killed […]
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