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Five killed in fresh Adamawa attack
Fresh attacks have been carried out on the indigenes of Bali village in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa by suspected ethnic militia which has resulted in five deaths.A spokesperson for the Ada…
Court jails former Thai monk Sukphol 16 years for rape
A Thai Criminal Court on Wednesday found a jet-setting former Buddhist monk guilty of statutory rape, an Official told dpa.Wirapol Sukphol, 39, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping and impr…
UPDATE: 13 killed by Crimea college bomb explosion
At least 13 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an explosion at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea.Officials said an "unidentified explosive device" detonated at the technical college…
Ten dead in gas blast at Crimean college, Kremlin says possibly act of terrorism
A blast at a college in the Crimean port city of Kerch killed 10 people and injured dozens on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported, citing sources."Initial information is that a gas canister ble…
Chinese man arrested after "fake death" led to wife's suicide along with their two children
A man in China whose wife killed herself and their two children after he allegedly faked his own death for an insurance payout has surrendered to police.The 34-year-old was presumed dead after his ca…
Ex-Delta governor, James Ibori, loses appeal against corruption conviction by UK's government
Former Delta state governor, James Ibori's appeal against his conviction, alleging that one of the London police officers who had investigated him was himself corrupt and that the prosecution had cov…
Pompeo in Turkey as Saudi faces new claims over Khashoggi
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday held talks with the Turkish leadership in Ankara over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Riyadh faced new claims he was killed ins…
Eight passengers rescued as 14-seater bus plunges into river
At least eight people were rescued from a river in Okogbe-Mbiama end of the East-West Road in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, when a bus they were travelling in crashed into th…
YouTube back online after outage
The online video streaming service YouTube is up and running again after an outage lasting almost two hours.Users had complained that services including YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music could no…
Mob kills three in Ecuador
A mob in Ecuador killed three people mistakenly suspected of stealing children, police said on Tuesday.Officials said those three were not in fact accused of such a crime but rather had been arrested…
Bomb kills Afghan election candidate, wounds seven: officials
A bomb placed under a sofa killed an Afghan election candidate on Wednesday, officials said, as deadly violence escalates ahead of the October 20 parliamentary ballot.The Taliban quickly claimed resp…
IAAF delays testosterone rules until Semenya case verdict
The governing body of track and field will not apply rules to limit natural testosterone levels in female runners until the Court of Arbitration for Sport concludes an appeal case brought by Olympic …
30 killed over two months in fighting in Central Africa diamond hub: UN
At least 30 civilians were killed in August and September by armed groups in and around Bria, the diamond hub of the restive Central African Republic, the UN said, adding that some of the killings co…
Madagascar secure first ever AFCON appearance
Madagascar have qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in Antananarivo on Tuesday to become the first team to join hosts Cameroon in next year's fi…
Woman gets nine years jail term for human trafficking
A Federal High Court, sitting in Benin, on Tuesday, sentenced a 49-year-old woman, Mrs Christy Ehirobo, to nine years imprisonment for human trafficking.Justice Mohammed Liman, in his judgment, held …
Ethiopia gets first female defence minister
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed the country's first female defence minister in a new cabinet in which half the posts are taken up by women.Aisha Mohammed, from the country's Afar r…
Train crash kills four in Morocco
At least four people were killed and dozens injured when a train derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, a railway official said.Another official said as many as eight might have been ki…
UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov seeks Mayweather showdown
After beating Conor McGregor, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov wants to recreate McGregor's most lucrative moment ? a fight against boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.Last weekend, Nurmagomed…
British student charged with spying in UAE
A British student has been charged with spying for the UK government in the United Arab Emirates.Matthew Hedges was accused of "spying for and on behalf of a foreign state", the UAE government said o…
Tropical storm kills three(3) in Oman and Yemen
At least three people have been killed and 33 injured by flash flooding in Yemen and neighboring Oman caused by Tropical Storm Luban, the UN, and local authorities have said.Mahra province in the far…