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South African Caster Semenya breaks 25-year-old 800m record
South African track star Caster Semenya saved the best for last as she broke the 800m African record on the final day of the 21st African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria.The 27-year-old cro…
Suicide bomb attack on Afghan Shi'ite mosque kills 25
A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing 25 people and wounding 40, police said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, …
Formula One: Daniel Ricciardo to leave Red Bull at end of the season
Red Bull has confirmed Daniel Ricciardo will leave the team at the end of the season.Ricciardo will leave Red Bull having spent the last five seasons with the team, winning on seven occasions and cla…
Young man with Down's Syndrome carrying a toy gun shot dead by police in Sweden
A man with Down's Syndrome has been shot dead by police who said he was acting in a ?threatening' manner with a toy gun. Eric Torrell, 20, died in Stockholm when officers opened fire after he ran awa…
President Buhari scheduled to addresses UN General Assembly in September
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 73rd Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 25.Buhari would deliver Niger…
NFL: Controversial QB Kaepernick's name censored from video game's soundtrack
Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback seemingly shunned by the NFL over his anthem protests, has now had his name censored from the soundtrack of the league's official video game.The omission was discove…
Apple becomes first public company valued $1 trillion
Apple has become the world's first public company to be worth $1 trillion (?767bn).The iPhone maker's market value reached the figure in New York on Thursday and its shares closed at a new record hig…
Zimbabwe's incumbent declared winner of first post-Mugabe era election
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been announced as winner of Zimbabwe's July 30 presidential elections. The 75 year-old leader polled 50.8 per cent of votes as against 44.3 per cent polled by his clo…
Wrestling legend Kane elected mayor in Knox County, Tennessee
WWE legend Kane - real name Glenn Jacobs - has been elected mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.Jacobs, the Republican nominee, took 66 per cent of the vote to defeat his Democrat rival Linda Haney and t…
'Spycam porn' sparks record protests in South Korea
Even a record heatwave will not keep Claire Lee from joining tens of thousands of South Korean women at a mass protest Saturday against secretly-filmed spycam pornography -- as anger over the issue s…
US Senator arrested for biting woman
A Democratic Senator Jeff Woodburn has been arrested for domestic violence charges after he allegedly bit a woman on multiple occasions and forced his way into her locked home.The New Hampshire lawma…
Child forced to marry man twice her age tortured to death in revenge killing
A young girl aged between seven and 10 has been tortured to death by the man she was forced to marry. Hameya's body was found on Sunday night in the Afghan province of Badghis. Police spokesman Naqib…
Israel reimposes Gaza fuel blockade
Israel reimposed a blockade on fuel deliveries to Gaza on Thursday citing a resurgence in kites carrying firebombs over the border and signalling a brief pause in tensions may be ending.After two dea…
Nationwide student protests enter fifth day in Bangladesh
Bangladesh shut down high schools across the country Thursday as tens of thousands of students protested for a fifth straight day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.Bangladesh's transp…
Boxing: Lucas Matthysse announces retirement
Lucas Matthysse has decided to hang up the gloves following his defeat to Manny Pacquiao last month.The Argentine, nicknamed 'La Maquina', spent years as a leading contender in the welterweight and s…
Denmark's burka ban triggers protest
Hundreds of Danes rallied in Copenhagen on Wednesday in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils in public, accusing the government of infringing on women's right to dress as they choose.Den…
Catholic Church changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases
The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching on Thursday to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances.The 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church has allowed the death penalty…
Commonwealth denounces Zimbabwe security's use of excessive force to break up protests - Commonwealth
The Commonwealth's observer mission on Thursday accused Zimbabwe's security services of using excessive force to break up protests in Harare over Monday's presidential election."We categorically deno…
Man's genitals chopped over second wife
A woman in northern India has 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 hospita…
Murray outfights Edmund, Zverev brothers to face each other at ATP/WTA Washington
Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray collected the biggest victory of his injury comeback on Wednesday at the ATP and WTA Washington Open while defending champion Alexander Zverev booked a matchu…