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EU sanctions Venezuelan VP, 10 others over election abuses
The EU on Monday hit the Venezuelan vice-president and 10 other officials with sanctions over rights abuses and irregularities in the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, which the bloc condemned…
FBI to help probe into Ethiopia rally blast
The US is sending the FBI to help investigate a grenade attack in Addis Ababa which killed two people at a rally addressed by Ethiopia's reformist prime minister, state media said Monday."The US gove…
Plateau killings: Human life becoming cheap in Nigeria - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday lamented that human life was increasingly becoming cheap in Nigeria.He however heaped the blame on some unnamed politicians who he accused of taking advantage of …
Taiwan's Tsai urges world to stand up to China
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to "constrain" China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island's giant neighbour as a global threat to democracy.Her commen…
Authorities search for football team trapped in Thai cave
Rescue divers are searching for 12 members of a youth football team thought to be trapped in a cave in northern Thailand.Authorities believe the boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their coach entered …
FIFA denies reports of doping among Russian football players
FIFA has rejected reports alleging doping cover-ups among the Russian national team.The world governing body said it had not found any evidence of doping among Russia's players as the country hosts t…
First fatality after Zimbabwe presidential rally blast
A blast that narrowly missed Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a weekend rally in Bulawayo has claimed its first fatality, a state-run radio station reported Monday."Health and Child Care Mi…
Buhari calls for calm as 86 die in farmer, herder clashes
Presisdent Muhammadu Buhari has urged for calm from the citizens of Palteau state after 86 people were said to have died as a result of clashes between herdsmen and farmers over the weekend.The presi…
Swedish court sentences three to prison over synagogue arson attack
A court on Monday sentenced three men who had sought asylum in Sweden to prison for an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg in December 2017.The men, along with a number of others, thr…
Saudi-led coalition says killed 8 Hezbollah fighters in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen on Monday said its forces killed eight members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah in northern Yemen, near the Saudi border."The coalition ki…
2018 World Cup: Drogba warns Eagles against using defensive approach with Argentina
An African Football legend has urged the Nigeria national team to stick to the style of play displayed in the second half of their encounter against Iceland, when they face footballing giants Argenti…
948 migrants rescued off Libya coast
Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday.Three separate operations took place on Sunday …
Celebrations, tears as Saudi Arabia overturns ban on women driving
Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades Sunday as the kingdom overturned the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of so…
Roseanne Barr regrets becoming 'hate magnet'
US comedian Roseanne Barr says she regrets making herself a "hate magnet" after tweeting a racist comment which led to the cancellation of her TV show.In a tearful podcast interview with friend Rabbi…
Koreas mark war anniversary in mood of detente, North drops anti-US rhetoric
The two Koreas on Monday marked their war anniversary in a mood of detente, with Pyongyang dropping its customary anti-US rhetoric and Seoul saying talks have begun on moving the North's artillery ba…
Formula One: Hamilton reclaims lead with 14 point after French Grand Prix win
Lewis Hamilton scored a comfortable victory at the French Grand Prix as his championship rival Sebastian Vettel clashed with Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1 and finished fifth.Hamilton's lead never looked …
Nigerian music star D'Banj mourns death of his one-year-old son
Afrobeats superstar D'banj is mourning the death of his only child following an apparent drowning accident in Lagos, Nigeria.Daniel Oyebanjo III is said to have drowned at a pool in the singer's resi…
Clashes in Nigeria between farmers and herders leave 86 dead
At least 86 people have died in central Nigeria after violent clashes broke out between farmers and cattle herders, police in Plateau state said.Some reports say fighting began on Thursday when ethni…
Turkey's President Erdogan wins re-election
Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll.State media reports put Mr Erdogan on 53% wit…
'Gun battle' leaves one dead in Cameroon
One civilian has been killed and five others injured following gunfire in the Cameroonian city of Bamenda.The fatality was a separatist fighter, a source at the state-run Bamenda Regional Hospital sa…