Beyond the Headlines
A Ghanaian minister resigned over the weekend after a probe into how her houseworkers allegedly stole more than $1 million in cash from her home last year. Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah denied any crimes, but the case drew criticism from Ghana’s opposition who questioned why a minister would have such large amounts of […]
A Russian war correspondent working for the state RIA Novosti news agency, Rostislav Zhuravlev, was killed in a Ukrainian strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday, the military announced. The agency also reported his death, saying he was killed near the frontline village of Pytikhatki. “As a result of a strike by the […]
Indian police have arrested four men accused of parading two women naked in front of a mob in a northeastern state where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead. The suspects were identified from a video clip of the incident in early May that went viral on social media on Wednesday, […]
Belarus prepared to welcome rebel Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin into exile on Tuesday as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin sought to shore up his authority by thanking regular troops for averting civil war.Wagner Chief Heads Into Belarus Exile As Russia announced preparations to disarm Wagner’s mercenaries, Putin’s supporters were insisting his rule was not weakened by […]
Brazilian football star, Dani Alves is facing up to 12 years in prison for an alleged sexual assault at a Barcelona nightclub, with his trial set between October and November this year. Alves, 40, has been in custody at Brians 2 since January 20 after a 23-year-old woman alleged he had raped her in […]
A friendly football match in Madalla town Niger State, turned into mourning following the sudden death of a referee who was reportedly hit by a thunder strike. The deceased simply known as Mustafa Coach 02 among football fans and said to be a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFA), met his tragic death […]
The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation has climbed to 201, as search teams on Saturday unearthed 22 more bodies from a coastal forest, a government official said. Police believe most of the bodies found in a forest near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi belong to […]
Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fire Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months, which has killed 29 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave and one in Israel. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as well as civilians, including several children, said officials in […]
Eight children and a security guard have been confirmed dead after a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a school in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital. Veselin Milić, Belgrade police spokesperson, said the suspect called authorities to turn himself in and waited in the schoolyard to be arrested. Milić said the head teacher called the police on […]
Police were searching for a gunman believed to have shot dead five Hondurans including an eight-year-old child at a house in Texas, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. Investigators believe the gunman had been firing his AR-15 style gun in a neighboring yard when the […]
