Former Coach Sentenced To 109 Years In Prison For Multiple Rapes
A former coach of Brazil’s national gymnastics team has been handed more than a century behind bars for raping four athletes including at least one minor, local media reported…
Putin Signs Bills To Annex Four Regions Of Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed legislation to annex four territories of Ukraine, government documents showed. The Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions are “accepted into the Russian…
Coup d’état: Burkina Faso soldiers overthrow Paul Henri Damiba
Burkina Faso’s army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday night that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a…
Zelensky accelerates bid to join NATO
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine disclosed a bid for fast-track membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance on Friday. The accelerated move comes in a swift…
Russia announces annexation of four regions of Ukraine
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin is currently attending the formal ceremony of the annexation of the four Ukrainian regions in Moscow. Putin has announced that the four Russian-occupied regions…
Woman Arrested For Eating Out Without Hijab In Iran
Iran has arrested a woman who was shown eating out without a headscarf in an image that went viral on social media during the protests over the death of…
Russian Strikes On Civilian Convoy Kill 23, Says Ukraine
Ukraine on Friday blamed Moscow for shelling a convoy of civilian cars in the southern Zaporizhzhia region that killed at least 23 on the front line. Zaporizhzhia regional governor…
Suicide Blast Kills 19 At Education Centre In Afghanistan
A suicide bomb attack on a classroom of hundreds of people preparing for exams in the Afghan capital on Friday killed at least 19 people, with most of the…
Shots heard near Burkina Faso’s presidency
Shots were heard early Friday around Burkina Faso’s presidential palace and the headquarters of its military junta, which seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP. Several…
11 Soldiers Killed, 50 Missing After Jihadist Attack
Eleven soldiers died and around 50 civilians were missing after a suspected jihadist attack in Burkina Faso’s north, the government said late Tuesday. Violence has raged in the landlocked…
Russia Stiffens Penalty For Surrender, Replaces Top General
Russia on Saturday toughened penalties for soldiers voluntarily surrendering or refusing to fight, with up to 10 years imprisonment, and it replaced its top logistics general after a series…
11 Killed By Cattle Rustlers In North Kenya
At least 11 people, including eight police and a local chief, have been killed in drought-stricken northern Kenya by cattle rustlers whom they had been chasing, police said Sunday.…
23 Dead As Boat Sinks In Bangladesh
At least 23 people were killed and several dozen more were missing on Sunday after a boat capsized in a river in Bangladesh, police said. “We have recovered 23…
Iran vows ‘no leniency’ against wave of women-led protests
Iran’s judiciary chief vowed no leniency Sunday against the wave of unrest that has rocked the country since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody…
UK Man Held In Ukraine ‘Stabbed’, Forced To Sing Russian Anthem
A British man freed from captivity in east Ukraine in a prisoner swap told Sunday how his captors stabbed him in the back and forced him to sing the…