A man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked Japan. Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter killer”, was arrested in 2017 after body parts were found in his flat, reports the BBC. He had pleaded guilty to the murders in October, saying […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has arrived in Mekelle, the regional capital of the troubled Tigray region, a senior Cabinet member said on Sunday. Tekelle Umma Binti, the former Mayor of Addis Ababa, who serves as the Minister of Petroleum, shared photographs of Prime Minister Abiy interacting with senior military commanders at the Mekelle airport […]
The US government confirmed Sunday that its computer networks had been hit by a cyberattack, as The Washington Post reported at least two departments had been targeted by Russian state hackers. “We have been working closely with our agency partners regarding recently discovered activity on government networks,” a spokesperson for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
Three Greek sailors who had been abducted by pirates in Nigeria arrived safely back in Greece on Friday. The captain and two crew-members of the ship “Stelios K” arrived in Greece after a stopover in the capital of Qatar, Doha. One of the sailors left immediately for Ikaria, while the captain and the other sailor […]
Nigerian singer, Omah Lay has been arrested in Kampala, Uganda for flouting COVID-19 protocols. The singer was said to have been arrested after his performance last night at The Big Brunch, which held at Speke Resort, Wavamunno Rd, Kampala, Uganda. Luk Owoyesigyire, Assistant Superintendent of Police/Deputy Police Spokesperson, Kampala Metropolitan, confirmed the arrest of Omah […]
Iran on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests, days after his sentence was upheld. State television said the “counter-revolutionary” Zam was hanged in the morning after the supreme court upheld his sentence due to “the severity of the crimes” committed […]
Albanian Minister of Interior Sander Lleshaj resigned after a young man was shot dead by the police, an incident that triggered tense protests, Prime Minister announced Thursday. For the past two days, angry protesters rallied in Tirana, hurling stones and firecrackers at the police, demanding resignation of Interior Minister over the shooting of 25-year old […]
Lebanon’s lead investigator into the catastrophic Beirut port explosion charged outgoing premier Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers with negligence on Thursday, a judicial source said. They are the first politicians to be indicted over the devastating August 4 blast that killed more than 200 people, disfigured the heart of the capital and stoked a wave […]
A female Afghan news anchor and activist was shot dead by assailants Thursday, her employer said, the second journalist killed in a month in Afghanistan. Malalai Maiwand, in her 20s, was killed along with her driver Mohammad Tahir in the eastern city of Jalalabad as they travelled to work, said Enekaas TV, the private television […]
Five people have been killed in violence linked to Ghana’s elections, the police said on Wednesday. “Sixty-one electoral and post-electoral incidents nationwide” were reported, they said in a statement issued two days after the vote. Of these, 21 “are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five.” […]
