Senegal’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko in his appeal of a libel conviction, dealing another blow to his hopes of competing in next… Read More »Senegal’s supreme court rejects Sonko’s appeal of libel conviction
A new batch of unsealed documents pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls was released Thursday, adding several hundred pages to a trove… Read More »New batch of documents related to Epstein’s sexual abuse case released
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What next for the former Paralympic champion as he is freed on parole 11 years after murdering his girlfriend?
The athlete, who ran on carbon-fibre prosthetics, murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school on the first day of school after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding… Read More »Iowa teenager kills sixth grader and wounds five in school shooting
Tourists travelling to visit historic French landmarks the Eiffel Tower and Normandy’s Mont Saint Michel have found their doors closed for part of the past… Read More »Strikes shut doors at world-renowned French monuments
In the city of Jabalia in northern Gaza, overcrowding and the breakdown of sanitation services means that rotting garbage is piling up on the streets,… Read More »Gaza: ‘Disease spreading’ in Jabalia as garbage piles up
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas approaches its third month, the families of the 129 hostages believed still to be held in Gaza cling to… Read More »‘I will do anything to bring him back’: Brother of Hamas hostage holds on to hope
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran to… Read More »Islamic State (IS) group claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings
