India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for calm as violent protests against a new law on illegal migrants entered a fifth day. There are large protests in the capital […]
» Read moreSudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption. The judge told the court that, under Sudanese law, people over the age […]
» Read moreNew Zealand police deployed divers to look for two bodies near White Island volcano, after six bodies were retrieved in a recovery operation. The volcano erupted on Monday with 47 […]
» Read moreMilitants have killed at least 73 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger, the army says. Twelve soldiers were also injured in the attack – the […]
» Read moreTwenty-six male cross-dressers have been arrested at a birthday party in Kano state, northern Nigeria, the Islamic police say. Deputy commander Tasiu Ishaq said the young men, who were dressed […]
» Read moreTanzanian President John Magufuli has pardoned more than 5,000 prisoners in a move aimed at reducing congestion in prisons. The president made the announcement on Monday as the country marked […]
» Read moreA volcano has erupted in New Zealand, leaving one dead and several unaccounted for, police have said. Tourists were seen walking inside the rim of the White Island crater just […]
» Read moreIndian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week. The men were in police detention and were taken back […]
» Read moreThe authorities in northern Nigeria have suspended a bride-price levy imposed by a village chief following a public outcry. Residents of Kera village in Kano state complained that the 137,000 […]
» Read moreThe US House of Representatives has passed a bill to counter what it calls the “arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment” of Uighur Muslims in China. It calls for “targeted sanctions” […]
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