Young man in Nigeria’s Osun speaks on how he was sentenced to death for allegedly stealing fowl
A young man in Nigeria’s Osun State, Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death for allegedly stealing a fowl, has shared his harrowing experience of arrest, detention, and conviction with…
Walking Away from a Troubled Marriage: A Testament to Courage
By Pelumi Olajengbesi, Esq. In my professional experience as a legal practitioner, God has helped me to help over 34 people dissolve their marriages. Some proceedings were so acrimonious that…
Grandmother, 80, ‘fell to her knees’ after Israeli forces shot her six times during West Bank raid, says son
Sky News As we stare at a bullet-ridden wall, two young Palestinian boys stand behind us on a stoop and look on in fearful awe. “It’s the military,” one boy…
Four killed in helicopter crash at Turkish hospital
ANKARA – Four people were killed in southwest Turkey on Sunday when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed into the ground. The helicopter was taking off…
One billion users, but controversies mount up for TikTok
TikTok’s breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China. In Washington, the platform has been accused of…
Albania shuts down TikTok at least for a year: PM
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Saturday that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting at the beginning of 2025. During a meeting…
Pope slams ‘cruelty’ of strike killing Gaza children
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as “cruelty”, a day after the territory’s rescue agency said an Israeli air strike killed seven children from one…
Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan kill 16 security personnel, police officer says
Sixteen security personnel were killed in northwest Pakistan in an attack by Islamist militants early on Saturday, a senior police official in the South Waziristan region said, as Islamist fighters…
The ‘atheist’ Saudi refugee suspected of Germany attack
The suspected perpetrator of a deadly ramming at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday is a 50-year-old Saudi refugee from a Shiite family who declared…
22 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 22 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais…