Elephant kills Spanish tourist in Thailand
A “panic-stricken” elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday. The 23-year-old woman was hit by the…
North Korea fires suspected mid-range missile as Blinken visits Seoul
North Korea fired what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile out to sea on Monday, coinciding with a visit by U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Seoul during…
Red Cross says determining fate of Syria’s missing ‘huge challenge’
Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria’s civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the president of the International Committee for the Red…
Police in Nigeria’s capital arrest woman for abandoning her newborn baby
Olayomi Koiki Police in Nigeria’s capital Abuja have arrested a woman for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby. Khadija Ali was arrested for dumping the baby along a bush path near…
Nigeria police arrest 17 suspects for setting man ablaze in Ebonyi
Matthew Onocheta No fewer than 17 suspects were arrested over the murder of a man in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Ebonyi, police said on Sunday. The victim, Uromchi Okorocha was…
Police escort, driver injured as gunmen in Nigeria’s Kaduna ambush convoy of governor’s aide
Martins Olasehinde Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to Nigeria’s Kaduna State Governor, escaped an attempted assassination on Thursday after her convoy was attacked by armed men.…
Youths block highway over killing of farmers in Nigeria’s Kogi State
Martins Olasehinde Youths of Odo Ape community in Kabba-Bunu Local Government in Nigeria’s northcentral state of Kogi, on Saturday – blocked the Lokoja-Kabba federal highway, following the killing of two…
Syria monitor says fighting between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces kills 101
More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces, a war monitor said on Sunday. Since…
Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia’s coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top…
Secretary to Nigeria’s Ondo State government dies
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Tayo Oluwatuyi, the Secretary to Nigeria’s Ondo State Government is dead, government sources said on Saturday. Oluwatuyi, an indigene of Akure, was involved in an auto crash along…