Nigeria’s house of representatives rejects bill to expand scope of Sharia (Islamic law)
Morakinyo Akinosun Abuja – Nigeria’s house of representatives on Thursday rejected a bill seeking to expand Sharia (Islamic law) in the 1999 constitution. Sharia law has been in force for…
Israeli forces kill 38 people in Khan Younis, storm north Gaza hospital, say medics
Israeli military strikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis killed at least 38 people since Thursday night and Israeli forces launched a night-time raid on a hospital…
Khalilah Ali, ex-wife of late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, visits Kabul to build sports stadium
KABUL, Afghanistan — A former wife of legendary US boxer Muhammad Ali arrived in the Afghan capital, a Taliban government official said Friday, to reportedly open a stadium in a…
Police officer stabbed to death in Bosnian town
SARAJEVO – A teenage boy stabbed a police officer to death and injured another in an attack in a northwestern Bosnian town on Thursday, which prosecutors described as an act…
Kurdish rebel group PKK claims deadly attack in Turkey’s capital
Outlawed Kurdish PKK militants on Friday claimed the attack on a Turkish defence firm that killed five, with officials saying the perpetrators infiltrated from Syria and carried out a shooting…
US rapper Lil Durk arrested in Florida over ‘murder-for-hire’ scheme
The rapper’s reported arrest came just hours after five others were taken in by cops. Agency Report US rapper Lil Durk has reportedly been arrested and charged with murder-for-hire. The…
Gunmen reportedly kill two students in Nigeria’s northcentral Plateau state
Matthew Onocheta Two students were reportedly killed along Kurra Falls in Gashish District, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state, North-Central Nigeria. According to local news outlet Daily Trust,…
Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon
BEIRUT – An Israeli strike early on Friday morning killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya in southern…
Tropical Storm Trami kills 46 in Philippines, and could return next week
MANILA – The death toll in the Philippines from Tropical Storm Trami rose to 46 on Friday with another 20 people missing as officials warned the weather pattern could loop…
Nigeria’s Vice President Shettima’s commonwealth trip cancelled after his plane was struck by what a presidential spokesman called a ‘foreign object’ at an airport in New York
The precise nature of the ‘foreign object’ that damaged Shettima’s aircraft remains unclear, and repairs on the plane have reportedly begun. Olayomi Koiki Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima will miss…