Four injured in Sydney stabbing attack, Australia police say
Reuters SYDNEY – Four people including a police officer were injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of knife assaults…
Investigative journalist arrested by Nigeria’s secret police at Lagos airport after arriving from UK
Morakinyo Akinosun Operatives of Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested Adejuwon Soyinka, the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa. Soyinka, Pioneer Editor…
Nigerian crossdresser Bobrisky says interested in going to prison for another short term, rejects being an ex-convict “for spraying my hard-earned money”
Opeyemi Olamilekan A controversial Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has said he would love to go back to Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos State. Justice Abimbola Awogboro…
Russia, Ukraine swap 115 prisoners each
Reuters DUBAI/MOSCOW/KYIV – Russia and Ukraine exchanged 115 prisoners of war from each side on Saturday after the United Arab Emirates acted as an intermediary. It is the first such…
Vladimir Putin declares state of emergency in Russian region after Ukraine attack
Assault comes around third Ukrainian independence day since war broke out Agency Report MOSCOW, Russia – Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in the Voronezh region of Russia…
Telegram founder & billionaire Russian exile Pavel Durov ‘arrested at French airport’ after stepping off private jet
Since leaving Russia in 2014, Durov has been living in self-imposed exile Agency Report THE founder and CEO of Telegram has been arrested at an airport in France, reports say.…
French police hunt for arsonist who targeted synagogue, injured a policeman
Reuters LA GRANDE-MOTTE, France – About 200 police officers hunted on Saturday for a man who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the southern French city of La…
Intruders try to board Trinidad and Tobago mystery tanker
AFP Coast guard officers in Trinidad and Tobago have fired on intruders who attempted to board the wreck of a mysterious oil tanker that capsized off the Caribbean country months…
Flawed Boeing mission to return to Earth with rival SpaceX
AFP Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner will have to return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday, in a fresh public relations…
German police hunt suspect as IS claims festival knife attack
Agency Report Solingen, Germany – German police Saturday hunted a man who stabbed three people to death at a street festival in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group…