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Alia Ghanem, mother of Osama bin Laden, deceased al-Qaeda leader, says her son was radicalised in the university. Speaking in an interview with UK Guardian, she said her eldest son was brainwashed into extremist ideology. Ghanem…

A woman who entered into a Sh500,000 ( contract to be a surrogate mother for a Chinese couple has declined to release the baby. Josephine Muthoni Kariuki had entered into a contract with Neon Kian Fu who agreed to pay her an additional…

A woman who was unaware she had a ‘heart-shaped’ uterus until she became pregnant with her babies has just been delivered of a set of twins. According to Metro.co.uk, Jennifer Ashwood, 31, and her husband Andrew House found out…

The streets of Zimbabwe’s capital are quiet with a heavy presence of military and police after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of Monday’s election. While the vote was peaceful, a military crackdown on protesting…

Ivanka Trump distanced herself from some of her father’s most controversial policies and strident rhetoric, saying she is “vehemently against” family separations and that journalists are not the enemy. Speaking publicly for the first…

Kane aka Glenn Jacobs has been voted mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. The WWE legend took home the county mayoral election today ... and will soon run a 450,000-plus population county. Jacobs -- who announced he was running for…

A woman in northern India chopped off her husband’s genitals for allegedly neglecting her and staying with his second wife, police said on Thursday. Yunus Ahmed, 45, has been admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh state’s…

Zimbabwe was Thursday on edge awaiting the results of its historic presidential election after troops opened fire on protests against alleged electoral fraud, denting hopes of a new era for the country following the ousting of Robert…

Pictures of a Chinese woman walking into a hospital with a snake that bit her wrapped around her wrist has emerged online, prompting social media users to call her “brave.” Pictures circulating on Chinese social media show the woman…

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has overseen the destruction of $5.6 million worth of smuggled luxury cars and motorbikes as part of his anti-corruption drive. The 76 cars and motorbikes, which include models by Lamborghini,…

Popular Cable News Network reporter, Isha Sesay, has announced her exit from the organisation after spending 13 years. Sesay broke the news on her Twitter handle, @IamIshaSesay on Wednesday, “it’s really happening, folks!! After more…

Two female nominated members of a Kenyan county assembly exchanged blows at the cafeteria on Tuesday, over a disagreement allegedly involving a man. SDE reports that the two ladies have been romantically linked to the same man and…

Australian universities have announced a ban on sexual and romantic relationships between PhD students and their academic supervisors. The new guidelines were introduced on Wednesday by Universities Australia, an umbrella…

The entire police force in a small town in Blandford, Massachusetts, have quit after complaining of low wages and poor working conditions. The small town has just 4 police officers, 3 of whom are part-timers. The interim police…

Flight passengers on a Ryanair holiday jet to Ibiza exited through an emergency chute after a passenger’s mobile phone battery exploded and caught light as it was about to take off.  Holidaymakers could be seen falling over each other in a…

Zimbabwe held its first election on Monday since former leader Robert Mugabe was ousted in a de facto coup but the opposition leader alleged voter suppression, raising fears of a disputed result. Nelson Chamisa is the main challenger to…

On the eve of Zimbabwe’s first election since former president Robert Mugabe was ousted in a de facto coup, the 94-year-old said he hoped his former allies in the “military government” would be voted out of power. Mugabe, whose…

The American government may have postponed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposed visit to Washington till next year, but the Russian leader said he was ready for the visit, as he also invited Donald Trump to visit Moscow.…

British doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, the government announced Thursday following a review — but insisted it was not a first step towards legalising recreational use. Home Secretary Sajid Javid, the interior…

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary…

Chinese police have cracked down on an online pyramid scheme involving 10.2 billion yuan ($1.5bn) and over 220,000 investors, local authorities said Wednesday. Police in Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, caught 82…

The EU is mulling tit-for-tat tariffs of around $20 billion on US products if Washington goes ahead with its threat of new tolls on European cars, the bloc’s trade commissioner said Wednesday. “We hope that this won’t happen and that…

A Thai man cut off his best friend's peen and tossed it to his dog to eat after his drunk mate 'tried to seduce' his sleeping wife. Suwit Tipjantha, 39, had been drinking at the home of colleague Permsak Petprasert, 50, and another…

Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio…