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Authorities said eight people have been arrested for their alleged roles in an Africa-based cyber conspiracy that US law enforcement officials say defrauded companies and citizens of millions of dollars. Five of the defendants – a…

Sudan court Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a teenager for killing her husband who she said had raped her, instead imposing a five-year jail term, her lawyer said. A lower court had sentenced Noura Hussein to death for the…

Pradnya Survase, an Indian lady accused of of killing five party guests at a housewarming party by poisoning them because they kept ridiculing her cooking, now faces a death penalty after following the incident which occurred in Mahad, in…

A former high school physical education teacher in Ohio has been sentenced to jail for having sex with three students. The Canton Repository reports 36-year-old Tiffany Eichler apologized to the students, the Canton school district and her…

THE entire police force for a Mexican town has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a mayoral candidate. Twenty-eight officers in Ocampo, Michoacan, in western Mexico have been taken in for questioning by the…

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has said undocumented people entering the United States should be immediately deported without any judicial process, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups who say such a move would be illegal and violate the…

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she was told to leave a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump. Sanders wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the owner of Red Hen restaurant in Lexington,…

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte courted controversy after he called God “stupid” for the concept of “original sin” in the Bible’s creation story, news portal Rappler reports. Addressing a summit in Davao City on Friday,…

A 20-year-old man, Juan Penayo, surprised his grieving family when he walked into the funeral they were holding for him. The incident took place in Paraguay, in the village of Santa Teresa in the eastern department of Amambay,…

A total of 418 migrants were rescued in three operations off the coast of Spain on Saturday, the national rescue service said. In the largest of these, 262 people on 15 vessels were rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar, Salvamento…

One of France’s richest men Francois Pinault faced a backlash on Saturday for accusing President Emmanuel Macron of “not understanding little people.” “I am afraid that he is leading France toward a system that forgets the most…

Saudi women are officially allowed to get behind the wheel, after a decades-old driving ban was lifted. The change was announced last September and Saudi Arabia issued the first licences to women earlier this month. It was the…

The Pentagon will prepare to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases, a US military spokesman said Thursday. The decision follows a request from the US Department of Health and Human Services “to determine…

Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and showed the world what great apes can do, has died. She died Tuesday in her sleep at age 46, The Gorilla Foundation said in a statement. "Koko touched the lives of millions as an…

The German Federal Court of Justice, a top civil court would rule on access to the Facebook of a 15-year-old deceased girl, who died in 2012 on July 12. The parents of the girl, who fell in front of a Berlin underground train in…

A homeless couple who found $348,235 in an old Singer sewing machine while squatting in an abandoned building are on trial for money laundering after they gave away some of the money to their friends. The prosecution admitted that…

A 13-year-old girl, Nozipho Sibanda, has been rewarded by the National Railways of Zimbabwe for averting a train disaster that could have killed at least 300 people when she was only 12. Sibanda, a form one pupil of Entumbane High…

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli prime minister, has been charged with fraud and breach of trust over the alleged misuse of state funds at the couple’s official residence. A Jerusalem magistrate’s court indicted her on Thursday…

President Trump reportedly tossed a Starburst toward German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the G7 summit in Canada. The candy diplomacy allegedly took place during a tense exchange that was caught in a memorable image of Trump with…

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern has given birth to her first child, a girl. This makes her only the second elected leader in modern history to give birth while in office. Ms Ardern was admitted to a hospital in the…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would keep families together after they get detained crossing the border illegally. The order was drafted by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in an effort to end…

Another member of the British Royal family is about to have a historic royal wedding. Meghan Markle was the first mixed-race woman to marry into the royal family. The next member of the Royal family to get married will be the very…

The United States has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council, US ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday, branding the global body a “cesspool of political bias.” “We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain…

White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller has been identified as the driving force behind the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that separates immigrant children from their families at the US-Mexico border. At 32…