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Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its “interference” in the Gulf Kingdom’s internal affairs. In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian…

A British woman, Adele Burns, 47, has instituted a $1.2m court case against a beauty salon claiming that a dying treatment that involved her hair being washed six times caused her to suffer a massive stroke. Burns, who is a mother-of-two…

Joel Robuchon, the world’s most-starred Michelin chef who tore down kitchen walls to give diners new insights into the art of haute cuisine, has died at 73, a French government spokesman said Monday. Robuchon, who was hailed as one…

The police in Chicago say at least 44 people were shot within a space of 14 hours in the city on Sunday. Police records showed that five people were killed in the disturbing incident which began at 1:30am. Fred Waller, chief,…

A South African lady Khensani Maseko who was raped by her own boyfriend in May this year, has commited suicide. According to reports, She couldn't live with the psychological effect the rape left on her.

A former special education teacher in Montana had sex with a student roughly 25 times, including illicit trysts in her classroom, the teen told authorities. The allegations made by a former student at Capital High School in Helena…

Europe sweltered on Saturday in intense heat with temperatures due to hit near-record highs of 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) in Portugal, while elsewhere high temperatures melted the asphalt or saw police dogs fitted with…

North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with “alarming” impatience on the issue of denuclearisation, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. The contrasting…

US President Donald Trump sniped back at NBA great LeBron James late Friday, days after the basketball player and philanthropist accused him of fueling racial divides in the United States. “Lebron James was just interviewed by the…

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…