Iran Arrests CIA Spies, Sentence Some To Death
Iran announced on Monday it had captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and sentenced some of them to death, deepening a crisis between the Islamic…
Ethiopian City Braces For Protests As Activists Promise To Declare New Region
By Lukman Amusa Activists in Ethiopia were set to declare a new region for their Sidama ethnic group on Thursday in defiance of the central government, with some residents of…
US Treasury Warns It Will Run Out Of Cash In September
Victor Awoleye The US government could run out of money in early September unless Congress allows the administration to borrow more, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Friday. The Treasury has…
Trump Declares State Of Emergency As Storm Bears Down On New Orleans
Victor Awoleye US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on New Orleans, as the southern city braces for extreme winds over…
Lecturer Goes To Jail For Insulting President Museveni In Poem
Ugandan feminist and lecturer, Stella Nyanzi has been imprisoned over a poem about ‘Vagina’ she wrote and shared on Facebook in September. The Ugandan feminist, in the poem, used a…
Body falls off Kenya Airways plane into London garden before landing at Heathrow
By: Ayobami Victor Awoleye The body of a suspected stowaway landed in a garden in Clapham in Lambeth, in south London on Sunday. The body of a suspected stowaway fell…
50 police dead, 144 wounded in Philippines’ war on drugs
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said over 50 policemen have died and 144 wounded since the Duterte administration launched its war on drugs in 2016. Philippine Chief General…
Flash flood kills 2 who refuse to leave home in Russia
Two residents of a small rural town in the Siberian region of Irkutsk were killed in a flash flood after they refused to leave their family’s home, authorities said on…
Oil prices risk larger recovery as OPEC+ leaders meet at G20 summit
Crude looks poised for a larger rebound ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) summit as the price of oil extends the series of higher highs and lows from the previous week.…
Bill Cosby appeals 2018 conviction
Bill Cosby’s lawyers has formally appealed his conviction for drugging and sexually attacking a former friend at his home near Philadelphia 15 years ago, citing what they called errors in…
