Scores of South Africans have been thrown into a state of mourning following the announcement of the death of relentless anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The ANC, which was the main movement against apartheid, had lost popularity in recent years in part because of scandals linked to former President Jacob Zuma, who resigned in February. Read More
The military said Boko Haram suicide bombers and gunmen attempted to invade Maiduguri through the outskirts of Bille-Shuwa and Alikaranti villages. He said, however, that some of the Boko Haram insurgents were killed. Maiduguri was the origin of Boko Haram , a hardline Islamist group, whose insurgency over nine years has claimed at least 20,000 lives and displaced more than 2 million residents. Read More
Salamoni, along with Officer Howie Lake, struggled with Sterling, and after yelling Sterling had a gun, Salamoni eventually fired six shots, killing Sterling. A gun is pointed at the back of Sterling's head as the officer's orders rise into a shout. The video clip after that reveals Sterling depending on the vehicle park, blood merging on his breast, his arms relocating a little. Read More
President Buhari is already in Lagos City to commission the bus terminal and also to attend the 10th Bola Tinubu's Colloquium. An earlier planned trip to Lagos in May 2016 was aborted at the last minute, with a terse statement from the presidency saying Buhari had an ear infection. Read More
Security was beefed up in Mingora, Yousafzai's hometown, but authorities wouldn't confirm whether she would be arriving there. In an interview to Geo News, Malala had said that she plans to return to Pakistan permanently after her studies. Read More
The launch scheduled at the end of April will mark the debut of Falcon 9 Block V which is the new generation of rockets made especially to be used for 10s and 100s of times after inspection and refurbishment. During the Friday mission, SpaceX attempted to recover its payload fairing - the structure that protects the rocket's payload from the atmosphere during the early stages of flight. Read More
He had a regular partner in his country but caught the disease post to a sexual encounter with a lady in south-east Asia. Public Health England is investigating the case of a United Kingdom man infected with a multidrug-resistant form of gonorrhea. Read More
To a question, he said that the doors of worldwide cricket have been opened for Pakistan and more teams will also visit Pakistan now. The foreign players will depart from the stadium right after the match for the airport. However, the team will not feature crowd favourite Darren Sammy, who led the Zalmi side into the finals as skipper during the PSL. But the Pakistan Cricket Board has accelerated its efforts to win back the confidence of overseas cricket teams in the last ... Read More
The massive rocket, which Putin claimed weights over 200 tons, is believed to be able to fly 16,000 miles and is capable of flying over the South Pole to strike the U.S. The supersonic RS-28 Sarmat is believed to be capable of carrying up to 10 or 15 nuclear warheads. The test came as the Kremlin denied a USA report claiming President Donald Trump challenged his Russian counterpart during their telephone call earlier this month. Read More
The health ministry in Gaza said 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces. Ahead of the protest, the Israeli military had deployed tanks and 100 snipers with the authority to use live rounds on the Gaza border. He said: "There is no alternative to Palestine and no solution except to return". "Hamas uses this "march" to hide its crimes and practices", he wrote . Read More
Moms, dads, grandparents, retirees and more all had their eyes set on the whopping $521 million Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs. The Mega Ball is drawn from a separate field one to of 25. An Illnois man held the winning ticket back in 2015. A Mega Millions ticket costs $2. And when there's this much on the line, he's also trying to convince friends and family members to buy tickets. Read More
Illustrating the bitter nature of the takeover battle, it featured on the front page of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper on Monday: "Don't let Vultures destroy a British colossus", it said, noting some shareholders did not have a long-term interest in the company that helped make Spitfire fighter aircraft in World War Two. Read More
The PM will start the day by visiting textile workers at a factory in Ayrshire, before travelling to Newcastle to meet with a local parent and toddler group. But 65% in a new ComRes poll for the Daily Express said they did not want a second referendum and 68% said that Remain voters should respect the will of the majority who backed Brexit. Read More
In a Tuesday statement, Qassemi said Saudi Arabia is not big enough or in a position and situation to translate its delusions and fancies into reality. According to reports, European Union officials have been circulating proposals for sanctions targeting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The Saudi letter to the UN coincided with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in NY. Read More
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey's intelligence chief would meet an Iraqi official to discuss an Iraqi military operation in Sinjar, a region of Iraq bordering on Turkey , where Ankara says Kurdish militants have established a base. Read More
The countdown for the rocket launch began at 1:56 pm on Wednesday and is progressing well. GSLV Mk II (F08) carrying GSAT-6A will take off from the second launch pad in Sriharikota . The core of first stage is fired with solid fuel while the four strap-on motors by liquid fuel. While GSAT-6A will complement GSAT-6, ISRO sources said the satellite would also provide services to the Indian Armed Forces. Read More
The president has kept a relatively low profile since the broadcast, except for a series of tweets about trade and his pending meeting with North Korea's leader. Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown is calling for President Trump to include a "buy American, hire American" provision in his infrastructure plan . Read More
Sessions' decision will likely aggravate congressional Republicans who contend that anything but an independent special counsel is insufficient, arguing that Justice Department officials investigating other Justice Department officials is bound to be ineffective. Read More
Rainfall amounts are expected to remain light, generally a tenth of an inch of rain or so. However, weak instability associated with a low level trough may cause an isolated shower. Unsettled? Yes. Washouts or big storms? No. Thursday , we're good to go with another springy day under a good mix of clouds and sun, highs will get into the low to mid 50s. Read More
The committee submitted its report to the party's National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, with 85 proposals for amendment sometime past year. Reacting to the recent statements credited to the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, begging Nigerians to forgive the PDP over what he described as mistakes, the Deputy Chairman of APC in Kano, Honorable Shehu Maigari, said the PDP's appeal to Nigerians was laughable. Read More
Such a move requires legislative approval that is not likely to be forthcoming . White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters: "I can't get into the specifics of that at this point, but I can tell you that the continuation of building the wall is ongoing, and we're going to continue moving forward in that process". Read More
Professor Ponsatí, 61, has said that she will hand herself over to the authorities in Scotland this week after the Spanish courts issued a European arrest warrant for her and other exiled Catalan leaders. "Clara views these charges as 'political persecution " and submits that her human rights and justice can not be guaranteed in the Spanish Courts. On October 1, Catalonia held an independence referendum, which the central authorities did not recognize. Read More
After she was reported missing, authorities said Spotz released a statement saying he traveled with Shabani to Northern California. On Monday, police combing the banks of a creek found the shallow grave. Spotz was an aspiring actor too. The 25-year-old Shabani was last seen about 11 a.m. February 23 near the 1700 block of Wilcox Avenue, between Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue, not far from her Los Angeles home, police said. Read More
Supervisor Shawn Nelson, who proposed joining the federal lawsuit, on Tuesday told a contentious crowd that cheered and booed throughout the hearing that the goal is "not to go rogue" but to offer perspective on how state laws are affecting citizens of Orange County. Read More
Netanyahu received well wishes from across the political spectrum. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman will take Netanyahu's place at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, if the PM is unable to attend, Haaretz reported . The politician's doctor had previously ordered the 68-year-old to take a period of rest in order to allow his health to improve, however, he hadn't followed his doctor's orders. Read More
Temperatures will drop below freezing for overnight lows . Icing would be minimal and will likely cause a very low impact-if any at all. The 13 Weather Authority will keep you updated as Monday night's rain arrives, and our chances for further precipitation later this week. Read More
ISRAELI police arrived at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence this morning to interrogate him over one of several graft cases that threaten to topple him, said Israeli media. According to the broadcaster, the police will also interrogate Netanyahu's wife Sara and son Yair at the police department in the city of Lod. "The investigation is being carried out with the supervision of the state attorney and with the approval of the attorney general". Read More
The Karnataka Assembly elections will see 56,696 polling stations, an increase of nearly 9 per cent compared to the last election, the Election Commission said at the press conference. Earlier this month, Congress President Rahul Gandhi , too, was seen visiting temples in the state along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah . Besides Punjab, Karnataka is the only large state where the Indian National Congress is still in power. Read More
Mr. Ejnes said that based on police interrogations of the suspects in Mrs. Knoll's murder, that prosecutors were confident in labeling the case as motivated by her Jewish identity. Reacting on Twitter, President Emmanuel Macron condemned the "dreadful" killing and reiterated his determination to fight anti-Semitism. One suspect is a 29-year-old neighbor who had known the victim since his childhood. Read More
Topic expected to be high on the agenda include the crackdown in Turkey after July 2016's failed coup , Ankara's demands for visa liberalisation and the near-endless saga of the country's own European Union membership bid. With the bloc critical of what it considers to be Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's growing authoritarianism at home and his intervention in Syria's war, Brussels had hesitated to agree to the summit. Read More
In the lawsuit filed by his lawyers Nelson Havi, John Khaminwa and Julie Soweto, Dr Miguna also wants court to block his deportation. "We refuse to continue to clothe the loss of editorial independence and media freedom at the NMG with respectability", the columnists said in a statement on Twitter. Read More
Four Eurostar trains between London and Paris were cancelled, as were about a quarter of the trains serving other foreign destinations. A national strike by French workers on Thursday (March 22) is set to disrupt flights and public transport around the country. Read More
They also were not able to determine which substance they inhaled. The family - Kevin Wayne Sharp, 41, Amy Marie Sharp, 38, Sterling Wayne Sharp, 12, and Adrianna Maria Sharp, 7 - were visiting Mexico on vacation when family members got anxious. Read More
A person familiar with the discussions said these were among the asks from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer as they pursue talks with Beijing . Top Trump administration officials are asking China to cut tariffs on imported cars, allow foreign majority ownership of financial services firms and buy more US -made semiconductors in negotiations to avoid plans to slap tariffs on a host of Chinese goods and a potential trade war. Read More
And Mr Corbyn was also facing unrest over his response to a Facebook post by street artist Mear One about the plan to paint over a mural seen as anti-Semitic. My comment referred to the destruction of the mural "Man at the Crossroads" by Diego Rivera on the Rockefeller Center. "I'm very, very sorry that people feel hurt by this and that's why I think it's right that Jeremy has expressed regret for it", deputy leader Tom Watson said on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. Read More
Sgt. Hank Idsinga announced Monday at a news briefing that the latest victim's name was Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam. His vehicle was found near the home of one of McArthur's landscaping clients, whe... Read More
When you have a movie as large as Avengers: Infinity War, even some of the big names tend to fall by the wayside. Our possible first taste of that next phase remains untitled for spoiler reasons... Read More
Abe therefore wants to ask Trump to raise the issue of Japanese abductees, who were kidnapped decades ago by the Pyongyang regime, during the U.S. leader's proposed meeting with Kim. Even a new trade... Read More
Superintendent Bruce Watkins wouldn't say how old the child was that brought the knife, only that he is a student at Pleasantview. Beise said the boy was released to his parents. A Pleasantview pr... Read More
Opposition supporters walk along a street during a rally in central Yerevan on April 16, 2018. The protesters, many with Armenian flags in their hands, filled the Marshal Baghramyan Avenue leading t... Read More
Trump and Pena Nieto have yet to meet in person since Trump became president past year . Dozens of pro-Castro supporters were also present in Lima and on Thursday raucously interrupted a meeting to ... Read More
Officers, paramedics and London's Air Ambulance rushed to Chestnut Ave at about 10.50pm, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder over ... Read More
For his part, Pence thanked Canada for backing the strikes and echoed Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron in saying Syria's chemical-weapons facilities had b... Read More
Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Friday because "the president thought it was the right thing to do", White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. President Trump hadnt even issued his pardon of I... Read More
That meant airstrikes, possibly in tandem with France and other allies that have expressed outrage at the alleged Syrian chemical attack, could be launched within hours of a presidential decision. But... Read More
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