China has executed a man who killed 35 people by plowing his car into crowds at a sports center in November, in the country’s deadliest known attack against the public in a decade, state media…
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When Innocent James completed his chores after school, he would light a kerosene lamp and lay down to read his books. There was no electricity in James’ part of Arusha, a region in northern Tanzania,…
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The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja…
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India police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of junior doctor in case that sparked outrage
by adminAn Indian police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city Kolkata, in the speedy trial of a crime that sparked national…
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Two high-profile Iranian judges killed in Tehran in what officials call a ‘planned assassination’
by adminTwo veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges, known for handling high-profile cases, were shot dead in Tehran by an assailant who later took his own life. The judiciary’s media office was cited by state-affiliated media as…
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Russia strikes kill three in central Kyiv at critical moment in Ukraine conflict
by adminThree people were killed and three others were injured in an attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Saturday, according to officials, in a move Russia said was in retaliation for Ukraine using US-made…
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A South Korean court granted on Sunday an extension of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention, saying there was “concern” that Yoon could “destroy evidence” in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial…
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Of those injured, ten people were transferred to hospital, two with “maximum priority” and another two “who require urgent attention,” the press office said. There were no fatalities, it added. The ski lift is 15…
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Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
by adminThe rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication. But this isn’t…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro frustrated after court blocks attendance at Trump’s inauguration
by adminFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected. Speaking at the airport in Brasilia, Bolsonaro, who had called on…