ALGERIAN COURT JAILS OPPOSITION LEADER GHARES FOR TWO YEARS OVER FACEBOOK POST INSULTING PRESIDENT
By Aishat Momoh. O. An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Fethi Ghares to two years in prison for a Facebook post deemed to...
US STRIKES KILL COLOMBIAN FISHERMAN, SPARK DIPLOMATIC ROW WITH BOGOTÁ
Agency Report The family of Alejandro Carranza, a fisherman from Colombia’s Caribbean coast, is demanding justice after he was killed in a U.S. military strike...
FRANCE’S EX-PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY JAILED, PROCLAIMS HIS INNOCENCE
Paris, France — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been jailed, marking him as the first former leader of a major European state to receive...
HEARTBREAKING: US-BASED NIGERIAN MUM ARRESTED AFTER DAUGTHER’S HOT-CAR DEATH
A 36-year-old Nigerian woman, Gbemisola Akayinode, has been apprehended and charged with felony murder following the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Oluwasikemi, who succumbed to...
TRUMP DEMOLISHES PART OF WHITE HOUSE FOR NEW BALLROOM
Washington, D.C. — A section of the East Wing of the White House has been demolished as part of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan...
MOROCCO STUDENT GETS ONE YEAR JAIL TERM OVER GEN Z PROTEST
AFP A student arrested during Morocco’s youth-led protests has been sentenced to one year in prison, his lawyer told AFP on Friday. The case marks...
FRANCE TRIES ALGERIAN WOMAN FOR RAPE, KILLING OF A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL
HOTJIST NEWS An Algerian woman apologised for her “horrible” actions Friday as she went on trial accused of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in...
FRANCE OPENS HIGH-PROFILE TRIAL OF ALGERIAN WOMAN OVER SCHOOLGIRL’S BRUTAL MURDER
An Algerian female defendant appeared in court in France on Friday, charged with the heinous acts of raping, torturing, and murdering a 12-year-old girl in...
JIM BOLGER, EX-NEW ZEALAND LEADER, DIES AT 90
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger — who led the country through major economic reforms in the 1990s and was known for his integrity...
DOZENS KILLED AS PAKISTAN–AFGHANISTAN BORDER CLASHES ENTER SECOND WEEK
By Aishat Momoh. O. Dozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed in intensified border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as hostilities entered their second...