FLORIDA MAN EXECUTED FOR TRIPLE MURDER, 31ST U.S. EXECUTION THIS YEAR
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Florida man, David Pittman, 63, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1990 murders of his estranged...
KYRGYZSTAN JAILS TWO JOURNALISTS FOR FIVE YEARS OVER ALLEGED INCITEMENT
A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced two cameramen from the independent investigative outlet Kloop to five years in prison on charges of attempting to incite...
ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKING: SAUDI ARABIA FREES THREE NIGERIAN PILGRIMS
The authorities of Saudi Arabia have released three Nigerian pilgrims who were previously detained in Jeddah on accusations of drug trafficking, following weeks of diplomatic...
DROUGHT-HIT KAPALUA WON’T HOST PGA’S 2026 OPENER
AGENCY REPORT The Sentry, January’s opening event of the 2026 PGA Tour season, will not be played at Plantation Course at Kapalua because of drought...
THOMAS PARTEY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO RAPE CHARGES
Ghana and Villarreal midfielder Thomas Partey on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at a London...
WORLD NUMBER ONE SABALENKA OUT OF CHINA OPEN WITH INJURY
World number one Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday pulled out of next week’s China Open with an injury suffered on the way to winning her fourth...
UK INFLATION STABLE AHEAD OF CENTRAL BANK RATE CALL
British inflation was unchanged in August, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling expectations that the Bank of England will not cut interest rates again at its...
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Iranian authorities hanged a man on Wednesday after convicting him of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency since 2022, the judiciary said. “Babak Shahbazi… was...
GUNMEN KILL 22 DURING BAPTISM CEREMONY IN NIGER
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead 22 villagers in western Niger, most attending a baptism ceremony, local media and other sources said Tuesday. The shootings happened...
UTAH PROSECUTORS CHARGE SUSPECT WITH CAPITAL MURDER IN KILLING OF CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK
By Aishat Momoh. O. Prosecutors in Utah have formally charged 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson with the murder of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who...