TWO MEN AWAIT SENTENCING FOR “MINDLESS” FELLING OF ICONIC SYCAMORE GAP TREE
Agency Report Two men found guilty of the “deliberate and mindless” destruction of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, UK, will be sentenced...
INDIA ORDERS INSPECTION OF BOEING FUEL SWITCHES AFTER DEADLY AIR INDIA CRASH
By Aishat Momoh. O. India’s aviation regulator has directed all domestic airlines to inspect fuel control switches on several Boeing aircraft models following preliminary...
EXPLOSION ROCKS KURDISTAN OIL FIELD, OPERATIONS SUSPENDED BY U.S. FIRM HKN ENERGY
Agency Report A powerful explosion at the Sarang oil field in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region early Tuesday has led to the suspension of operations...
GERMAN DOCTOR ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING 15 PATIENTS WITH LETHAL INJECTIONS
By Aishat Momoh. O. A 40-year-old German palliative care doctor went on trial Monday in Berlin, accused of murdering 15 patients with lethal injections...
WORLD LEADERS MOURN FORMER PRESIDENT BUHARI, HAIL HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND INTEGRITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Tributes have continued to pour in from across the globe following the death of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari,...
TWO PENSIONERS KILLED AS STOLEN BMW CRASHES INTO CARE HOME DURING POLICE CHASE IN ENGLAND
By Aishat Momoh. O. Two elderly women have died after a stolen BMW being pursued by police crashed into their care home in northern England,...
BANGLADESH SCRAPS ‘SIR’ SALUTATION FOR WOMEN OFFICIALS UNDER CARETAKER GOVERNMENT
Agency Report Bangladesh’s caretaker government has annulled a controversial protocol that required women in official roles to be addressed as “sir,” describing it as an...
CAMBODIA AMENDS CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW CITIZENSHIP REVOCATION FOR ‘FOREIGN COLLUSION’
Agency Report [caption id="attachment_185469" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet greets people as he arrives to attend a meeting at the National Assembly building...
SOUTH KOREA’S DISGRACED EX-PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL DETAINED AGAIN OVER MARTIAL LAW COUP ATTEMPT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time on Thursday as prosecutors intensified their investigation into...
FORMER RUSSIAN MINISTER ROMAN STAROVOYT COMMITS SUICIDE HOURS AFTER DISMISSAL BY PUTIN
By Aishat Momoh. O. Russia’s former Minister of Transport, Roman Starovoyt, was found dead by suicide on Monday, just hours after President Vladimir Putin...