Hollywood actor, Harrison Ford, has been injured when a small plane he was flying crashed in Los Angeles. The 72-year-old star of Indiana Jones and Star War films, reported an engine failure and crash-landed the vintage plane on a Venice golf course. He was breathing and alert when medics arrived and took him to the…
Nine Injured In China Station Knife Attack
Nine people have been injured in a knife attack at a station in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, Chinese Police authorities say. The attack happened on Friday morning. Police shot one suspect dead and caught another, a statement said. There have been several knife attacks in the country lately. A few months ago, there were…
ISIS Threatens Twitter Over Blocked Accounts
Members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have threatened to kill Twitter employees and co-founder Jack Dorsey over the social network’s practice of blocking accounts associated with the group. In an Arabic post uploaded to the image-sharing site JustPaste.it, the group told Twitter “your virtual war on us will cause a real…
Namibian President Wins Best African Leader Award
Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The $5m (£3.2m) award is given each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office. Pohamba, a former rebel who fought for his country’s independence, has served two terms…
Iraq Launches Military Operation Against ISIS
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State. Troops and militia attacked different fronts backed by airstrikes from Iraqi fighter jets. According to the Iraqi government, military forces are advancing into the city. Tikrit is150km (95 miles) north of the capital Baghdad and was seized by IS…
Pop Star Gary Glitter Jailed For Sexual Assault
Popular 70’s UK Pop star, Gary Glitter, has been sentenced to 16 years jail term for sexually abusing three young girls between 1975 and 1980. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced for attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13. At the sentencing,…
US-Bangladesh Blogger Hacked To Death
A popular U.S-Bangladeshi blogger, Avijit Roy, was hacked to death by a knife-wielding mob on Thursday. His writing on religion had brought threats from Islamist hardliners. Roy, an atheist who advocated secularism, was attacked in Dhaka as he walked back from a book fair with his wife, who was hurt in the attack. The Bangladesh…
Ukraine Begins Heavy Weapons Withdrawal
Ukraine’s military has begun the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line in the eastern part of the country as part of a truce. Ukraine’s ministry of defence said the pullout of 100mm calibre artillery “is the first step” and will be monitored by OSCE observers. Though the pro-Russian rebels also claimed to have…
Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage Become Konga Ambassadors
Mavin Record Label boss, Michael Collins Ajareh popularly known as Don Jazzy and singer, Tiwa Savage, have become the newest ambassadors for Nigerian online retail store, Konga. The Mavin boss made the announcement on Instagram with a picture, which he tagged,”And as we sign the contract my brother #Godwin. Myself and the DoroDiva, @officialtiwasavage are…
Al Shabaab Threatens To Attack US, UK Malls
Somalia-based terrorist group, Al Shabaab, has threatened to carry out attacks on malls in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Al Shabaab made the threat in a video, which was released this last weekend. The group, which made a reference to the deadly 2013 attack of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya that left…
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