Former top Chinese official jailed for life
A former Chinese Communist Party official once tipped for a top leadership position has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery.
Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member, is the latest senior figure to fall...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman quits amid abuse reports
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following allegations of assault by four women.
The resignation came after the New Yorker magazine published a report quoting the women who accused Mr Schneiderman, 63, of hitting them.
Two...
Leopard eats child in Uganda
Wildlife officials in Uganda are still hunting for a leopard which snatched and ate the three-year-old son of a ranger at the popular Queen Elizabeth National Park on Friday night, AFP news agency reports.
Elisha...
Putin inaugurated for fourth term as Russian president
Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as Russian president and pledged to harness the country's talents to "achieve breakthroughs".
Some 5,000 guests attended the lavish ceremony in an ornate Kremlin hall.
He...
Zambia students warned not to dress ‘half-naked’
One of Zambia’s top universities has urged female students to stop visiting the library "half-naked" because it distracts male colleagues.The University of Zambia - located in the capital, Lusaka - has stuck notices around...
Iran nuclear deal: Johnson tells Trump ‘don’t walk away’
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has urged President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, saying "it would be a mistake to walk away".
Mr Johnson is in Washington to persuade the US...
SA ‘car robbers drive straight to prison’
Four men accused of stealing a car in South Africa inadvertently drove it straight to prison.
Cape Town law enforcement spokesman Wayne Dyason said the alleged robbers were being chased by police when they drove...
Nigeria Kaduna: Bandits slaughter 51 villagers
A gang of what are said to be former cattle rustlers has killed at least 51 adults and children in a village in northern Nigeria, burning down homes.
Amongst the rows of dead bodies in...
Nigeria senator back in court on stretcher after re-arrest
Embattled Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye has been re-arrested and wheeled into court on a stretcher for the second consecutive day.
A police ambulance transported Mr Melaye - who is known as the "singing senator" -...
India dust storms: Nearly 100 killed in Uttar Pradesh
At least 95 people have died and scores more injured in fierce dust storms that hit the northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The storms on Wednesday disrupted electricity, uprooted trees, destroyed houses...