Category: World
Burkina Faso’s junta passes law to criminalise homosexuality
Burkina Faso has won the battle against homosexuality after the country's junta announced that the practice is completely banned in every corner of th [...]
Nestlé boss sacked over secret office romance
The world’s largest food company, Nestlé, has dismissed its global chief executive, Laurent Freixe, after an internal probe confirmed that he failed t [...]
Hundreds killed in Sudan landslide, UN says
A landslide has killed at least 370 people in the remote Marra Mountains in western Sudan, a UN official has told the BBC.
Antoine Gérard, the UN's [...]
Trump revokes extended secret service protection dor Kamala Harris
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will no longer receive Secret Service protection after President Donald Trump revoked a security extension gr [...]
Head-on crash between police van and prison bus kills 14 in Namibia
A head-on collision in Namibia involving vehicles belonging to the security services has killed 14 people, including 11 members of the prison service, [...]
Leading Ukrainian ‘statesman’ and ‘patriot’ assassinated in western Ukraine
A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in the country's pro-European protest movements of 2004 and 2014 was shot dead on Sa [...]
Boat heading to Canary Islands capsizes, killing at least 69 passengers
At least 69 people have died and many more are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west African countr [...]
US Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over his attempt to fire her
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has sued President Donald Trump over his attempt to fire her, setting up a potential legal battle with implications [...]
Tragedy strikes ‘Emily In Paris’ set: Assistant Director dies suddenly
A somber mood has enveloped the set of the popular Netflix series “Emily in Paris” after the sudden death of 47-year-old assistant director Diego Bore [...]
Top official embroiled in Equatorial Guinea sex tape scandal jailed for eight years for embezzlement
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced to eight ye [...]