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Cesar Sayoc: US mail bombs suspect pleads guilty
Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man suspected of a mail-bombing campaign targeting critics of President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Mr Sayoc, 56, could be jailed for life for his criminal charges, which include using weapons…
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Zambia bans ‘Viagra’ energy drink
The Zambian authorities have banned an energy drink after a Ugandan man complained it had caused him to have a prolonged erection.
Power Natural High Energy Drink SX, which is made in Zambia, is not marketed as a sexual aid.
But an…
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UK: Petition website crashes after over 600,000 demand Article 50 be revoked
A petition to cancel Brexit and for the UK to remain in the EU and revoke Article 50 has been signed by more than half a million people. The number of people signing the online petition suddenly rose overnight following Theresa May’s speech…
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Arden calls for global anti-racism fight
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for a global fight to root out racist right-wing ideology following last week's deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch.In one of her first interviews since then, she told the BBC…
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Rescuers race to reach cyclone survivors
Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique as the full scale of the disaster becomes clear.Charities say thousands of people are stranded by catastrophic flooding, clinging to roofs or stuck in trees.In the…
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12 kids hospitalised after driver sets packed school bus on fire
A BUS full of schoolchildren was hijacked by its driver who threatened to kill them all before setting the coach on fire today.
He shouted “No one will survive” as he rammed cars and vowed to douse the children with petrol on a terror…
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Funeral ceremonies held for Ethiopian Airlines crash victims [Photos]
Ceremonies have been held in Ethiopia and Kenya for the 157 victims of last week’s Ethiopia Airlines plane crash.
Relatives wept and threw themselves on the red coffins of the 12 Ethiopian victims at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the…
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Suspect in New Zealand shooting charged with murder
Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wounded in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques.
Tarrant, handcuffed and wearing a…
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Silvio Berlusconi ‘Bunga bunga’ model’s death investigated
The death in Italy of a Moroccan model who was a regular guest at former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex parties is being treated as a possible murder, magistrates say.
Imane Fadil, 33, died in a Milan hospital on 1 March, a month…
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Cyclone Idai: Many dead in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
A tropical storm has swept away bridges and homes in eastern Zimbabwe, killing at least 24 people, officials say.
Cyclone Idai cut off power and communications in parts of Manicaland province on the border with Mozambique. Some 40…
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