The German government has granted a request from Turkey to allow the possible prosecution of a German TV comedian who wrote a crude poem about its president. Turkey demanded last week to have comedian Jan Boehmermann prosecuted for insulting a foreign head of state. German law required Chancellor Angela Merkel’s[…]
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit southern Japan on Friday – the second powerful temblor in less than 24 hours – with reports of people being trapped in fallen buildings and houses. The quake struck Kumamoto prefecture at a depth of 40km, shaking the region as a series of aftershocks followed[…]
At least nine people were killed after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck east of Kumamoto, Japan. More than 850 others were injured, with some 400 being taken to local hospitals, according to public broadcaster NHK. A man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s have been pronounced dead[…]
Deadly fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the al-Nusra Front has put civilians, mostly Palestinian refugees, in danger yet again in the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus. Issam, a 54-year-old resident of Yarmouk, said that civilians have called for a temporary humanitarian ceasefire[…]
A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court have rejected a last-ditch attempt by President Dilma Rousseff to halt an impeachment process against her in advance of a vote in Congress. Justices denied a request on Thursday for an injunction against proceedings that Brazil’s attorney general – the government lawyer – called “Kafkaesque”[…]
A new video has emerged showing some of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by the armed group Boko Haram in Nigeria two years ago, providing hope to parents that their daughters are still alive. About 15 girls featured in the video obtained by the Nigerian government, saying they were from the[…]
The rare and ancient discovery of a mummified woman in Mongolia has been overshadowed by an obsession with her footwear, as people liken the 1,500-year-old boots to a pair of Adidas sneakers. Archaeologists unearthed the female’s remains on the Mongolian side of the Altai Mountains, more than 2,800 meters (9,186ft)[…]
An anti-government protest in the Macedonian capital of Skopje has resulted in violence, with police being reportedly involved in clashes with demonstrators who have reportedly stormed the president’s office. The protest began Wednesday daytime and reportedly accumulated some three thousand people. The protest entered its second day, with no violence[…]
US health officials have confirmed that Zika virus causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and other severe brain defects, confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the US and Latin America. Doctors in Brazil have been linking Zika infections in pregnant women to a rise[…]
The University of Nairobi has suspended 139 more students for engaging in a strike, bringing to 201 the total number of learners sent home in the last two days. On Tuesday, the institution suspended 62 students following chaos which rocked the university over claims of rigged students’ union elections. Vice-Chancellor[…]
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