International
Ukrainian passenger plane crashes in Iran
A Ukrainian Boeing-737 with more than 170 people on board has crashed in Iran, officials say.Iran's Red Crescent said there was no chance of...
Japan tops 2020 list of world’s most powerful passports
What's the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It's a Japanese passport.The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the...
A chatbot pulled me out of a ‘really dark place’
Alexa Jett has suffered some heavy blows in recent years.Now 28, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2016. Although she was given the...
British teenager sentenced over false rape claim
A British teenager has been given a four-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying about gang-rape in Cyprus.The 19-year-old hugged her family...
Drama as pastor kills wife during church service
A Kenyan pastor reportedly stabbed his wife multiple times during a church service and then killed himself with the same knife in a murder-suicide...
Thailand opens clinic to dispense marijuana
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has opened a medical marijuana clinic at its headquarters in Bangkok as it seeks to expand the herb-based industry.The...
Couple fined for having sex at the beach
Police on Saturday, arrested and fined two Russian tourists who were
filmed having sex on Pattaya Beach, Thailand in broad daylight. The incident took place...
Fans raise concerns about singer Adele’s dramatic weight loss
Music star Adele has shocked fans with her dramatic weight loss.The singer's incredible transformation has received a mixed response from fans.How much weight...
Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions if US troops are expelled
President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country."We have a very extraordinarily expensive...
Soleimani’s daughter says her father’s death ‘will bring darker days’ for US, Israel
Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani's daughter warned that her father's death "will cause more awakening in the resistance front" and "will bring darker days" for...
Imprisoned Cambridge student released, lawyer says
A Cambridge University student who had been detained in a "modern-day hellhole" in South Sudan has been pardoned and released, his lawyer said.Peter Biar...
How strong is Iran’s military?
Iran has vowed to retaliate after its most powerful military commander was killed by a US drone strike at Baghdad airport."Severe revenge awaits" those...
Mysterious pneumonia outbreak hits central China
A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), health chiefs have said.They also discounted...
Just in: Iraqi MPs vote to expel US troops
Iraqi MPs pass resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country in wake of Iranian general's assassination.The MPs have passed a resolution calling...
Portrait of the Queen of England and all the heirs to the throne
The Queen is celebrating the new decade with a royal portrait.In the photo taken by Ranald Mackechnie in the Throne Room at
Buckingham Palace on...
Qasem Soleimani: US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike
Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq.The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations...
Video: Boy, 7, accidentally swallows AirPod Christmas gift
A Georgia mother shared an X-ray photo showing the new location of
the Apple AirPod her son received for Christmas -- his stomach.Kiara Stroud...
Groom catches bride having sex with her brother-in-law at their wedding
A wedding between a Chinese man and his partner ended at the venue
after the groom played a naked video of the bride having...
Whitney Houston’s ‘son’ passes on
Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died three years after he was found liable for her death.Gordon's attorney, Joe Habachy,...
Pope apologises for slapping devotee
Pope Francis apologised Wednesday for his widely-viewed slap of a woman who had grabbed his hand as he greeted Catholic faithful on New...
Watch: Pope Francis slap woman’s hand to free himself at New Year’s Eve gathering
A visibly annoyed Pope Francis had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter's Square on New Year's Eve after...
Pope Francis: It’s good to talk, but not on mobiles
Pope Francis has called for people to put away their mobile phones at the dinner table and get talking, citing Jesus, Mary and Joseph...
Chinese scientist who edited genes of twin babies is jailed for 3 years
A Chinese scientist who helped create the world's first gene-edited babies has been sentenced to three years in prison.He Jiankui shocked the world in 2018 when...
Japan Airlines is giving away 50,000 free plane tickets
Japan Airlines is giving away 50,000 free round-trip domestic air tickets to international tourists next summer -- but there's a catch.The giveaway aims to encourage tourists...
Trump and Cardi B’s tweets are making more Americans move to Ghana
The man from Boston stared at the ocean and thought: Maybe I’ll never go back.He’d come to coastal Ghana for an adventure, he told...
Uruguay seizes record 6 tonnes of cocaine at port and ranch
Uruguay says it has seized a record haul of 6 tonnes of cocaine, calling it the biggest setback for traffickers in the country's history.Naval...
Japan hangs Chinese man in rare execution of foreigner
Japan has hanged a Chinese man for the high-profile and brutal murder of a family of four, the first execution of a foreigner in...
Deaths as plane crashes near Kazakhstan airport
At least 14 people have been killed after a plane with 98 passengers and crew crashed in Kazakhstan, airport officials say.They say the Bek...
Jose Mourinho loses important member of his family
Jose Mourinho, Tottenham Hotspur, boss has revealed he had a not so merry Christmas after losing a member of his family, his dear dog....
Many women killed in suspected jihadist attack
Suspected Islamist militants have killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso,...
Pope prays for softening of ‘stony and self-centered hearts’ on Christmas Day
The Pope has prayed for a softening of "stony and self-centred hearts" to help end injustice in the world, in his Christmas Day message.SEE...
Saudi Arabia bans under-18 marriage
Saudi Arabia through its Ministry of Justice on Monday December
23 issued a de facto ban on child marriages, setting the minimum age for
marriage at 18. In...
Trump impeachment: Senate leaders spar over trial
Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States (US) Senate have clashed over the rules of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.Democrats want assurances witnesses...
Eight dead after drinking bad coconut wine
At least eight people in the Philippines have died - and 300 more taken to hospital - after drinking a local liquor made from...
Cardi B gifts sister G-Wagon for 24th birthday
American rapper, Cardi B, has started off the season of gifts in the most dramatic fashion as she gifts her younger sister a G-Wagon...
French President describes colonization in candid terms
The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, has referred to colonialism as a 'grave mistake' that seriously affected the mentality of African nations which experienced...
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudis sentence five to death for journalist’s murder
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last...
First-ever vaccine for Ebola virus prevention approved
The US Food and Drug administration has approved for the first time in the United States a vaccine for the prevention of the deadly...
Man who promised to donate testicle if Donald Trump is impeached fulfills pledge
Jey Saladino, a twitter user, who promised to donate his testicle to medical research should Democrats in the United States succeed in getting Congress...
Trump supporter ‘gives up his left testicle’ after his impeachment (Photos)
One of Donald Trump's strong supporters has donated his left testicle for medical research following his impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night (Dec.18). The man, identified...