Category: Foreign News

Bloody attack leaves14 dead in popular Rwandan tourist region

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Rwandan police say 19 attackers have been killed and others are on the run after their assault on a popular tourist area killed at least 14 people over the weekend. National police spokesman John Bosco Kabera said in a statement late Sunday that five other attackers have been arrested after the assault on Friday in Musanze district near the Congo border. The district is popular with tourists visiting nearby Volcanoes National Park to see gorillas. It is not yet known whether tourists were among those killed. Eighteen Rwandans were wounded.…

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Mother of 4 kills her children with rat poison, because husband is with another woman

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A South African mother has pleaded guilty to a four count charge of killing her four children with rat poison. The mother identified as Zinhle Maditla on Monday September 9 confessed to killing her children when arraigned in a Middelburg High Court. She said her anger and frustration stemmed from getting to know that the father of two of her children was with another woman. In her plea statement which was read out by her lawyer,  the Mpumalanga resident revealed she also took the rat poison. She went on to ask the court for mercy. “I admit…

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British man kills wife by lacing her cereal with heroine

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A 44-year-old British man identified as Jason Thomas Harris has been arrested for the murder of his wife, Christina Ann-Thompson Harris, 36. The murder happened in 2014 and he is accused of killing her by poisoning her bowl of cereal with heroin just weeks after she gave birth to their second child. Five years after her death, he has been arrested for first-degree premeditated murder, solicitation of murder and delivery of a controlled substance causing death. Police reportedly obtained information that Harris had allegedly tried to hire a hit man…

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20yr old Iranian woman jailed 15 years for taking off her hijab

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An Iranian women’s rights activist has been jailed for a total of 24 years – including a 15-year term for ‘spreading prostitution by taking off her hijab’. Saba Kord Afshari, 20, was handed the sentence Tuesday by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court after being found guilty of removing her headscarf as well as ‘spreading propaganda against the state’ and ‘assembly and collusion’. Afshari and her mother, Raheleh Ahmadi, had been prominent members of the White Wednesdays protest group, which spoke out against the compulsory hijab. The pair routinely posted videos of themselves walking around…

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UK: Boris Johnson gets Queen’s nod to suspend parliament

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British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will limit parliament’s ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and European Union exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. Johnson set Oct. 14 for the Queen’s Speech – the formal state opening of a new session of parliament that is preceded by a suspension of the House of Commons. The queen agreed to the date, effectively shutting parliament from mid-September for around a month. Incensed opposition leaders wrote…

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Woman Murders Son-In-Law for Failing to Give Her Upkeep Money, Cuts Off His Testicles

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A woman has reportedly killed her son-in-law over failing to pay money and give help to her daughter – his ex-wife – and her grandson, the victim’s son.  The 49 year old suspect stabbed the deceased, Dmitry Bogdano 27 times and after he collapsed, cut off his testicles at her home in Novgorod, Russia, and threw them out of her open flat window.  The woman and her partner had been sharing a drink with the son-in-law when they began to row. The daughter called police when her mother phoned to tell…

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92yr-Old-Woman Thrown Out of Church for Not Paying Tithe

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It would seem that the request for tithes by church pastors is not unique to Africa or Nigeria. Shocking news coming out of the United States of America tells the story of a 92yr-Old-Woman thrown out of a church she had worshipped for 50yrs for not paying tithe to support the church. Read: Despite being a member for more than 50 years, a 92-year-old woman is no longer welcome in her church. Family members say 92-year-old Josephine King was shocked when she received a letter from the church, saying she…

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Zoo Keeper Impregnates Orangutan

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| July 20, 2019 Image via Yabaleftonline.com A 38-year-old zoo keeper was filmed in full action by a series of hidden cameras put in place by the zoo’s security officials after doubts emerged about the man’s devious actions towards the zoo animals. “Some animals seemed sexually aroused when it was time to feed them” explains Akhiroel Yahya, employee of the zoo for 14 years. “But what made us most suspicious was when we discovered Marylin, our oldest orangutan, was pregnant. She has never been in contact with any other orangutans because…

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Pirates seize 10 Turkish sailors from cargo ship off Nigeria’s Coast

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LAGOS, Nigeria  Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo vessel off Nigeria, kidnapping 10 sailors, according to a source who asked not be named due to restrictions to speak to the media. The Paksoy-I vessel which had 18 crew members was attacked late Monday off the West African country. The identity of the abducted Turkish sailors has not yet been published. Meanwhile, Turkey’s ruling AK Party spokesman Omer Celik said foreign ministry and intelligence services were ‘intensely working’ on the issue.

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Malaysia confirms death of Nigerian PhD student in custody

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6:18 am (Updated 6:22 am) A A A Nigerian doctorate student at a local private university died on July 9 in the custody of the Immigration Department. Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud confirmed the incident which was highlighted on social media by other Nigerian students here. “He died in a detention centre at Bukit Jalil on July 9, 2019, at 0030. No breach of SOP (standard operating procedure). “We are still awaiting the laboratory report from HUKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre),” Khairul Dzaimee told Malaysiakini. He said the student was detained on July…

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