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Moscow – Russia’s upper house of parliament yesterday unanimously voted to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory in defiance of the international community’s insistence that the peninsula is…
Oscar has to sell house to cover legal costs
Pretoria – Oscar Pistorius plans to sell the upmarket Pretoria house where he shot dead his girlfriend last year to cover the legal fees for his murder trial, his lawyer…
Mali’s ex-coup leader starts hunger strike
Bamako — The leader of a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos two years ago and allowed Islamists to seize its desert north has started a hunger strike to…
CAR hatred at terrifying level
Bangui — The UN’s rights chief on Thursday expressed horror at the level of violence in the Central African Republic, citing cannibalism, child decapitations and gruesome lynchings. “The inter-communal hatred…
Syrian army captures famed Crusader castle
Syrian troops have captured a famed Crusader castle near the border with Lebanon, raising the two-starred government flag above the stone ramparts of the 12th century fortress after days of…
Foreigners among dead in Kabul hotel attack
At least nine people, including a journalist and his family, and a foreign election observer were killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul on Thursday. Deputy…
Russia ratifies treaty on absorbing Crimea
Moscow – Russia’s upper house of parliament yesterday unanimously voted to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory in defiance of the international community’s insistence that the peninsula is…
Gunbattles flare in Tripoli
Gunbattles have erupted again in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, with gunmen firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. At least three people were killed in clashes overnight linked to…
Burundi bans jogging groups
Bujumbura — Jogging groups have been banned from Burundi’s capital because opposition parties are using them as an excuse to organise “uprisings”, Bujumbura’s mayoral spokesperson said on Thursday. Two people…
Dog left to starve was ‘most emaciated’ says vet of 30 years
A neglected dog has been put down by a vet who described it as suffering with the worst case of starvation he had ever seen. Fly, a 15-year-old lurcher, lost…