adminModi in landslide victory in India election
New Delhi — Opposition candidate Narendra Modi will be the next prime minister of India, with counting trends showing the pro-business Hindu nationalist and his party headed for the most…
Protesters clash with police in Turkey
Anti-government protesters angered by the deaths of at least 283 workers in Turkey’s worst mining disaster have clashed with police across the country.
Jonathan won’t go to village of abducted girls
Abuja — Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram a month…
Woman, 34, poses for months as 15-year-old girl
Charity Stevens seemed like a normal sophomore walking the halls of New Life Christian School in Longview, Texas — except for the fact that she was 34 years old.
Roommates buy used couch, find $40k in cash
For all the screaming and carrying on, their neighbours thought they had won the lottery. But it was a lumpy old sofa stuffed with $40,000 in cash that had three…
India’s ‘Elephant man’ turns down offer of new face
India’s “Elephant man” has turned down the opportunity to get a new face so he can pay for his daughter’s wedding. Mannan Mondal, who is also known as the “melted…
Video captures family cat saving boy from dog attack
A California child pulled from his bike by an attacking dog was saved by his family’s cat on Tuesday, which quickly rushed in and attacked the dog, a video posted…
Domestic worker poisons family
Durban — An Umhlanga mother says she is consulting a psychologist for her four children following the alleged poisoning of their food by their domestic worker. “The incident has traumatised…
Pentagon releases sexual harassment figures
The United States military fired or disciplined nearly 500 service members for sexual harassment in a 12-month period, with nearly 13 percent of complaints filed involving repeat offenders.
UK slams ‘barbaric’ ruling in Sudan apostasy case
Khartoum — A Sudanese judge sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman on Thursday to hang for apostasy, a ruling that Britain denounced as “barbaric” and left the United States “deeply…