Nigerian leader visits collapsed building

Lagos – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday visited the collapsed guesthouse at a mega-church in Lagos, promising to investigate the cause of the tragedy as the death toll hit 86,…

Four killed in cross-border Boko Haram attack

YAOUNDE – Four civilians were killed in the remote north of Cameroon in a cross-border attack by Boko Haram militants, according to state radio. Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group…

Kiev, rebels agree to extra measures to ensure Ukraine ceasefire

Minsk – Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed yesterday on further measures to ensure a ceasefire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists.

Britain must honour pledge to grant Scotland powers: Gordon Brown

EDINBURGH – Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British leaders yesterday that they must honour their promise to grant   further powers to Scotland after voters backed staying in the…

Turkish hostages seized in Iraq freed

Forty-six Turkish hostages seized by fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June have been brought safely back to…

Two Iranians held in Kenya amid terror alert

Nairobi – Authorities in Kenya said on Friday they have arrested two men believed to be Iranian nationals transiting through the east African nation on fake passports. A counter-terrorism officer…

French jets strike in Iraq

BAGHDAD/PARIS – French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a US-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third…

Man confesses to killing girlfriend’s mother

Denpasar – An American man has confessed to killing his girlfriend’s mother at a luxury resort on the Indonesian island of Bali, while the girlfriend has admitted helping stuff the…

SK Moyo to lead delegation to Cuba

Robin Muchetu Senior Reporter THE Senior Minister of State in the President’s Office,who is also Zanu-PF National Chairman, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, will tomorrow lead a delegation to Cuba for…

Man axes aunt over ‘ill-treatment’

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 23-year-old man from Dombodema in Bulilima District broke into his aunt’s house in the middle of the night and struck her with an axe on…

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