Trump blames Democrats for deaths of children as shutdown grinds on

As the US government shutdown rolled through its eighth day with no resolution in sight, Donald Trump stayed hunkered down in the White House, talking at Democrats but not with…

Hundreds flee Islamist attacks in north-east Nigeria

An uptick in attacks by Islamists and the resulting upheaval in the region comes in the run up to an election in which President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second…

278 skeletons found at Sri Lanka mass grave

Some 278 skeletons have been found at one of the biggest mass graves uncovered in Sri Lanka since the end of the country’s civil war almost a decade ago, a…

Egyptian forces ‘kill 40’ in response to tourist bus attack

Egypt’s interior ministry has said at least 40 fighters have been killed on Saturday in response to an attack on a tourist bus in which four people were killed the…

Mum charged with killing her 23-month-old twins

A British woman has appeared in court charged with murdering her toddler twins. Police say Samantha Ford killed her two 23-month-old twins Jake and Chloe on December 26. The 37-year-old…

Polling stations open in long delayed DRC vote

Kinshasa (DRC) – Polling stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) long-delayed election have opened, two years after they were first scheduled to be held. Voting stations opened…

Protesting Khoisan still camping outside SA parly building

The South African presidency says it is still committed to addressing the concerns of members of the Khoisan community, currently camped outside the Union Buildings, who have threatened to “take…

Liverpool thrash Arsenal, Spurs stunned by Wolves

LIVERPOOL extended their Premier League lead to nine points as Roberto Firmino’s hat-trick hammered Arsenal 5-1 at Anfield, while Tottenham’s title challenge crumbled in a 3-1 home defeat to Wolves.…

Man City win to reduce Liverpool lead at top

MANCHESTER CITY survived a brief scare to beat Southampton and reduce league leaders Liverpool’s advantage to seven points. Southampton responded to David Silva’s early opener when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg took the…

Pogba stars again in Utd win

MANCHESTER’S UNITED’s transformed attack once again combined devastatingly to give caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his third successive win with an impressive victory over Bournemouth. A first half of cavalier…

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