A local official in eastern Congo says extremist-linked rebels attacked villages over the weekend, killing at least 11 people, torching vehicles and taking possessions
An adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said in February that the government would implement parts of a white paper that recommended the scrapping and merging of some state-owned entities. Weeks later, social media posts alleged that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and three others were among those to be scrapped. But the claim is false. None of the government agencies mentioned in the claims is slated for closure. Moreover, a committee...
Authorities in Mexico confirmed the arrest of 20 cartel gunmen, the killing of three others, and the wounding of two more following a series of shootouts in the coastal state of Tabasco. The clashes come after the region experienced a dramatic rise in cartel shootouts and targeted killings.
Melissa Witt vanished when she went to surprise her mother at a bowling alley. LaDonna Humphrey, a PI, has dedicated a decade to hunting down Witt's killer. Humphrey believes she has found a likely suspect who will face charges this year
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Police in Pakistan say militants have blocked a highway connecting to Iran, abducted 11 passengers, and later shot them dead. The incident occurred late Friday night, April 12th, in the sparsely populated Balochistan province. Habibullah Khilji, the deputy police commissioner of the region, confirmed the event, stating that police and paramilitary forces retrieved the victims’ […]
A mortar attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed
Local officials in Badakhshan province say that during the last month, 50 people, including women and children, have lost their lives in 20 traffic accidents in this province. According to local media, reported Sunday, April 21st, citing Ehsanullah Kamgar, a spokesperson for the Badakhshan police, 22 people, including women and children, have lost their lives, […]
Ankara, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Turkish authorities arrested 36 people for alleged links to the Islamic State in operations conducted in four provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya informed on Sunday. The post Turkish authorities arrest 36 people linked to Islamic State first appeared on Prensa Latina.
It was bound to end. This is California, after all. Losing population defies our history. Now we’re back growing again. Yes, that’s correct. California has resumed adding people after three years of shedding them. Just last week, I reported that California residents were fleeing the state. They still are. But our numbers again are rising, based on updated Newsom administration data to be released around May 1. What caused the turnaround? Fewer people are now able to work remotely in other...
The Ministry of Defense identified the soldiers killed in todays road accident as Areg Kerobyan, Slavik Vardanyan, Davit Hakobyan and Joseph Azolyan. The servicemen were killed as a military vehicle of the Armenian Ministry of Defense drove off the road under unknown circumstances and ended up in the nearby ravine. Twenty others were injured. The …
Cases have all been logged in the city of Sokoto, in the north-west of the country, close to the border of Niger. Health chiefs have now been dispatched to the area.