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Sam Simon, 'The Simpsons' co-creator, dies aged 59
Sam Simon has died, at the age of 59, on Sunday of colon cancer, a disease he was diagnosed with in 2012. One of the co...

Zambian President Edgar Lungu to undergo treatment a...
Edgar Lungu, the current President of Zambia, is to undergo medical treatment aboard after collapsing while on stage in...

The attack took place in the capital city of Bamako (Image: Arensond.)

Five dead after bar attack in Bamako, Mali
Five people, including two Europeans, have been killed by gunmen during an attack on a bar in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, early on Sunday morning. At least nine others were injured during the attack in which the assailants used machine guns and grenades. Three Malians, a French national, and a Belgian security official who was working for the European U...

Nigeria allies join fight against Boko Haram
Military forces from Chad and Niger yesterday engaged Boko Haram militants within the borders of Nigeria. This follows African Union endorsement on Friday of the creation of an 8000-plus strong regional force to combat the threat posed by the militant group. Along with Cameroon, both Chad and Niger have previously engaged Boko Haram forces who have crossed ...

Delta Air Lines jetliner skids off New York airport'...
A Delta Air Lines passenger jet skidded off the runway at New York City's LaGuardia Airport in snowy weather on Thursday, causing a shutdown of the airport, according to officials. The jetliner was carrying 127 passengers and five crew. The MD-88, operating as flight 1086, was flying in from Atlanta when it lost control after landing. There were a few minor...

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Kolobov (pictured) served under President Viktor Yanukovich)

Spanish authorities arrest Yuriy Kolobov, former Ukr...
Yuriy Kolobov, the former finance minister of Ukraine has been arrested in Spain on charges of fraud and embezzlement. Kolobov was wanted, along with former President Viktor Yanukovych, accused of fraud which cost Ukraine billions of dollars in assets. The Spanish civil guard arrested him Wednesday, at a flat in Altea, in the Province of Alicante. A brief sta...

Alabama Judicial Building, home of the Alabama Supreme Court (Image: Chris Pruitt.)

Alabama Supreme Court orders judges to stop issuing ...
The Supreme Court of Alabama yesterday ordered all judges to halt in issuing same-sex marriage licenses in the state. The ruling goes against an earlier order by the United States Supreme Court, allowing judges to issue same-sex couples a marriage license. The ruling said "As it has done for approximately two centuries, Alabama law allows for ‘marriage’ betwe...

Mushashi near Brunei, heading to the battle. (Image: Tobei Shiraishi.)

Explorers find shipwreck thought to be massive WWII ...
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen yesterday announced his ocean exploration team has found a wreck thought to be the Musashi, one of the largest warships ever built. The Musashi was a Japanese battleship sunk by US forces during World War Two. The wreck was discovered yesterday local time under a kilometre of water in the Sibuyan Sea, off the Filipi...

Snowden from file. (Image: Praxis Films.)

Edward Snowden in talks to return to United States
Edward Snowden, a US National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower who has been in exile since 2013, would like to return to the United States providing he is guaranteed a "fair and impartial trial", said Anatoly Kucherena, his Russian lawyer, yesterday. Snowden from file. Image: Praxis Films. The US Attorney General has promised Snowden he will not be ...

Beverly Hall, indicted public school superintendent,...
Dr. Beverly Hall, a central figure in an Atlanta, Georgia public schools cheating scandal since 2009, died at the age of 68 on Monday. The cause of death was reported as breast cancer, a disease she had been suffering from since 2004. At the time of her death Hall was still facing criminal charges relating to the cheating scandal. No official statement was ...

Footballer Adam Johnson arrested on suspicion of sex...
English footballer Adam Johnson has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a girl under the age of 16. Johnson, who currently plays for Sunderland A.F.C. , was arrested yesterday morning at his home. Durham Police confirmed they had arrested a "27-year-old man [...] on suspicion of sexual activity with a girl under 16." A neighbour of Johnson's spoke...

Harris Wittels, Parks and Recreation executive produ...
Harris Wittels, an executive producer on the comedy television series Parks and Recreation, has been found dead. The 30-year-old was found unresponsive at his home in Los Angeles by his assistant on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have announced they are investigating the possibility of a drug overdose. Wittels had a history of drug ab...

Welsh historian John Davies dies aged 76
John Davies, highly regarded Welsh historian, has died at the age of 76. Davies worked closely with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) during his career, often as a commentator on BBC Wales. As well as his work as a broadcaster he was also an author and a teacher at several universities across Wales. As an author he won the Glyndwr Award, an award t...

Islamic State execute 21 Coptic Christians held in L...
A video purporting to show the execution of 21 Coptic Christians by supporters of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been released yesterday. The video shows them being beheaded in a location apparently near Tripoli in Libya. The captives, all shown being executed in orange jumpsuits in the video, were picked up in Sirte, a coastal town in Liby...

Benjamin Netanyahu. From file. (Image: US State Department.)

Netanyahu calls for European Jews to move to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has today called for European Jews to emigrate to Israel following the attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen yesterday. The Israeli government is to discuss a plan to allocate $46 million (€40 million) of funds to aid immigration by Jews in France, Belgium and Ukraine. Meeting with the Israeli Cabinet, Netanyahu said: "...

Police shoot dead suspect in Copenhagen attacks
Police in Denmark have shot dead a man they believe was responsible for two gun attacks that killed two people in Copenhagen on Saturday. Police had kept a property in the Nørrebro district of the city under surveillance. When the man returned to the property, they confronted him and shot him in the ensuing fire fight. Jorgen Skov, a police investigator, sa...

Santiago, from file. (Image: "Greifen".)

Dominican murder draws light to anti-Haitian sentiment
Only 7,000 of an estimated 200,000 eligible residents have signed up for residency cards, a scheme instigated by the government in the face of international pressure. The deadline to apply for the permits, which allow citizenship after two years, has passed. "They shouldn't have to apply for residency," said Santiago Canton of the Robert F Kennedy Center for ...

A Dhruv helicopter photographed in 2008. (Image: ILA-boy.)

Indian army helicopter crash kills two in Jammu and ...
Both bodies are too burned for immediate identification. The Dhruv caught fire after going down in a forest in Bandipora. The crash at around 7:43p.m. local time was during night training over Ganderbal. Search and rescue personnel reached the wreckage in the Laman/Safapora forest at around 9:00p.m. The army, police, and fire service all attended. Night fligh...

File photo of a handgun. (Image: User:Rama.)

Two men shot during robbery in Houston, Texas
Two men were shot during a robbery at a car stereo and alarm business in the city of Houston, Texas yesterday evening, according to police. One of the men, Abdullah Shakur, 65, later died at a local hospital. The other man, Samer Salam, 32, was reportedly in critical condition late Tuesday evening. File photo of a handgun. Image: User:Rama. Police said ...

Four die in dump truck crash in Bath, England
Four people have died and at least four more have been seriously injured after a dump truck hit multiple vehicles and two pedestrians in Bath in South West England. The incident occurred at around 1600 UTC yesterday when the truck rolled down a hill on Lansdown Lane in the city's Upper Weston district in what witness accounts given to police suggest was an acc...

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