A woman fleeing Afghanistan has given birth to a baby girl while on a flight to the United Kingdom.
A Turkish Airlines flight said the 26-year-old woman identified as Soman Noori gave birth on Saturday August 28, after having contractions as the plane was midway between Dubai and Birmingham.
With no doctor...
A teenage girl has died after being electrocuted when her home was struck by lightning while she was using her mobile phone as it charged.
Radja Ferreira de Oliveira's phone was plugged into the main socket at her house in Santarem, Brazil, when it was hit by lightning in the early hours...
The trending ‘Milk Crate Challenge’- has just been banned by social media platform, Tik Tok.
The very dangerous challenge saw users stack milk or drink crates into the highest pyramid they could, before trying to climb up one side of them and down the other, without any of the crates...
An Afghan girl born aboard a US military plane heading to Germany as her family was fleeing Taliban rule, has been named Reach after the aircraft's code name.
The baby's mother reportedly went into labor on Saturday while flying from a staging base in Qatar to the Ramstein Air Base....
A woman dubbed "fart queen of the internet" has revealed how she has made thousands of Pounds by farting on camera.
The woman, named Lush Botanist, revealed to a Channel 4 documentary that she got into the side hustle after being asked by someone online to fart on camera.
Surprisingly, it ended up...
A model has been left with horrific injuries after being mauled by a leopard during a photoshoot that went horribly wrong.
Jessica Leidolph, 36, reportedly entered the big cats’ enclosure at a retirement home for animals in the city of Nebra, Germany, on August 24. Troja, a 16-year-old leopard, suddenly...
An Australian citizen was beaten by the Taliban while desperately trying to reach Kabul airport so that he can be evacuated.
Distressing video shows the man with blood running down his face and splattered across his polo shirt, crying out that he is an Australian citizen who was trying to reach the...
An anti-Taliban resistance group in Afghanistan, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), says it has thousands of people ready to fight.
The Panjshir region - in particular the Panjshir Valley is still under the control of the NRF, which was founded by Ahmad Massoud (pictured below) - the son...
Afghanistan women's national football team have been successfully evacuated from Kabul after it was reported that the women were at risk of becoming sex slaves to the Taliban and being tortured to death.
The footballers were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul...
Russian president, Vladimir Putin has told leaders of countries in Asia to keep ‘extremists’ at bay following the Taliban’s takeover of power in Afghanistan.
It's the first time that Putin is lending his voice to the international dilemma caused by the withdrawal of US forces from the Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
Russia...
R. Kelly allegedly 'pressured' a former girlfriend into having oral sex with him when she was 17, a court has heard.
The 54-year-old legendary R&B singer's federal trial for racketeering and sex trafficking charges continued for the fourth day in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, August 23, with Kelly denying...
The Taliban have warned the US and UK that they will not allow the Afghanistan evacuation mission by Western forces to run beyond an August 31 deadline, threatening there will be consequences if the date is extended.
Military Forces are due to leave the country on August 31 under a...
A US Air Force F-15 fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that posed a threat to troops stationed in eastern Syria
'Coalition aircraft successfully engaged and defeated a UAS through air to air engagement in the vicinity of Mission Support Site Green Village,' US Army Colonel Wayne Marotto, who...
The Taliban has unveiled their special force, after taking over Afghanistan.
The unit is reportedly named after the Battle of Badr that is written about in the Qur’an, in which the Prophet Mohammed successfully defeated an enemy force with just 313 men some 1,400 years ago.
The new special unit is...
Local residents were left shocked after more than 500 sheep were found dead after reportedly being hit by a single lightning strike while grazing on a mountain pasture in southern Georgia.
According to news reports, Nikolay Levanov, a sheep owner, received a distressing phone call from his sheepherder that told him...
Liquid, a top Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) now estimated to have been stolen.
The company announced that some of its digital currency wallets have been "compromised" making it the second major theft of cryptocurrencies to take place recently.
Last week, digital token...
The death toll after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti has risen to 1,297 with more than 5,700 injured, according to the country's civil protection agency.
Of the 1,297 fatalities, 1,054 are in the South administrative region, 119 are in Grand'Anse, 122 are in Nippes and two are in the Northwest...
The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul has been taken down, marking a final step in the evacuation of the embassy, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation.
The US scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and top officials from its...
A Nigerian man working as a delivery driver was shot dead while delivering food in Mitchellville, Maryland, United States.
48-year-old Noel Njoku, a DoorDash delivery driver, was killed on Thursday, August 12.
The father-of-four was found shot multiple times in his car while delivering food to a customer via DoorDash.
Prince George’s...
The number of migrants detained at the US-Mexico border in July exceeded 200,000 for the first time in 21 years, government data has revealed..
According to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a total of 212,672 migrants were apprehended in July, Its highest level in 21 years including an...
At least 227 people have died after Haiti was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that reduced churches, hotels and homes to rubble, in the latest tragedy to hit a Caribbean nation already mired in profound humanitarian and political crises and still reeling from the recent assassination of its president.
The...
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday, August 12, said the country is facing its ‘greatest ecological catastrophe in decades’ as wildfires continue to devastate southern Europe.
The fires broke out as the country roasted during the most intense and protracted heatwave experienced in around 30 years. Hundreds of wildfires...
Hackers have stolen some $600m (£433m) in what appears to be one the largest cryptocurrency heists ever.
Blockchain site Poly Network said hackers had exploited a vulnerability in its system and taken thousands of digital tokens such as Ether.
The Poly Network blockchain site allows users to move tokens linked to...
42 people including 25 members of the military mobilised to help put out raging blaze, were killed in forest fires in Algeria on Tuesday, August 10.
Dozens of separate fires have raged through forest areas across northern Algeria since Monday night and the country's Interior Minister Kamel Beldjoud accused arsonists...
Sunni Welles, an American actress, and singer who was one of the many women to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died. She was 72.
Welles' son, Shaun O'Banion, shared the news on Twitter on Monday, writing, "It is with profound sadness that I announce that my mother, Sunni...
Disgraced R&B singer, R Kelly has asked a judge through his lawyers to dismiss charges claiming he knowingly exposed two people to a sexually transmitted disease.
Kelly is facing a wide array of sex trafficking charges in New York and will also be tried in both Illinois and Minnesota for...
An eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in Pakistan after being accused of intentionally wetting himself in a religious library.
The child has become the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country, a charge which can carry the death penalty.
The boy was...
Christian faithfuls in Maiduguri gathered on Sunday, August 8, to hold service surrounded by the ruins of their demolished Church.
EYN church in Moduganari, Maiduguri, Borno state, was demolished on August 5 by officials of Borno Geographic Information System (BOGIS) and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), leaving church members...
A firefighting plane crashed during an emergency landing on a Greek island, as the country battled the sixth day of devastating wildfires.
The cause of the Sunday crash was not immediately known, a police official said.
The pilot of the plane which crashed during an emergency landing on Zakynthos, escaped without...
An Ariana Grande fan who attended the Manchester Arena concert in 2017 has been found dead in her bedroom after experiencing depression and PTSD following the bombing.
Eve Aston, 20, was found dead by her father in her bedroom in Finchfield, Wolverhampton, last month. But the cause of her death...
A US inmate has been sentenced to 24 additional years behind bars after murdering his cellmate, the paedophile who abused his sister - in an act of bloody revenge.
An administrative error saw 26-year-old Shane Goldsby assigned to the same cell as Robert Munger before the fatal beating in June...
Ghanaians can now to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without visa following the approval of Visa Waiver Agreement between the two countries.
The agreement to offer visa free entry to Ghanaians and UAE passport holders was approved by Parliament on Thursday, August 5, 2021.
The agreement, which was contained in...
Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle Sr., has revealed that he sent his daughter birthday gifts but she didn't acknowledge them.
Thomas Marle tells TMZ he sent the Duchess of Sussex a bouquet of roses along with a personalized card that simply said, "Wishing you a happy birthday and brighter days."
This was on...
A jealous student who ran over his girlfriend at a party and left her with life-changing injuries after accusing her of cheating because she had messages from another man, has been jailed.
Lakshmam Samarakoon has been jailed for more than 11 years after he flew into a rage and mowed...
Apple has announced new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices saying it will start to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse.
The decision by Apple to start scanning phones drew applause from child protection groups but security researchers say the system could be misused...
CNN has fired three employees for entering its New York headquarters without being vaccinated for protection against COVID-19.
This was disclosed in a memo from the cable news network’s president.
“In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who were coming to the office unvaccinated,” said the...
Global watchdog, Amnesty International alleged that a body-count exercise revealed that 115 civilians have been extrajudicially killed by security forces in South East, Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 4, Amnesty International Nigeria added that relatives of the victims denied the deceased were part of the militants that were...
Three people have been killed with more than 50 others were injured after a fast train from Munich collided with a commuter passenger train in the Czech Republic.
Several passengers were taken by helicopters to hospitals from the crash site near the western Czech village of Milavce, the regional rescue...
A 38-year-old Nigerian national, Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert was sentenced to death by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, for the murder of Serdang Hospital nurse Siti Kharina Mohd Kamarudin, two years ago.
Judge Ab Karim Ab Rahman handed down the sentence to Oluwajuwon, on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, after the prosecution...
Sudan's transitional cabinet has unanimously approved a bill that would allow it to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced
The unanimous decision by the cabinet comes as a surprise development as Sudan is known for gross human rights abuses especially during the time of...
Kathy Griffin has announced that she has stage one lung cancer.
The comedian, who received heat for posing with a bloody effigy of then-President Donald Trump in 2017, also revealed that she was placed in psychiatric hold after she attempted suicide last year as she was struggling with addiction to prescription drugs.
The...
CNN has published a damning report predicting the future of Lagos as the floods continue to devastate major parts of the city during rainy season.
According to the report, Lagos with an estimated population of 24 million people, may become uninhabitable by 2100 as sea levels rise due to climate...
Former UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has been pictured packing his belongings and moving out of his family home after his affair with his aide was exposed.
Matt, who resigned in June after CCTV footage of him kissing his aide was released by The Sun, was seen collecting bags and boxes...
The sentencing of self-confessed internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, has been slated for October this year. This is according to the United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California.
Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai in July 2020 for a multi-millionaire dollar fraud perpetrated by him and members of his...
A 22 year old YouTuber, Albert Dyrlund, has died after falling to his death while filming a video for his YouTube channel.
According to his mother, Vibe Jørger Jensen who spoke to Denmark's TV2, Albert Dyrlund, fell over 650 feet on Wednesday July 28 while filming a video in Forcella...
US President, Joe Biden has rolled out new steps to increase vaccination rates across the country.
The Democrat is urging state and federal governments to use a portion of their COVID-19 relief funds to pay citizens $100 to get the vaccine.
“I’m calling out all states and local governments to give...
Former Roman Catholic Church Cardinal, Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked by The Vatican in 2019 over sex abuse allegations, is now facing criminal charges in Massachusetts for alleged sex abuse of a minor nearly 50 years ago, according to a new court filing in Dedham District Court, Massachusetts.According to a...
A billionaire's son has been sentenced to jail for failing to pay the first installment of his London-based ex-wife’s £5.8 million divorce settlement.Preston Haskell IV, son of Preston Haskell III and heir to his vast American construction empire, has been embroiled in a five-year legal battle with Belarusian former...
Sun Dawu, a Chinese billionaire pig farmer and agricultural mogul, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined 3.11m yuan (£345,000) for crimes including “provoking trouble”, in a case observers believe was politically motivated.
The court in Gaobeidian, near Beijing, said Sun was guilty of crimes including “gathering...
Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has been indicted by a US federal grand jury in an international scheme to defraud a Qatari school founder and then launder over $1m in illicit proceeds.
The new indictment which Hushpuppi and 5 others faces, involved money meant to finance construction of a school...
US Lawmakers have stopped a proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria. This comes after they expressed concerns about Nigeria's Human Rights records.
Senior Democrats and Republicans at the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee delayed clearing of the proposed sale of AHP Cobra attack helicopters and accompanying defence systems to...
Barring any unforeseen development, Kano State Government in conjunctions with state’s Council of Ulama are planning to enact a law prohibiting women irrespective of any faith from driving vehicles In state.
This is from the fall out of a highly secretive meeting held at Sharia Commission during Sallah break between...
Music firm, Primary Wave has purchased half of late music legend, Prince's estate after purchasing interest from three of his heirs.This comes just 5 years after the Music star's death. According to the Star Tribune, Primary wave purchased 100% of Omarr Baker’s inheritance. Baker is Prince’s youngest half-sibling out of...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic is facing a fresh coronavirus panic after 12 police officers guarding the Olympic Village reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.
According to Mail Online, a further 38 have also been told to self-isolate.
The policemen, all in their 20s, make up half of a special deployment of 100 from...
The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos has taken the battle for space exploration between his rocket company Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX to another level as he offered the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) up to $2 billion to get space exploration contract.In an open letter, the Amazon founder...
Global cigarette manufacturers, Philip Morris International says it will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in Britain within the next ten years as it called on the UK government to ban the sale of its tobacco products.
The remarks come amid a broader push by the UK government to reduce the prevalence...
