A devastating fire engulfed the Grand Kartal Hotel at Turkey’s popular Kartalkaya ski resort early Tuesday, leaving 10 people dead and 32 others injured, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. The blaze broke out at 3:27 a.m. (0027 GMT) in the ...
China on Monday executed a man who killed 35 people in a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, state media said. A court in the city “executed Fan Weiqiu in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People’s Court”, s ...
At least six people were killed and 35 injured in a stampede near one of India's busiest and richest temples, after thousands of devout Hindus assembled there to secure free visit passes, authorities said on Thursday. The period from Friday to January ...
Lebanon’s parliament has elected Joseph Aoun, the United States-backed army chief, as the country’s new president, breaking a two-year political stalemate that left the nation without a head of state. The landmark decision followed two rounds of votin ...
Scores of Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by Chadian Forces at the entrance of the presidential residence in Ndjamena, Chad when the terrorists on Wednesday night attempted to attack country's presidential palace. Credible sources said that sev ...
A 52-year-old man, Samuel Dada, has been brought before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate's Court for allegedly defrauding 12 persons of N14.6 million. The defendant was said to have swindled his unsuspecting victims of the humongous amount under the pret ...
Two Nigerian nationals, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37, have been slammed with up to 20 years jail terms in a United States prison after a federal jury found them guilty of masterminding a $560,000 romance scam. US Attorney A ...
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport witnessed a grim discovery on Monday night when two bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft. The shocking revelation came during a routine post-flight maintenance check fo ...
At least 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 injured following a powerful earthquake that struck Tibet’s holy city of Shigatse in China on Tuesday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the 7.1 magnitude quake hit at approxi ...
Twenty-seven sub-Saharan African migrants, including women and children, lost their lives after two boats capsized off the Kerkennah Islands near Tunisia. Civil defence officials confirmed on Thursday that 83 others were rescued in the tragic incident ...