Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. At least ten others were injured - some suffering serious injuries. Local officials said the likely cause was "the driver's failure to control the vehicle". […]
French police have seized 72 firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of screen legend Alain Delon. A shooting range was also found at the actor's home in Douchy-Montcorbon, about 135km (84 miles) south of Paris. Prosecutors said Mr Delon did not have a permit to allow him to own a gun. The actor, 88, was a star of the golden era of French cinema, known […]
US daytime talk show legend Wendy Williams Hunter has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), her care team has revealed. The team said it was sharing the news "to correct inaccurate and hurtful rumours about her health". Ms Williams, 59, hosted the popular, nationally syndicated Wendy Williams Show for over a decade. But it ended in 2022 amid the health struggles she has been facing. The […]
Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after Thursday's 176-76 vote in parliament. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would "boldly abolish a serious inequality". But it has divided the country, with fierce resistance led by the powerful Orthodox Church. Its supporters held a protest rally in Athens. Many displayed banners, held […]
An ex-FBI informant has been charged with making false statements about an alleged bribery scheme involving a Ukrainian company, President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Alexander Smirnov, 43, is accused of lying about the Bidens accepting payments from energy firm Burisma. The Justice Department said Mr Smirnov gave false statements to the FBI because he disliked President Biden. Republicans had relied on his claims in an ongoing bid to […]
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has picked one of his party's leaders as PM candidate. Omar Ayub Khan will run against the candidate of Imran Khan's rivals, who have agreed to a coalition. Khan-backed independents unexpectedly won the most seats in last week's election, but they did not have enough seats to form a government. This has led to days of deal-making as the constitution requires the formation […]
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the deployment of 2,900 soldiers to aid in the fight against armed rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The troops will be posted as part of the southern African mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC), which was approved by the regional bloc in May last year. Malawi and Tanzania will also contribute troops to the mission. The mission is replacing the […]
Kenya's biggest referral hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital, has performed a laparoscopic kidney transplant, becoming the first public facility in the country to conduct the minimally invasive surgical transplant procedure. The transplant was performed on 36-year-old Dickson Njoroge, who received a kidney from his cousin. The procedure uses small incisions to extract and transplant the kidney, aided by specialised tools such as computer-guided magnifying cameras. It is a departure from traditional […]
Former President Donald Trump has won the Nevada Republican caucus by a large margin. The only other person whose name was on the ballot was Ryan Binkley, a pastor and businessman. It means Mr Trump will take all Nevada's 26 delegates, the system used by the parties to determine their presidential candidate. Initial results reported by CNN showed the former president gaining 99% of the vote. Briefly addressing a victory […]
