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A notorious Kenyan murderer who was serving two life sentences in the United States for killing two elderly women has been killed by his cellmate. Prison officers found 50-year-old Billy Chemirmir dead in his cell at the Coffield Unit prison in Texas on Tuesday morning. As reported by BBC the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that Chemirmir had been killed on Monday night. A US court sentenced Chemirmir to […]
The United States on Wednesday announced $225 million in investments to support emerging democracies in the face of a rise in autocracies around the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International Development, were to announce the assistance at an event Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. A major part of the package will be $110 million in private-sector […]
Five Americans jailed for years in Iran and widely regarded as hostages are on their way home to the United States. The last pieces in a controversial swap mediated by Qatar fell into place when $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds held in South Korea reached banks in Doha. It triggered the departure of the four men and one woman in Tehran, who are also Iranian citizens, on a chartered flight […]
Authorities in the United States city of Los Angeles have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a sheriff’s deputy who was ambushed and fatally shot at a traffic stop leading to a reward of $250,000 being offered for information. Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was shot as he sat in his patrol car at a red light just outside a sheriff’s station on Saturday evening in the city of Palmdale, […]
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Guatemala, answering a call issued by President-elect Bernardo Arevalo to defend the integrity of the country’s recent elections. Last Friday, Arevalo took to social media to rally his supporters, asking them to join him in Guatemala City on Monday as he filed a legal challenge against those he considers “coup-mongers”. “The time has come for all of us together, as one nation, to step forward, raise […]
A senior Canadian diplomat has been ordered to leave India, the Indian foreign ministry said, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat in an escalating rift over the killing of a Sikh separatist earlier this year. New Delhi’s decision reflected its “growing concern at the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal matters and their involvement in anti-India activities”, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The duelling expulsions come […]
Five Americans jailed in Iran are expected to fly home as part of a deal mediated by the Gulf state of Qatar. Reports say, the four men and one woman, who also hold Iranian passports, will board a plane once it is confirmed that $6bn (£4.8bn) in Iranian funds once held in South Korea have reached banks in Doha. This is part of a deal reached last month after a […]
A Gold Coast man who filmed himself taking his pet snake for a surf has been fined by Australian wildlife authorities. Higor Fiuza and his bridle carpet python Shiva became local celebrities earlier this month after a video of them catching waves went viral. But their short-lived fame also tipped off wildlife protection officers. They say the man endangered Shiva and breached his permit to keep the snake by taking […]
The Congo-Brazzaville government has denied reports of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso, who has been in power for 39 years, being the third-longest serving president in Africa. It follows unconfirmed social media reports that the military was trying to oust the 79-year old leader, who is currently in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Information Minister, Thierry Moungalla posted on X […]
