Tag: WORLD
Omar al-Bashir: Sudan ex-leader sentenced for corruption
Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption.
The judge told the court that, under Sudanese...
Patients die as lawyers ransack Pakistan hospital
Three patients died when hundreds of lawyers attacked a hospital in Lahore during a furious dispute with doctors.
Video showed the lawyers ransacking wards at...
Algerian ex-PMs get long jail sentences for corruption
An Algerian court has sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms amid a huge corruption investigation.
Ahmed Ouyahia was sentenced to 15 years...
New Zealand volcano: Five dead and eight missing with ‘no signs...
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has said there were no signs of life on White Island following a volcanic eruption.
She said the focus was...
Evangelist who drew millions in Africa dies at 79
German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, who drew huge crowds in Africa over decades of preaching, has died aged 79.
"He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his...
Biden says he would consider Harris for vice presidential slot
A day after U.S. Senator Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential bid, former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic nomination,...
Four generations of US family die in plane crash
Federal investigators have reached the site of a South Dakota plane crash that killed nine members of a prominent US business family on Saturday.
Spanning...
North Korea threatens Japan with ‘real ballistic missile’
North Korea has branded Japan's PM Shinzo Abe an "imbecile" and "political dwarf", accusing him of mislabelling its latest weapons test.
Mr Abe condemned the...
London Bridge: Attacker had been convicted of terror offence
The man who carried out the stab attack at London Bridge on Friday, named by police as Usman Khan, had previously been jailed for...
Bank boss quits over ‘disgraceful’ scandal
The boss of Australia's second-largest bank, Westpac, has stepped down after the bank became embroiled in a money-laundering scandal with alleged possible links to...