Five children were found dead in an apartment in western Germany on Thursday, police said, with local media reporting they were murdered by their mother who later tried to kill herself as well. The children’s grandmother called the police and reported that her daughter, 27, had killed five of her children and was possibly on […]

Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has not been seen in public since his August 18 ouster in a coup, has been hospitalised after suffering a brief stroke-like attack, a doctor said Wednesday. Keita, 75, was admitted to a private clinic in the capital Bamako on Tuesday evening, he said. “According to thorough analysis, […]

Italy’s former prime minister the media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi announced Wednesday that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is in quarantine at home. Berlusconi, who once owned AC Milan, stressed that he would continue his political activities. “I will be present in the electoral campaign with interviews on televisions and in newspapers,” […]

A former vice president of Zimbabwe went on trial on Wednesday for alleged abuse of power and corruption. Phelekezela Mphoko, 80, served as a deputy to Zimbabwe’s late ex-president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup in November 2017 after almost four decades in power. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) accused him of criminal […]

The U.S. Department of State has extended ban on its nationals to travel to North Korea by another year, citing a risk of detention for U.S. passport holders. The extension was contained in a public notice published by the U.S. Federal Register. “The department of state has determined that there continues to be serious risk […]