The estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president has been charged with attempting to murder him. Marry Chiwenga – already facing corruption charges – has been denied bail in Harare. It’s alleged that she tried to kill General Constantino Chiwenga while he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa. READ ALSO: Zimbabwe: First Lady begs retailers to lower food […]

Days after an alleged gang-rape victim was set on fire, a note was left at the family home of an 18-year-old set to testify in her own case against a man she had accused of rape. “Consequences may be worse than what happened in Unnao,” the note read, alluding to the city in northern India […]

China has lodged stern representations with the United States (U.S.) over the expelling of Chinese officials, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing in Beijing on Monday. The U.S. government covertly moved to expel two officials from the Chinese embassy earlier this year after they drove onto a military base, the New […]

A Singapore opposition politician was asked to correct a Facebook post criticizing state education spending on Monday, the fourth use of a new “fake news” law that has been used against government opponents. Government ministers are the arbiters of the Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which came into effect in October amid concern that […]

New Zealand marked one week since the deadly White Island eruption with a minute’s silence Monday, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned grieving families they face a lengthy wait for answers. At 2:11pm (0111 GMT) — exactly a week since the eruption — offices and shops fell silent as New Zealanders remembered the 16 international […]