Iran says struck oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA, as a British maritime agency also reported an attack.
Pope issues call for end to nuclear weapons in Japan visit
Pope Francis landed in the wind and rain in Tokyo on Saturday evening, issuing a call for an end to nuclear weapons is the only country to have suffered a nuclear bomb attack.
Me, me, me, …: Zimbabwe’s President names 10 streets after himself
The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the renaming of ten streets after himself. His decision seems to not have settled well with some citizens of the country. News media in the country reported that there was an uproar following the public announcement of decision after a cabinet meeting on Thursday. According to the report, […]
Woman born with 12 fingers, 20 toes tagged ‘witch’ by neighbours
A woman born with 12 fingers and 20 toes has described how neighbours ‘keep away’ from her because they think she’s a witch. Kumar Nayak, 63, has lived with the abnormality since birth and has never been able to afford treatment, Metro UK reports. She says others living in the same town of Ganjam, […]
Ex-CIA officer sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiring to spy for China
A former CIA case officer was sentenced by a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to serve 19 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to become a spy for China, federal prosecutors announced. Jerry Chuan Shing Lee, 55, left the CIA in 2007 and moved to Hong Kong. A few […]
Trump wants impeachment trial in Senate with Bidens testifying – Spokesman
U.S. President Donald Trump would like the U.S. Senate to hold an impeachment trial of him, and would like former Vice-President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, to testify as witnesses. Both father and son are in the centre of a scandal that provoked the impeachment inquiry, The White House made this known in […]
