NATO Strike Kills Child in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say a NATO helicopter strike Saturday killed at least one child near the capital of Ghazni province. Other reports said two children had died. Officials said the helicopter...
Egypt Orders Arrest of Satirist Over Skits on Islam and Morsi
CAIRO — Egypt’s public prosecutor on Saturday ordered the arrest of a popular television satirist on charges that included insulting President Mohamed Morsi and denigrating Islam, a state news agency...
Cheating Our Children
So, about that fiscal crisis — the one that would, any day now, turn us into Greece. Greece, I tell you: Never mind. Over the past few weeks, there has...
Can Zimbabwe learn from Kenya’s peaceful election
In our series of letters from Africa journalists, London-based Ugandan writer Joel Kibazo considers whether Zimbabwe can learn from Kenya's largely peaceful election process. I have always thought elections are...
Judge: Angelina Jolie didn’t plagiarize ‘Blood and Honey’
According to the lawsuit, James Braddock argued that one the film’s producers, Edin Sarkic, read his book and that the book heavily influenced Jolie’s film A judge has ruled that...
White House says it takes seriously North Korea’s ‘new and unconstructive’ statement
WASHINGTON — The White House said Saturday it is taking seriously new threats by North Korea but also noted Pyongyang’s history of “bellicose rhetoric.” North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday...
Building collapse in Tanzania ‘kills 17’
At least 17 people have been killed after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam on Friday morning, according to a...
Premier League Roundup: City cruise, Chelsea slip, United close on title
Manchester City capitalised on a stumble from Chelsea to tighten their grip on second place in the Premier League on Saturday, after Manchester United took another stride towards the title....
Kenya Supreme Court upholds Uhuru Kenyatta Election Win.
Kenya's Supreme Court has upheld Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential election victory, rejecting several petitions challenging the vote. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga announced the decision, which was unanimous, saying the poll was...
Indian Man lives in tree for nine months waiting for his wife to say sorry for cheating on him
A cuckolded husband has been living in a tree for the last nine months, refusing to come down until his wife apologises for cheating on him. But the apology never...