An explosion has hit a bus carrying presidential guards in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, officials say. At least 12 people have been killed in the blast, the interior ministry said. The explosion, during rush hour in the city’s main avenue, was an attack, a presidential source said. Tunisia has been targeted by the Islamic State group,… Read More Explosion hits bus carrying Tunisia’s presidential guards
A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times last year has been charged with first-degree murder, state lawyers have said. It comes a day ahead of the expected release of a police care dashcam video showing Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Mr Van Dyke turned himself in on Tuesday… Read More Police officer charged with murder for shooting black teenager to death
A search is under way for three white men who allegedly shot five people protesting about the fatal police shooting of a black man in Minneapolis. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident on Monday night, which involved three masked men, according to witnesses. Regular protests have taken place since Jamar Clark… Read More Five injured as masked gunmen open fire on protesters in Minneapolis
A Pakistani man extradited from the UK to the US has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for plotting attacks in several countries. Abid Naseer, 29, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York. US authorities said he had been part of a plot to attack Manchester, New York City and Copenhagen. In… Read More UK bomb plotter sentenced to 40 years imprisonment
A 30-year man who allegedly raped a minor was on Tuesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused, Peter Ekom, who resides at 43, Ariori St., Maliki Oshodi, Lagos, is facing a charge of rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Simon Imhonwa, told the court that the accused, who was a co-tenant with… Read More 30-year-old man charged over raped of 11-year-old girl
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter crashed in central South Korea on Monday during a training mission, killing two pilots aboard, police and military officials said. The attack helicopter went down in the county of Wonju in Gangwon province, officials said. The helicopter was assigned to the Second Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, said Captain… Read More U.S. military helicopter crashes in South Korea
The oil and gas sector contributed N1.942 trillion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, in the third quarter, Q3 of 2015, according to a data by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. Giving a breakdown, the NBS in its GDP Q3 2015 report, said the Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas sub-sector accounted for N1.845 trillion, rising… Read More Oil and gas sector contributes N1.94trillion to Nigeria’s GDP
A U.S. air strike has destroyed more than 238 fuel trucks controlled by Islamic State — ISIS — militants in north-east Syria, the US military has said. It is thought the pilots found the trucks parked up together, waiting to be loaded at an oil production point near al-Hasakah and Dayr Az Zawr. Warning shots… Read More Over 200 ISIS oil trucks destroyed by U.S. airstrike
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