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A 32-year-old man has been arrested for physically assaulting his biological father with a cutlass, in the Assin South District of the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. The suspect, who is mentally challenged chopped off his father’s left hand, left foot and left ear. “The victim’s scream of help …

An explosion at a chemical plant in northeast China has left at least two people dead, 34 injured and 12 missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday. “The fire is currently under control, the last flames having stabilized”, according to CCTV. Videos and photos released by television show a thick …

Unknown gunmen have murdered a mother of four known as a hairdresser at the popular Oja Oba market, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Nigeria, according to reports. “The assailants trailed the woman to where she was killed, stating that there were knife cuts on some parts of her body …

Authorities in South Africa are on the hunt for a privately owned tiger which escaped from a property in Walkerville south of Johannesburg, local media reported. The female tiger escaped after the fence was cut on Saturday night, local media reported. According to police, the tiger attacked a 39-year-old man …

A 41-year-old woman has cut off her husband’s penis and stabbed him to death in their flat in the Altos de San Lorenzo area of Argentina. “The deceased was found with the knife embedded in his eye, wounds all over his body, including his chest and his genitals mutilated,” according …

Two high profile inmates have escaped after spraying chilli powder in the eyes of guards escorting them back to prison in south – western Ethiopian town of Alaba, local media reported. They were two of four who made the bid to break free. “Out of four inmates who escaped, one …

Far-right Brazilian former president Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida two days before Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration on January 1 and stayed at the home of a former Brazilian MMA fighter. He was admitted to hospital last Sunday for an intestinal “adhesion” and was released on Tuesday evening. …

Tunisia has jailed nine members of an all-women terrorist gang accused of plotting to assassinate a government minister, according to reports. Two of the ringleaders were jailed for 25 years, while the other seven were handed sentences ranging between three and 14 years. Tunisia experienced a series of jihadist attacks …

Democratic lawmakers in the US called on Thursday for President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is in Florida, refusing to allow the United States to serve as a refuge for the former leader. “We must not allow Mr. Bolsonaro or any other …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held talks with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto during which they discussed food security and the Grain from Ukraine initiative – a humanitarian program to bring Ukrainian grain to countries with severe shortages food. In a tweet, Mr Zelensky said they also spoke about the …