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The Islamic State group, defeated in Iraq and Syria, announced on Wednesday the death of its leader, the Iraqi Abu Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, specifying that he had been killed “while fighting the enemies of God”. In an audio message, the spokesperson for the jihadist group announced that a new “caliph …

A Nigerian man has been arrested by the police for beheading his girlfriend in Accra, the capital of Ghana, local media reported. According to reports, the man committed this heinous act in an attempt to go for money rituals. But he was caught by his landlord who reported him to …

A South African Secondary School deputy principal at Kgagatlou Secondary in Polokwane, Limpopo was caught red-handed sleeping with a student in his office during school hours. The matter was instantly reported to the Mphahlele community whose members did not hesitate in administering mob justice on the teacher. In a video …

French president Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Washington for a five-day visit even though the climate has been somehow tense between the EU and the United States in recent days due to some trade disputes. The French president is scheduled to hold a meeting with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden …

The US Senate voted on Tuesday (61 for, 36 against) the “Respect for Marriage Act”, a law protecting same-sex marriage. The “Respect for Marriage Act” will assure every married couple the validity of their marriage in any state in the United States, as long as the marriage is valid in …

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country through an era of profound upheaval from 1989 until the early 2000s, died Wednesday at the age of 96, the state-run China news agency said. New. He had come to power the day after the crackdown on protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen …

Amotekun Police in Nigeria’s Ekiti State have arrested two men suspected of plotting to use a 17-year-old apprentice for ritual purposes in the state capital. The suspects were arrested while attempting to slit the lady’s throat, but luck deserted them. One of the suspects said to have ambushed the victim …

A 23-year-old native doctor was arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for shooting his client to death while testing gunshot charms at his shrine in the Umuaram area of the state, Nigeria. He was arrested after the case was reported to the Isi-Uzo Police Division. He confessed to have …

The US says it has “serious doubts” about the credibility of Equatorial Guinea’s election results that saw the world’s longest-serving president continue his 43-year-rule. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, secured almost 95% of votes, according to election officials. “Given the scale of irregularities observed and the announced results giving the …

A woman known as a popular shopkeeper who operated her own provision store at Breman Essiam has committed suicide in her farm in the Central Region, Ghana. She went missing and residents thought she had traveled to visit her children. Several calls were made to reach her children to find …