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Police have dismantled a “super-cartel” of drugs, which controlled about a third of cocaine trafficking in Europe, and arrested 49 suspects in various countries including six of importance in Dubai, announced Monday Europol. The European Police Office said in a statement that this international operation led to the seizure of …

More than 20 people have drowned in rivers and dams across South Africa’s northern Limpopo province in less than two months amid persistent rains, the police have said. The police said they were attending to “numerous calls” of drowning cases in all the five districts of the province. “From the …

Nigeria’s Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man suspected homosexual for raping a five-year-old boy to death. Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. The suspect confessed being an homosexual and that while …

Nigeria’s Ogun State Police Command announced the arrest of a woman and a 19-year-old boy, for robbing traders with toy guns. The suspects were arrested during an operation at Adesan, Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. It was discovered that they came to rob the shop …

Learners in Uganda are heading back home after the government closed schools two weeks earlier than originally scheduled in order to slow down an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The ministry of education ordered closure of schools after more than 20 confirmed Ebola cases were recorded among students. Parents …

Twitter boss Elon Musk announced on Thursday the reinstatement of suspended accounts on the platform if they have not broken the law. “The people have spoken, the amnesty begins next week. Vox populi, vox dei,” Elon Musk said. On Wednesday, the new owner had published a poll to ask his …

Armed robbers have killed a 10-year-old Togolese girl for witnessing their operation when she was sent to get charcoal in Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. A female friend of the girl’s mother sent the girl to her house to get her charcoal. When she …

An Indian Islamist preacher wanted by anti-terrorist agencies in New Delhi, took advantage of the events of the World Cup to take refuge in Qatar. Zakir Naik is at the root of a diplomatic row between India and Qatar. Prosecuted for financing terrorist operations and spreading religious hatred, Zakir Naik …

Ten people died and nine were injured in the fire of a residential building in China’s Xinjiang province (northwest), the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The fire broke out around 7:50 p.m. Thursday evening, according to the agency. “Ten people have died, despite emergency care,” the report said. …

Russian parliament on Thursday passed the third and final reading of a law that expands an existing ban on promoting “LGBT propaganda” to children by banning it among people of all ages. Under the new law, any event or act regarded as an attempt to promote homosexuality – including online, …