Eighty-six-year-old Turkish businessman Celal Afşar was arrested on Thursday along with his daughter, son-in-law and two others in Niğde province as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the tr724 news website reported. He is known as a philanthropist in his town, with public broadcaster TRT in 2011 […]
Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 To Be Held In Johannesburg
International advocacy organisation Global Citizen today announced that Beyoncé & JAY-Z, Cassper Nyovest, D’banj, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder, Femi Kuti, Pharrell Williams & Chris Martin, Sho Madjozi, Tiwa Savage, Usher, and Wizkid will headline the first Global Citizen Festival to be held in Africa, a free-ticketed event on Sunday, 2 […]
Cave rescue – Final push under way in Thailand
Nineteen divers have entered the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand on a gruelling, hazardous mission to rescue five people still trapped inside. They hope to extract all four children and the adult accompanying them, bringing to a close an epic operation marred by one diver’s death. Eight boys rescued […]
Japan executes Sarin attack cultists
Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 have been executed, including cult leader Shoko Asahara. The Sarin attack, Japan’s worst terror incident, killed 13 people and injured thousands more. The executions took place at a Tokyo […]
Another tragedy in Lagos: Man, pregnant lover burnt to death
A bizarre incident which left residents stunned occurred two weeks ago, at Ojodu Street, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, after a man, Buraimo Sunday, 30, and his pregnant lover identified simply as Bose, were burnt to death in their one-room apartment. The live-in lovers said to have […]










