Adou Ouattara was said to be in a "terrible state" when he was found last month in a bag without air vents at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The boy's father was arrested for arranging his son to be smuggled, but is due to be released on...
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed that both current and past employees had been affected. The breach could potentially affect every federal agency, officials said. US officials said the hackers were believed to be based in...
That's according to a source close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday -- one day after a 29-year-old woman from the United States was killed on a safari outside Johannesburg. A family member identified the...
The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced that he was stepping down from his role. US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland, part of a group of 14 people indicted. Two...
The ship is floating upside down in a wide stretch of river - state media said rescuers tapping the hull had heard calls for help from inside. The boat, the Eastern Star, reportedly sent no emergency signal. Media reports say the alarm was...
The Sunday Independent quoted Jordaan confirming the payment and making the denial days after US Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, described the payment as a bribe which was used to secure Warner vote for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup. “I...
The suspects, who are said to include a Fifa vice-president, have been detained pending extradition to the US. The charges include money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud. Fifa members are gathering in Zurich for their annual meeting on...
"They don't know each other; we ourselves [as a family] don't know that person," Nomalizo Noah told News24. The 88-year-old showed visible signs of frustration as she snapped at the mention of an article published in the Sunday Times, which claimed...
The six, including three university professors, are accused of using the technology to benefit universities and companies controlled by Beijing. One of the group, Tianjin University professor Hao Zhang, has been arrested but the rest are believed to...
His Twitter handle is @POTUS (President Of The United States) and within few hours he had attracted over a million followers. "Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account" is his first tweet. The...
Major General Godefroid Niyombareh said a salvation committee had been set up, but his level of support is unclear. Thousands protesting against the president in the capital, Bujumbura, are now reported to be celebrating. President Nkurunziza is...
The report said Lubitz repeatedly set the same plane for an unauthorised descent earlier that day. Lubitz is suspected of deliberately crashing the Airbus 320, killing all 150 people on board. He had locked the flight captain out of the...
Nigeria’s Dangote, an Arsenal fan worth $15.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, discussed buying a stake in the club five years ago before talks with the owners fell through, he said. Since then his wealth has grown more than...
Pemba Lama told the BBC he survived by drinking water from wet clothes and eating pots of clarified butter. He was taken to a field hospital. Meanwhile, bad weather is hampering the delivery of relief to remote villages, a Nepali government...
More than 6,500 people have been injured, according to the National Emergency Operation Centre. Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighbouring China and India. Thousands have spent a second night outside after the...
“You’re lucky that you were sneaky enough to have him take a picture of you next to me, otherwise I would have refused. I don’t take pictures with girls who have your kind of hair,” Masekela told a student who had taken a picture with him,...
Police have struggled to contain mobs who have attacked foreigners from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and other African countries in both the economic capital Johannesburg and in the port city of Durban. The government had vowed to crack down...
A major rescue operation is under way in the Mediterranean after as many as 700 migrants are feared to have drowned just outside Libyan waters, in what could prove to be the worst disaster yet involving migrants being smuggled to Europe. Italian...
Tension has already started brewing in some parts of the province, as foreign nationals have come under attack and their small businesses looted by the locals. President Jacob Zuma, had this week sent three of his ministers to calm the situation but...
The monument will be taken down from the campus on Thursday and stored for "safe keeping", UCT's council said. Students have been campaigning for the removal of the statue of the 19th century figure, unveiled in 1934. It was smeared with excrement...
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