Yearly Archives: 2015
Indian Navy makes largest drug seizure
A boat carrying 232 kg of heroin with street value of $15m was seized and eight Pakistani crew were arrested in a joint intelligence-based...
South Korea PM offers resignation amid corruption claims
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo has offered to resign following allegations that he accepted bribes before taking office. The premier denies involvement, but...
Police seek witnesses to Birmingham KFC stabbing
Two men appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court this week charged with the murder of a Gambian teenager.
Sheriff Mbye, 18, who lived with his parents...
Drifters to join female legends on UK dates
Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack and Mary Wilson have between them been responsible for some of the greatest songs of all time from Walk On...
Drogba hosts fourth annual charity event in Mayfair
R‘n’B songstress Christina Milian was in town at the weekend to support friend and Chelsea football legend Didier Drogba at a swanky event for...
Zulu leader denies inciting xenophobic violence
King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, the traditional leader of the Zulus, has called for an end to the violence against foreigners that has plagued South...
Thousands set to flee xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Hundreds more Zimbabwean workers have returned from South Africa following an upsurge in violence against foreigners that has seen dozens killed.
Foreign workers and foreign-owned...
Morsi handed 20 years in prison
Amid massive security, an ad hoc Cairo court has sentenced overthrown former president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years behind bars for being behind the...
Mackem Slayer’s protégé Bolasie continues Black Cats curse
Yannick Bolasie has revealed the role Sunderland nemesis Shola Ameobi played in helping him fire an 11minute hat-trick against the Black Cats on Saturday.
Ex-Newcastle...
Nigeria sweep into beach soccer semis
The comfortable 4-1 scoreline belies the effort Nigeria’s beach soccer team had to summon up to defeat Egypt in Africa’s Beach Soccer Championship.
The two...