Yearly Archives: 2016
Italy slammed in CIA rendition case
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has condemned Italy over the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian imam who had been granted political...
Grief for Castros as big brother dies
Ramón ‘Mongo’ Castro, the farming older brother of Fidel and Raúl, died on Tuesday morning in Havana at the age of 91, according to...
Plan to extinguish Indonesia’s red light for good
Indonesia has vowed to clean up its reputation as a sex tourism hub.
Police have been sweeping the country's red-light districts with raids, in an...
THT opens workshop for friends and family of people with HIV
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) launches workshop for partners, friends and family of people living with HIV in London.
Terrence Higgins Trust in London has launched...
Bey gets NoI backing in cop boycott controversy
Beyoncé has been offered the security services of the so-called Black Muslims for her forthcoming tour by no less a figure than Minister Louis...
Camille Cosby quizzed in husband’s defamation case
The wife of under-fire actor Bill Cosby testified under oath on Monday (February 22) in the defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who claim...
Strictly fun dancing
It took the eighteenth president of her lifetime to send her an invitation to the White House, but sprightly 106-year-old Virginia McLaurin wasted none...
Baby theft solved after sister attends same school
A woman is facing trial in South Africa, accused of snatching a newborn baby 18 years ago.
The 50-year-old, who cannot be named to protect...
Election candidate released following probe
Republic of the Congo authorities have released Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko, a former army chief who is running against incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso in presidential...
Besigye faces fifth arrest as Museveni romps in
Kizza Besigye, leader of Uganda’s opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has been detained by police for the second time this week after he...
