South African police say they are investigating allegations that former President Jacob Zuma ‘s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla lured 17 men who are now trapped in Russia into fighting in that country’s war with Ukraine without their consent. According to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, an affidavit filed by Zuma-Sambudla’s sister Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube alleges that Zuma-Sambudla and two other people lured...
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US Labels Maduro-Tied Cartel De Los Soles As A Terror Organization. It’s Not A Cartel Per Se
President Donald Trump’s administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel per se. The designation, published Monday in the Federal Register, is the latest measure in the Trump administration’s escalating...
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Rivers United Suffer Opening-Day Setback As Pyramids Triumph 3–0 In CAF Champions League
Rivers United endured a difficult start to their 2025/2026 CAF Champions League campaign, falling 3–0 to Egypt’s Pyramids FC in Cairo. The hosts were inspired by Ahmed Atef El Sayed, whose superb hat-trick the first of the 22-year-old’s continental career sealed all three points. The Nigerian side struggled to find rhythm throughout the match, with...
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BBC Leaders Grilled By Lawmakers Over Its Standards After Trump Threatened To Sue
The BBC’s chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster’s impartiality was being undermined from within its own board. Senior BBC leaders were quizzed by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid a major crisis at the publicly funded...
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Australian Senator Pauline Hanson Suspended From Parliament For Wearing Burqa In Protest
An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber. Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, was accused of performing a disrespectful stunt on Monday when she walked into the...
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News From Outside Disappears In North Korea
For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening. Lee’s Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio station has tried for two decades to give real-time news to North Korea’s 26 million people. But Lee says she now feels a sense...
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UAB Player Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing Of 2 Teammates, Court Records Show
A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player is facing charges of attempted murder and assault, accused of stabbing two teammates hours before a UAB home game last weekend, court documents showed Monday. Daniel Mincey, a 20-year-old offensive lineman, is charged with attempted murder and assault, according to the court records filed in Jefferson County. Authorities wrote...
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Thai Woman Found Alive In Coffin After Being Brought In For Cremation
A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of...