U.S. government executes third man this week after 17-year hiatus

By Reuters,

A week that marked the return of capital punishment by the U.S. government after a 17-year hiatus ended on Friday with a third execution of a federal ...

capital punishment , Execution , President Donald Trump , U.S. government

Molson Coors shooting leaves 6 dead in Milwaukee

By Reuters,

A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee on Wednesday, killing five co-workers before he was found dead from ...

milwaukee shooting

OPINION: For lying to us all this time, let’s vote out all sitting MPs come 2022

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos It’s now in the open, our Parliament, the whole group of men and women that sit in the National Assembly and Senate, is a di...

Malawi court uses death sentence to help stop attacks on albinos

By VOA,

A court in Malawi sentenced three people to death this week for killing an albino person. They had been found guilty of a gruesome murder in which the...

Albinos under threat , Malawi , murder case

Chief, 25 others arrested over hacking to death of suspected chicken thief in Kakamega

By Dennis Musau,

An administrator in Shinyalu area, Kakamega County, is among 26 people that have since been arrested after a video emerged of a man hacking a suspecte...

CS Fred Matiang’i , Hack to death , Kakamega County

Van Persie wants to bow out with dignity

By Reuters,

To finish with dignity is how Robin van Persie wants to end his playing days on Sunday when he hangs up his boots after an 18-year career. "The goa...

18-year career , ADO Den Haag , Feyenoord , Feyenoord Stadium , finish with dignity , retire , Robin Van Persie

Return of firebrand opposition leader Lopez energizes Venezuelan protests

By Reuters,

When Felix Garcia woke up on Tuesday he was fired up by surprising news - Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, under house arrest for the ...

Felix Garcia , Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez

Rwanda genocide: Rape survivors and their children, 25 years later

By CNN,

CNNEditor’s note: The Rwandan survivors of rape and their children featured in this article are not named as a courtesy to protect their identities...

Rwanda genocide

Mass prosecution of lawyers in Turkey, US rights group claims

By VOA,

Turkey is “arbitrarily” jailing hundreds of lawyers, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch. The imprisonme...

Turkey , US

Nicaragua releases 50 prisoners to house arrest

By VOA,

Nicaragua on Friday released another 50 people jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega’s government, bringing the number freed since l...

Nicaragua

Rwanda’s post-genocide guide keeps the memories alive

By Reuters,

Every weekday, Aline Uwase Turatsinze gets up, washes her face and rides a motorbike to the site where more than 60 members of her family were buried ...

GENOCIDE , Rwanda

Mbadi wants DP Ruto to apologise over ‘gov’t in control of drought’ statement

By Ian Omondi,

Suba South Member of Parliament John Mbadi on Tuesday lashed out at Deputy President William Ruto over his remarks that the government is in control o...

DP William Ruto , Drought , MP John Mbad , parliament

Man who killed 5 was dating one of the victims, police say

By CNN,

A man wanted in the killing of five people in Louisiana was dating one of the victims -- and briefly lived with her family before the shooting rampage...

Dakota Theriot , ivingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard , Louisiana shooting

Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20

By Reuters,

The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...

Philippines , Phillipines

Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20

By Reuters,

The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...

church bombing , Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana , Philippines , President Rodrigo Duterte

Bolsonaro sends captured Italian fugitive to Salvini as ‘a little gift’

By CNN,

A leftist Italian fugitive has been detained in Bolivia and will be sent to Italy as "a little gift" from far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro...

Cesare Battisti , Interior Minister Matteo Salvini , Italian fugitive , President Jair Bolsonaro

Two killed in West Bank shooting attack

By CNN,

Two people were shot dead Thursday and two wounded at a bus stop on a main road in the Israeli-controlled part of the West Bank, a chief medic told Is...

Israel's military , Ofra settlement , Palestinian militant group

Israeli woman wounded in Palestinian attack loses baby

By Reuters,

A baby who was born prematurely to an Israeli woman wounded in a Palestinian drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank died in hospital on Wednesday...

Benjamin Netanyahu , israeli , Israeli-Palestinian

Convicted murderer says he killed 90 people and got away with it

By CNN,

Samuel Little was hoping to move prisons this past spring. The 78-year-old was spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of kil...

FBI , murderer , Samuel Little

Hundreds protest in Tunisia against Saudi Crown Prince’s visit

By Reuters,

Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Tuesday against a visit by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, denouncing the top Saudi royal as a murderer in the secon...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi , Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi , united arab emirates