By Andi Thomas @andi_thomas on Dec 4 2013, 9:55a + Pour one out for our favorite national teams that won’t be at the World Cup this summer. The first World Cup had thirteen entrants. Due to the universal law of corporate bloat, this has expanded…
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Enlarge NAIROBI, Kenya — In their most audacious attack yet, Islamic militants in northern Nigeria launched a pre-dawn raid on an air force base, showing their continued strength and ability to strike despite a six-month-long army offensive aimed…
Nigerian police said on Wednesday that they raided a home and freed 16 pregnant girls and young women allegedly being forced to have babies to be sold. “We carried out a raid on a residence in Owerri following an intelligence report and rescued 16 expectant…
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday restored the mobile phone service in the embattled city of Maiduguri, a day after a major raid by Islamists which prompted a round-the-clock ban on movements. The phones were switched off in May when a state of emergency…
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 500 people who were arrested during security operations against Boko Haram militants in three northeast states should be put on trial for terror offences. The 500 are among nearly 1,400 detained in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe…
Fortified by home advantage, Brazil are bursting to set out in pursuit of their sixth World Cup and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says he has a good idea of his starting XI. “Big Phil” Scolari already has the kudos which comes from having coached the Selecao…
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for a group of nuns seized from their convent in Syria and for all hostages held in the war-torn country. “I invite you all to pray for the nuns of the Greek Orthodox convent of St Takla of Maalula in Syria…
The widow of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday she was still convinced he was poisoned, after French experts ruled out the theory that he had been assassinated. “I’m still completely convinced that the martyr Arafat did not die…
Laden with debt, its economy in recession — is the US territory of Puerto Rico poised to become another Greece? The Caribbean island of 3.7 million has sent shivers through investors holding its $65 billion in bonds and through the administration of…
A Kenyan court denied bail Wednesday to four men facing trial in connection with Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre in September in which at least 67 people were killed. Magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie told the accused in court in Nairobi their bail applications…
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A daring Boko Haram raid in the north Nigerian city of Maiduguri was an embarrassing setback for the security forces, further eroding claims the Islamists have been significantly weakened, analysts said on Tuesday. But experts also argued that a six…
A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus on Tuesday, causing deaths and injuries, Syrian state television reported, with a monitoring group saying at least two people were killed. “A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew…
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, deported by Britain in July after a near decade-long legal battle, is to go on trial in Jordan on December 10, judicial sources said Tuesday. “The state security court has set next Tuesday, December 10, as the date…
Prominent Egyptian youth leader Ahmed Duma was arrested on Tuesday for participating in a protest, his wife told AFP, the third pro-democracy activist to be detained within a week. Egyptian authorities have widened their crackdown on protesters since…
“Long Walk to Freedom”, a film based on the life of Nelson Mandela, has became South Africa’s all-time highest grossing picture after its opening last week, production company Videovision Entertainment said Tuesday. The British-South African co-production…
Asian nations cemented their top positions in an eagerly awaited report on global education on Tuesday, with students from Shanghai again ranking first in maths, science and reading. The three-yearly PISA report by the Paris-based OECD, based on surveys…
A dream home in Portugal is becoming a golden ticket for wealthy Chinese, where property assets can also yield a prized residence permit allowing them to travel and do business across Europe. Portugal is rolling out the red carpet to discriminating…
Tottenham Hotspur striker Roberto Soldado has vowed that he will prove a success at White Hart Lane after making an underwhelming start to his career in English football. The 28-year-old Spain international signed from Valencia for a reported fee of…
Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, renowned for his revolutionary poetry and for his harsh criticism of political leaders, died on Tuesday at the age of 84, a publisher said. “Ahmed Fouad Negm passed away. He was 84,” Mohammed Hashem told AFP. Negm spent…