A Pakistani schoolboy who sacrificed his own life to save hundreds of his classmates by tackling a suicide bomber will have his school and a stadium named after him, officials said Monday. Aitzaz Hassan, a 15-year-old from the mainly Shiite Ibrahimzai…
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A Saudi court has sentenced to death an Al-Qaeda militant and jailed 10 others over a May 2004 attack that killed six Westerners and a policeman, state media reported. The defendants, seven of whom are brothers, were convicted of aiding assailants who…
Last December, the people of Ogu-Bolo the largest community in Rivers’ State, marked the 5th Anniversary of Ogu Festival, and in custom celebration, a Peace Concert was held at Ogu to raise a toast to half a decade of harmonious peace in the communities since 2009. AY, I Go Dye, Seyilaw, Prince Hezekiah, Pencil and Whale Mouth were comedians who hit their comic bests and split-sides on the night ensuring that hitherto contending brothers laugh over Champagnes and more hysterically, and over one another’s shoulders. After the Comedy Stretch, Headie’s Revelation of the Year, Sean Tizzle, lit-up the Stage with…
Iran said on Sunday that an accord it struck with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme in exchange for an easing of sanctions will take effect from January 20. The United States confirmed the news although President Barack Obama warned of…
Enlarge Many Chinese firms choose to list shares in the West, instead of limiting themselves to domestic markets (pictured). New York-based research firm Muddy Waters has brought down a handful of them with fraud accusations, making a profit along the…
Manchester City took over at the top of the Premier League table after winning 2-0 against Newcastle United in a tempestuous encounter at St James’ Park on Sunday. Edin Dzeko and Alvaro Negredo claimed City’s goals, but the match’s defining incident…
A Texas hunting club auctioned off a permit to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia, raising $350,000 towards conservation efforts for the animal, but not without controversy. The Dallas Safari Club, which on Saturday said all money would be given to…
JERUSALEM — Dissonance. That is the word chosen by David Landau, the Israeli author and journalist, when asked to describe the essence of Ariel Sharon. “The dissonance between what people expected and what they got from him,” Landau said. The final…
Microsoft may have just put the finishing touches off of their last significant upgrade to the desktop Windows platform, Windows 8.1, but they’re not stopping there – according to long time Microsoft enthusiast and blogger Paul Thurrott, who has…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes his side must improve if they are to reclaim the Premier League title this season. City travel to Newcastle on Sunday looking to move back to the top of the Premier League, with current leaders Arsenal…
Brendan Rodgers hopes the memory of Liverpool’s opening day win over Stoke can help inspire his Premier League title-chasers to a rare away victory over the Potters. Liverpool, once the undisputed kings of English football, haven’t won the national…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says that in-form forward Eden Hazard has developed from a “talented kid” into an essential part of his team. Hazard’s opening goal in Saturday’s 2-0 success at Hull City took his tally to 11 for the season and he is Chelsea…
A chastened Gov. Chris Christie did everything he could yesterday to quell the burgeoning Bridgegate scandal, but the investigations are likely to continue for months, with an Assembly committee preparing to subpoena a parade of current and former Christie…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s US presidential ambitions ran into a jam when he was forced to admit his staff lied to him about their role in blocking commuter traffic onto a major bridge. Christie, a larger-than-life Republican seen as a frontrunner…
Momentum has slowed on Wall Street after the surge at the end of 2013, but the stock market’s tally at week’s end was still respectable, even if not outstanding. While the market spent much of the week in the red, two of the three indices still finished…
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that question marks remain over the health of Europe’s banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them. In an article published online by Project…
Hollywood’s finest hit the red carpet Sunday for the Golden Globes, launching Tinseltown’s most fiercely-contested awards season in years with a wide open field of hotly-tipped movies. Historical drama “12 Years a Slave” and crime caper “American Hustle…
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Saturday kicked off his party’s election campaign with a slew of promises to crack down on rampant graft and poverty, in a bid to woo disenchanted voters. The ruling African National Congress is facing a tough…
Former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday after eight years in a coma, prompting a flood of tributes in Israel but contempt from Palestinians. He was 85. “He’s gone,” his son Gilad told reporters at the Sheba Medical…
Several hundred demonstrators rallied outside a London police station Saturday to condemn an inquest which found that police lawfully shot dead a man in 2011, in a killing that sparked nationwide riots. They condemned the “perverse” jury verdict returned…