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In a spectacular high-level prisoner swap on Thursday, Russia released WNBA star Brittney Griner in return for the release of notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to American and Russian officials. President Joe Biden's principal objective was fulfilled by the trade, which took pl ....
Iran announced on Thursday that it had executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during the nation's ongoing nationwide protests. This was Tehran's first execution of this kind.The execution occurs at a time when other detainees may also receive the death penalty ....
After ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached a few hours after attempting to dissolve parliament, Peru has a female president for the first time.After a dramatic day in Lima on Wednesday, Dina Boluarte, the former vice-president, took the oath of office.Mr. Castillo had ea ....
Gafaru Buraimoh, 31, of Land Estate, Ajah, was shot and killed by a policeman working under the Ajah Divisional Police Lagos State Command.When leaving SkyMall on Tuesday at around 10:00 p.m., Gafaru Buraimoh was struck by a stray bullet.It was discovered that the shooting th ....
On November 30, 2022, at City Gate Estate in the Lusada neighbourhood of Okokomaiko, close to the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, the victim, named Pa Michael Izokou, 85, and his wife, Priscilla, 80, were attacked by the fleeing suspect.According to reports, one of the suspect's siblings, ....
A digital application was introduced by the Lagos State Government on Tuesday to combat incidences of domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence in the city.The Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency was in charge of the reveal (DSVA).At the introduction of the Lagos State Domestic an ....
BuzzFeed is laying off 12% of its personnel, or around 180 employees, in an effort to reduce expenses as the online media company deals with challenges like a decline in advertising revenue and the conclusion of its integration of Complex Media.On Tuesday, the business sent emails to the i ....
Kirstie Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who became one of the biggest performers in American comedy in the late 1980s and early 1990s because of her appearances on the TV phenomenon "Cheers" and in the "Look Who's Talking" movies, passed away on Monday. She was 71.Alley's children Tru ....
The man who last year shot Lady Gaga's dog walker and took her French bulldogs was given a sentence of more than 20 years in prison.According to the Associated Press, James Howard Jackson accepted a plea agreement on Monday and will serve the following 21 years in a Los Angeles Coun ....
As part of a series of reforms that critics claim endanger the human rights and freedoms in the Southeast Asian nation, Indonesia's legislature unanimously approved a comprehensive new criminal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage.Cohabitation before marriage a ....