Two Nigerian men have been arrested and charged over an alleged “sextortion” offence, which led to an Australian boy taking his own life last year. Initial inquiries by police after the boy committed suicide revealed the boy had been engaging with an unknown person online, who threatened to share personalContinue Reading
People in Uganda are once again living in fear of execution after a ruling upheld the country’s terrifying anti-LGBTQ law. The Uganda constitutional court this week upheld the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 that was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in May. It includes the death penalty for “aggravatedContinue Reading
KADUNA: More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity arrived Monday in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families, following the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African nation. Six of the 137 studentsContinue Reading
Australia’s record immigration intake is largely being fuelled by an unprecedented influx of international students, which universities claim are Australia’s fourth-biggest “export” bringing in $40 billion a year. But some experts have long questioned that figure, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), arguing it does not take intoContinue Reading
BOKKOS: Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday.The toll marked a sharp rise from the initial figure reported by the army Sunday evening of just 16 dead in a region plagued for severalContinue Reading
Sixteen people were killed in an attack in Nigeria‘s north-central state of Plateau, where clashes between herders and farmers are common, the AFP News Agency said on Sunday, citing the Nigerian army. The attack occurred in the village of Mushu, AFP said in a post on social media platform X,Continue Reading
ABUJA: Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have shut down government services in Africa’s most populous country. The indefinite strike by Nigerian labour unions scheduled to start Tuesday is being suspended for 30 days,Continue Reading
Meghan Markle has finally joined Prince Harry at the Invictus Games in Germany, telling the guests at her first official event that she was “sorry” for the delay. The Duchess of Sussex, 42, had remained in California over the past four days as Harry’s event kicked off in Dusseldorf onContinue Reading
A dozen Australians were among more than 200 foreigners kicked out of Bali this year. Officials confirmed this week that there had been 213 people deported since January from 45 countries as the popular holiday island cracks down on visa violations and unruly tourists. Anggiat Napitupulu, the head of theContinue Reading
Who will Australia play in the semi-finals of the World Cup? Follow all the latest news and the live scores in our live coverage of England v Colombia. 1-1: ENGLAND AND COLOMBIA ALL SQUARE AT HT The teams go in locked up at half-time, with England thankful but likely disappointedContinue Reading