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A notorious French criminal serving 25 years for murder made an audacious escape from prison Sunday after several heavily armed men landed a helicopter in a courtyard, freed him from a visiting room and carried him away.It was the second daring

Five people were lynched in India’s western state of Maharashtra on suspicion of being child kidnappers, police said Monday.The lynchings took place on Sunday in a tribal village of Dhule district, about 323 km north of Mumbai, the capital

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Police say a man firing a shotgun killed four journalists and a staffer at Maryland's capital newspaper before officers quickly arrived and took him into custody.Police say they are a questioning the suspect, a white

Riyadh,  June 2018 - Saudi Arabia women hit the roads on Sunday, marking the end of a ban on female drivers long seen as an emblem of women’s repression.“It’s a beautiful day,” businesswoman Samah al-Qusaibi said as she

HARARE, June (ANA) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived a bomb explosion as he was leaving the stage at a rally in Bulawayo on Saturday.As the governing Zanu-PF top hierarchy were leaving, there was an explosion at the corner of

New York, June 22, 2018 (NAN) The UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice has warned over what it termed the rising threat against women’s rights from a “backlash” of conservatism and fundamentalism

The Chinese authorities confirmed today that the passports of the group of 51 South Africans stranded in Changchun, China, will be released as from Monday, 25 June 2018. The individuals in the group will then return to South Africa.The Minister of

JOHANNESBURG, June (ANA) - BRICS countries on Thursday agreed to work together in tackling tax evasion and tax loopholes through growing cooperation between the counties and the use of the right international mechanisms to fend against tax havens

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is working with Chinese authorities to help dozens of young South Africans who are stranded in China due to a visa scam.  A statement said Minister of International Relations and