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JOHANNESBURG, October 23 (ANA) – Thirteen people have been killed in a suicide bombing attack in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, Reuters reports.The bombing, which took place late Sunday night, presents the deadliest bombing in over a month as

A hand-written letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic is expected to fetch up to £80,000 ($105,000) at auction onSaturday.The letter, written by first-class passenger Alexander Oskar Holverson to his mother on

German public prosecutors have charged a 96-year-old former guard at a Nazi death camp with having been an accessory to murder, as Germany races against time to bring elderly suspects from the Hitler era to trial before they die.The then 22-year-old

Two South Africans are being held and interrogated by Tanzanian police in the capital Dar es Salaam for allegedly promoting homosexuality.AP reported late Thursday that the two were part of a group of 12 men, including a Ugandan and 9 Tanzanians who

MIDRAND, October 16 (ANA) – Africa has made some progress on the peace and security front, but there remain a number of challenges, participants at the fifth session of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), at the Gallagher Conference Centre in

At least 85 people were killed in a recent explosion in Somalian capital of Mogadishu, media reported Sunday, citing city’s ambulance service.A suicide bomber exploded a vehicle at a busy intersection despite being fired on by security forces

A woman who said the rapper Nelly raped her on his tour bus in a Seattle suburb last weekend is dropping her pursuit of criminal charges.News outlets report that lawyer Karen Koehler said in a statement Friday that her client wanted to stop the

Washington (dpa) – A man who served 23 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of a double murder was set free Friday in the US state of Kansas, local media reported.Lamonte McIntyre, who was arrested when he was 17 and tried when he

An Australian mother, who killed her three-year-old son “because he looked like his father,” was Thursday sentenced to at least 33 years in jail.The mother and her partner – the boy’s stepfather – were found guilty of