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Lottery officials say no one has come forward yet to claim the lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire that matched all six numbers for a $559.7 million jackpot.The winning Powerball numbers were drawn Saturday night were 12-29-30-33-61 and

A Malawian man who kidnapped a 4-year-old albino boy was sentenced in absentia to 21 years in prison by a court in the southern city of Zomba, judicial officials said on Monday.Jafali Ligomba was handed the lengthy sentence on Friday, even though he

A 90-year-old tourist was killed and another tourist left on life support when crocodiles attacked them as they paddled an inflatable boat in Zimbabwe’s Matopos National Park, a parks official said on Friday.John Bowman, 90, and Rosemary

The Egyptian authorities have released the names of, and corrected earlier details, concerning the South African killed and two others injured in a hot air balloon crash near the ancient historical city of Luxor in southern Egypt on Friday morning

The United National Transport Union has laid the blame for Thursday’s Free State train crash at the door of a truck driver who apparently tried to outrun the train at a level crossing.At least 18 people were killed and hundreds more injured

Eleven people are dead in north-east Nigeria following a suicide bombing believed to be carried out by Boko Haram, while reports of the abduction of 31 loggers in the same region by the militants are coming in.Reuters reported that Wednesday’s

Prince Harry’s wedding to American actress Meghan Markle could provide a 500 million pound boost toBritain’s economy as tourists flock to the country and Britons celebrate, according to an estimate.Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson

Some 300 women working in film, television and theatre in the United States have launched a new campaign against sexual harassment.The movement called Time’s Up Now has outlined an action plan to fight sexual harassment and misconduct in

A cache of snake eggs caused alarm after being discovered in the sandpit of an Australian school playground, it was reported Tuesday.Wildlife volunteers said the eggs were from the world’s second most venomous snake, the eastern brown snake