A man with intellectual disabilities was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family's lawyer said, after a long campaign for clemency failed, putting the city-state's zero-tolerance drug laws back under scrutiny.
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French President Emmanuel Macron cruised to a second term Sunday, beating back a stronger-than-expected challenge from a far-right populist who has attacked the European Union and NATO and expressed support for...
The health authorities of the African nation declared a new outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province, the World Health Organization...
At least 10 people have been killed after a tourist boast went missing off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard says.
They say the search is continuing in...
On Friday, police in the United States arrested a mother and grandmother after they allegedly forced a four-year-old Louisiana girl to drink a bottle of whiskey.
Local media reports identified the girl’s...
The UN chief announced on Friday that he will be traveling to Russia to meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and will also be received by President Vladimir Putin.
Secretary-General António Guterres...
Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson punched a fellow airline passenger after the person "threw a water bottle at him," Tyson's spokesperson has said.
Video taken on the plane shows Tyson leaning over...
Police in Florida have arrested a bride and her caterer after finding they allegedly added cannabis to food that was later served to wedding guests.
The arrests came some two months after...
The Taiwanese government is investigating a local TV news station after it aired alarming false reports of a Chinese invasion against the self-ruled island.
During a Wednesday morning newscast on the government-affiliated...
Rakim Mayers, better known as A$AP Rocky, was detained on Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport for a November 2021 shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has confirmed.
"Early this morning,...
Nigerians have been warned that sharing images of child pornography is an offence that carries a 14-year jail term after a video alleged to involve schoolchildren went viral.
Students from a prestigious...
A federal judge in Florida has struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other forms of public transit, calling it unlawful.
US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, welcomed the setting up of a new Heads of State and Government Group to get the world back on track to reduce premature deaths...
Russia has banned Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior ministers from entering Russia over the UK's "hostile" stance on the war in Ukraine.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace...
Thirty-five people have died after a bus carrying more than 100 members of the Zion Christian Church crashed Thursday night near the town of Chimanimani, in eastern Zimbabwe, according to the...
Police in Arizona have arrested a man after 183 animals, including dogs, cats and birds were found in his freezer.
Michael Patrick Turland, 43, of Arizona, admitted freezing some of the animals...
An Algerian man who won €250,000 (£206,000; $270,000) on a €5 scratchcard in Belgium is struggling to claim his winnings because of his undocumented status.
The prize is too large to be...
The man accused of unleashing a barrage of gunfire on a subway train in New York City will be held without bail until trial on federal terror charges.
Frank James, 62, appeared...
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world does not give equal attention to emergencies affecting black and white people.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said only a fraction of the...
US President Joe Biden reiterated his assessment that Russia has committed genocide in Ukraine, telling reporters gathered on the tarmac in Des Moines, "I called it genocide because it's become clearer...
