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A military plane has crashed in the southern Philippines killing at least 45 people, with dozens more pulled alive from the burning wreckage. The transporter was carrying more than 90 people, mostly troops, when it overshot the runway on Jolo island. The dead are mainly military personnel, but three civilians …

Pope Francis is undergoing surgery for “colon diverticulitis,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told CNN on Sunday. It comes just hours after the 84-year-old pontiff, attended the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy See press office said in a statement: “This afternoon his Holiness Pope Francis went …

An Indian woman who had left her family home in 2010 and hadn’t been seen since was recently found living just 500 meters from her parent’s home, in the house of a man she had fallen in love with. Sajitha’s family had given up home of ever finding her, after …

File photo An 18-year-old newlywed bride reportedly died on her wedding night whilst having sex with her husband. The Sun reported that the lady, who was consummating her marriage with her 29-year-old new husband, started to feel unwell and collapsed at their home in the city of Ibirite in Brazil on Thursday …

Mozambique’s health ministry is on high alert as Covid-19 cases in the country increase.Cases had gone down from March till May but in the last 14 days, the country has recorded 773 new cases against 442 cases in the same period last month.Deputy National Director of Public Health Benigna Matsinhe …

Rwanda’s health ministry is reporting a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths despite ongoing vaccination efforts days after President Paul Kagame warned there could be a “new lockdown”.Over the weekend, the president urged people to be more cautious, saying there were signs that a third wave could come from …

… with Ghana’s Moesha CNN’s chief international anchor, Christiane Amanpour has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Amanpour who broke the news on Monday June 14, told viewers that the reason she recently took a break from work was because she pinched it in a bud “successful major surgery”.  She added …

President of China The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its 31st summit in Brussels on Monday.https://7a54bbdf9911312559651212ae66ba42.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html The following are some of the highlights. NATO countries issue communique on China and Russia: The NATO members issued a communiqué highlighting the “threat” presented by Russia and the “challenges” posed by China, …

A now-suspended Virginia Tech football player has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder for beating his Tinder date to death after he discovered the woman named ‘Angie’ he’s had oral s3x with was actually a man. Ismemen David Etute, 18, a Nigerian-American based was charged with the death of Blacksburg …

Ex-US President, Donald Trump, has congratulated the President Buhari-led APC Government of Nigeria for banning Twitter operations in Nigeria. Mr Trump whose account was suspended by Twitter a few months ago, took to his official website to praise the Nigerian government.According to him, Twitter should be banned in more countries …