Man on a Lagos construction site was reported to have fully melted after diving into a melting pot.

A 25-year-old contract staff of a construction company has died after he allegedly jumped into an iron melting pot of the factory located on  Shagamu Road, Ikorodu. Confirming the incident,…

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Chopper crashes into an Australian hotel, killing the pilot.

A pilot has died after their helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the northern Queensland city of Cairns. The aircraft hit the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel at…

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Tundu Lissu, a Tanzanian opposition leader, arrested.

Tanzanian police detained leading opposition Chadema party figures including former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, and rounded up several hundred youth supporters, a Chadema official said on Monday. Tanzanian police have…

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Russian attack on a Ukrainian store causes 10 deaths and 35 injuries.

A Russian strike on a supermarket in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka on Friday killed at least 10 people and injured 35, Ukraine’s interior minister said. The town is…

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Man taking out trash slips in mud and accidentally shoots himself dead.

A Texas man slipped, fell and fatally shot himself while taking out the trash, police said. First responders received a call for help at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6,…

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 Hamas top leader killed in Israel strike in Iran.

Hamas said Wednesday its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he had been attending the inauguration of the country’s new president. “Brother, leader,…

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Man detained after it was claimed he had raped his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter for a full year.

A 31-year-old man was arrested after being accused of raping his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter for more than a year in South Africa. Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), were…

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Police in Uganda discover 17 human skulls at a suspected shrine.

Police told AFP on Tuesday that a suspected shrine in the center of Uganda has yielded 17 human skulls buried in metal boxes. Kids scrounging for kindling outside Kabanga town…

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18 People Die in Kathmandu Plane Crash, With Pilot the Only Survivor.

The pilot was rescued from the wreckage, but all 18 passengers were killed when a passenger plane crashed in Kathmandu on Wednesday during takeoff, according to reports from the Nepali…

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Nigeria Fines Facebook’s Meta Ksh.28.3B For Violating Consumer, Data Laws.

Nigeria fined Meta Platforms $220 million (approx. Ksh.28.3 billion), its competition watchdog said on Friday, after investigations showed data-sharing on social platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws.…

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