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US plane maker Boeing is facing questions after the crashed Ethiopian airlines killed all one hundred and fifty seven people on board.  It was the second crash in five months involving the similar brand of aircraft and comparisons are being drawn with a lion air accident in Indonesia last October. …

Us President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort has been given a 47-month jail sentence for fraud. He was convicted last year of hiding millions of dollars of income earned by his political consulting in Ukraine. The charges stem from an inquiry into alleged Russian election meddling in the 2016 …

Most of Venezuela has been hit by an electricity blackout. The power cut plunged the capital Caracas into almost complete darkness during rush hour, before extending to other areas. The government of President Nicolás Maduro has blamed the opposition, accusing them of sabotage. It comes amid rising tensions over opposition …

Israeli soldiers have violently beaten a blind and paralyzed Palestinian man in front of his wife and children with no apparent reason in the west bank town of Dawha, near Bethlehem. According to a report Mr. Munzer Mizhar, a 47-year-old retired medical technician was beaten with what he felt were …

United Kingdom junior agriculture minister Mr. George Eustice has resigned over a decision by British prime minister Mrs. Theresa May to allow the parliament to delay Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union. Mr. Eustice, who is responsible for agriculture, fisheries and food, announced his resignation last night, saying he was …

United States special envoy for Syria Mr . Geir o. Pedersen has insisted on Syria’s sovereignty over the Golan heights, he rejected  US congressional motion to recognize Israel’s possessing the occupied territory. Mr. Pedersen stated this in a security council briefing on Syria held in New York. He said the …

The United States government says it is offering a million dollar to help track down the son of the former leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, Osama Bin Laden, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism. The U.S state department released a statement saying the reward will be paid …

US President Donald Trump has defended North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the case of an American college student who died after being jailed by North Korea. Speaking in Hanoi after his summit with Mr Kim broke down. President Trump said he did not believe the North Korean leader was …

Zimbabwe on Wednesday sacked 16,000 striking nurses, as the new government sought to keep a lid on labour unrest in the build-up to the first elections since the fall of Robert Mugabe. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga accused the nurses of staging a “politically motivated” walkout and said they would be …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday lambasted Nigerian youths in London. Buhari said most Nigerian youths want everything free without doing anything. Speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, Buhari said youths prefer to do nothing because they feel Nigeria is an oil-rich nation. According to Buhari, a lot of …