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(AP) Protesters supporting President Donald Trump violently clashed with law enforcement Wednesday, sending the U.S. Capitol into chaos, locking the building down and halting the vote to certify Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Dozens of people breached security perimeters at the Capitol and…

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has reportedly gone missing amid a conflict with the Chinese government. The Alibaba founder has not made any public appearance in more than two months, raising questions on his whereabouts. His disappearance comes after he criticized President Xi Jinping’s…

A Kenyan man is set to be charged with six counts of terrorism in the US. Cholo Abdi Abdullah is accused of conspiring with al-Qaeda linked terror group Al-Shabaab to hijack a plane in the US. The US Department of Justice says the Kenyan national was apprehended in the Philippines in July last year…

Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has passed away three weeks after he tested positive for Covid-19. The 52-year-old died on Sunday afternoon while undergoing treatment at a hospital in neighboring South Africa. “Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the Nation of the sad and untimely…

US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all American troops from Somalia. The US has at least 700 troops in Somalia to help the country fight the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgency.  The move is said to be part of Trump’s global pullback before he exits office next…

The Namibian government has announced plans to sell 170 “high-value” elephants citing drought and an increase in their number. In an advert published in the state-owned newspaper New Era this week, the South African country’s environment, forestry, and tourism ministry said the sale was also…

Argentine authorities have opened a probe into the death of football legend, Diego Maradona. Prosecutors in the affluent Buenos Aires suburb San Isidro obtained a search warrant for properties of Maradona’s personal doctor Leopoldo Luque on Sunday, according to a local prosecutor’s office. Leopoldo…

A funeral home worker has been axed after he took photos next to the body of the late Argentina football legend, Diego Maradona who died on Wednesday aged 60.  Pictures shared online showing the worker identified as Claudio Fernandez, his son Ismael and a third man posing next to Maradona’s…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become the second richest person in the world. Musk's net worth grew by $7.2 billion to $128 billion after shares in his car company Tesla surged. This made him the 49-year-old entrepreneur the second wealthiest man on earth behind…

An Al Qaeda commander believed to have organized the 1998 terror attack on the US Embassy in Nairobi is dead. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, alias de Guerre Abu Muhammed, was assassinated on the streets of Iran capital, Tehran three months ago, according to reports. He was shot dead by two assassins on a…