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The government of Iran on Saturday said it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed over the Iranian airspace on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.
The place a Boeing 737, being operated by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran…
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A Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) on Wednesday crashed in Iran, killing all the 176 people on board.
The plane went down and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport due to technical problems, according to Iran’s state…
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A male postgraduate student in the UK was on Monday found guilty of 48 counts of raping men, though the number of victims might be as high as 190.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) described 36-year-old Reynhard Sinaga as “the most prolific rapist in British legal history,” according to BBC. He…
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US Vice President Mike Pence has justified the killing of Iranian General, Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike on Thursday, January 2nd in Baghdad, Iraq, was among those who financed terrorist attacks in Kenya and Turkey, according to…
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Islamist militia group, Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the Saturday morning car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that claimed the lives of more than 80 people.
The explosives-laden vehicle was driven into the “Ex-control Afgoye” checkpoint, a busy junction that links the south…
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Ethiopian Airlines has launched direct flights from Africa to Houston, Texas part of its efforts to spread its services across major cities in the world.
The giant airline will operate three frequencies weekly from Lome, Togo, to Houston using the 270-capacity Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft,…
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The death toll from Saturday morning car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu has climbed to at least 90, according to officials.
Hodan Ali, the adviser to Mogadishu's mayor Omar Finish told Al Jazeera that the number of fatalities "is above 90 at the moment" and is expected to rise. The…
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Ryan Kaji, an 8-year-old boy from Texas, the United States has been named as the highest YouTube earner in 2019.
Kaji, whose YouTube Channel, Ryan’s World has 22.9 million subscribers, earned a whopping $26 million (Ksh.2.6 billion) this year, according to Forbes. The boy reviews toys on YouTube…
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Topeka, the capital city of the state of Kansas has announced a new program offering potential new residents up to $15,000 to move there.
Topeka City and Shawnee County economic development groups have announced that a pilot program called "Choose Topeka" will match employer funds put up for people…
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Ousted former Sudan president Omar al-Bashir was on Saturday sentenced to two years in a correctional facility for corruption.
Bashir, who was removed from power in April this year following months of mass protests against his 30-year rule, was handed the sentence in a case where he was charged…