INTERNATIONAL

Gunmen opened fire at a rock concert in a Moscow suburb Friday killing at least 40 people, wounding 100, and setting off an inferno in the theatre, authorities said. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms entered the building, opened fire, and threw a grenade…

Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy, asking for “time, space and privacy” as she completes her treatment. Kate, as she is widely known, said the discovery of cancer, after successful…

The U.S. accused Apple of monopolizing the smartphone market in a landmark antitrust lawsuit that threatens to disrupt the tech giant’s business model and how millions of consumers use their iPhones. The Justice Department, 15 states and the District of Columbia sued Apple…

Former Brazil international Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in a one-million-euro bail agreement denounced by the victim’s lawyer as “justice for the rich”. The ruling came a day after his lawyer requested the…

Vaughan Gething was elected the first black leader of Wales on Wednesday when lawmakers in the devolved Welsh administration voted to make him first minister. The 50-year-old said the country of three million people, which is part of the United Kingdom, had become…

A South African bank said on Wednesday a court had ordered a halt to outgoing payments from ex-president Jacob Zuma’s accounts in a dispute over loans for improvements to his private home while in power. The First National Bank (FNB), said the measure…

Former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves, who is serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence in Spain for rape, asked Tuesday to be released on bail while his appeal is considered. During a closed-door hearing at a Barcelona court his lawyer Ines Guardiola argued the player…

Vladimir Putin has secured another six-year term as Russian president, exit polls showed Sunday, paving the way for the hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Victory for the 71-year-old was never in doubt, with all…

The ECOWAS Court has dismissed an application filed by two Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) seeking to compel Nigeria to support Haiti’s membership application to join the African Union (AU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the applicants were: The Incorporated Trustees…