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US President Donald Trump has defended his “absolute right” to share information with Russia, following a row over classified material. Mr Trump tweeted that he had shared “facts pertaining to terrorism and airline safety” and wanted Russia to do more against so-called Islamic State. He met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Oval Office last week. US media said ...

Osama bin Laden’s son has vowed revenge on the west for killing his father and is set to become the next leader of al-Qaeda, a former FBI agent has warned. Ali Soufan, who was the FBI’s lead investigator of al-Qaeda after the 9/11 terror attacks, examined documents seized from bin Laden’s Pakistan compound when he was killed by US Navy ...

South Africans are paying tribute to a former actor on popular local TV series Generations who was killed during a mugging on Sunday night. Mandla Hlatshwayo and his friend were shot after confronting a group of men who had robbed women of their mobile phones in a pub in Soweto. Those who knew the 40-year-old have described him as a ...

Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that’s said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since women weren’t allowed down the mines she dressed up as man and fooled her male colleagues for almost a decade. Pili Hussein grew up in a large family in Tanzania. The daughter of a livestock keeper ...

A pastor in Zimbabwe has been eaten alive by crocodiles after he attempted to show his congregation he could walk on water. Jonathan Mthethwa of the Saint of the Last Days church, in White River Mpumalanga, died after walking 30 metres into a crocodile infested river, the Daily Post reports. The pastor walked into the river, known locally as Crocodile ...

There’s been heavy gunfire in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast where troops have been staging a mutiny. Residents said they heard shots being exchanged from early in the morning, describing the gunfire as intense. Clashes have also been reported in the country’s second city, Bouake, where the mutiny began. The Ivorian military chief of staff said on Sunday ...

A Tennessee man died after setting himself on fire on Facebook Live, police said. Police said they arrived at Murphy’s Bar in Midtown Memphis on Saturday night and discovered the man severely burned. Read: Mother Streams Beating of Her Daughter on Facebook Live: ‘I’m Gonna Need Y’All to Send This Viral’ The man, whom Fox 13 identified as Jared McLemore, ...

US President Donald Trump says he could announce a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey by late next week. He told reporters it was “possible” he could name someone by Friday, before he leaves for his first foreign trip. Defence lawyer Alice Fisher was the first candidate interviewed at the justice department, US media report. Acting FBI Director Andrew ...

At least 23 people have died after a tourist bus fell from a cliff near the southern Turkey seaside resort of Marmaris. Another 11 were injured when the driver lost control of the minibus and ploughed through a crash barrier. Local media said no foreign tourists were among the passengers. Turkish media said the vehicle was heading towards Marmaris for ...

Abidjan – Disgruntled Ivorian soldiers took to the streets of Abidjan and two other cities on Friday, firing angrily into the air a day after publicly apologising for a string of recent uprisings. Rebellious troops surrounded the military’s headquarters in Abidjan after a spokesperson for the protesters publicly apologised to the president for a January mutiny which triggered months of ...