(FILES) Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie (C) walks surrounded by Kenya Police Officers as he appears at the Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa on January 18, 2024. - The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on July 8, 2024 on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the country and the world.
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants, an AFP journalist said. (Photo by AFP)
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked
Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between Portugal and France at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 5, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
Time is up — again — for Portugal’s ageing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo after an inglorious Euro 2024 exit. France ousted the 2016 winners 5-3 on penalties after a goalless quarter-final in Hamburg
Eight people were arrested in India on Saturday for the murder of a politician who championed the rights of lower-caste Indians, police said. K. Armstrong, the state boss of the Bahujan Samaj
Joe Biden fended off questions about his mental fitness and electability on Friday in a TV interview meant to draw a line under a disastrous debate performance that triggered calls for him
Billionaire tycoon and Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani (R) with his wife Nita Ambani attends a mass wedding ceremony of underprivileged couples ahead of their son Anant Ambani's wedding to Radhika Merchant, at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. - Asia's richest man, billionaire Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani, launched on July 2, the start of the lavish finale of his son's wedding celebrations with mass nuptials for 52 "underprivileged" couples. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber entertained some of India’s biggest celebrities in the latest instalment of months-long wedding celebrations thrown for the son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani. Bieber, who shot
France's head coach Didier Deschamps and France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe celebrate after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between Portugal and France at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
France coach Didier Deschamps savoured seeing his side win a penalty shoot-out for the first time since the 1998 World Cup as they beat Portugal in Friday’s Euro 2024 quarter-final after another
Venezuela's forward #09 Jhonder Cadiz (L) fights for the ball with Canada's defender #13 Derek Cornelius during the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Venezuela and Canada at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on July 5, 2024. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
Canada reached the semi-finals of the Copa America on Friday after beating Venezuela 4-3 on penalties after the 90-minute game finished 1-1. Jacob Shaffelburg fired Canada into the lead in the 13th
(FILES) Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his fist as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024. - Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's only reformist candidate in the latest presidential election, has risen from relative obscurity to become the ninth president of the Islamic republic on July 6, 2024. Pezeshkian, 69, won around 53.6 percent of the vote in a runoff election against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes and Jalili more than 13
Sierra Leone this week adopted a landmark law banning child marriage — a move heralded by rights groups and foreign partners but leaving some activists demanding more action to end pervasive female
Cybercrime gangs are looking to rebuild with new tactics after global police operations this year made a huge dent in their activities, experts have told AFP. The gangs have had a bad
A divided West Africa hosts two presidential summits this weekend — one in Niger between Sahel region military regime leaders, followed by another in Nigeria on Sunday with leaders of a wider