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Spain is planning to introduce medical leave for women who suffer from severe period pain, media reports suggest. A draft bill says women could have three days of leave a month – extended to five in some circumstances. But politicians ...

North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. Six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday. ...

The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is dead. He died today, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced. The ministry also confirmed there would be 40 days of official mourning with flags across ...

The US has passed more than one million Covid-related deaths, says the White House. President Joe Biden said the country was marking “a tragic milestone” and each death was “an irreplaceable loss”. It’s the highest official total in the world ...

North Korea on Thursday confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19, with state media calling it a ‘severe national emergency incident’ after more than two years of keeping the pandemic at bay. State-run KCNA news agency said samples taken from patients ...

    Vladimir Putin has reportedly been ‘stunned’ to learn the woman widely believed to be his ‘secret lover’ is pregnant again. The Russian president, 69, is already alleged to have at least two sons with former Olympic rhythmic gymnast ...

The Gulf Clan drug cartel has shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial. It warned that anyone who disobeyed the stay-at-home order risked being ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has condemned the trend where Nigerian politicians display posters of their candidates for the forthcoming presidential election in the grand mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Waring against such practice. The Commission, in a ...

The European Union has declared its plans to ban trading with Russian oil by the end of the year. This is part of its sixth package of sanctions rolled out against Moscow for its three month military assault in Ukraine. ...

  A woman pronounced dead after a car crash shocked mourners at her funeral by banging on the coffin and showing signs of life. Rosa Isabel Cespedes Callaca interrupted her own funeral with stunned family members hearing a noise from ...

Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to stop the war in Ukraine but had not received a reply. The pope also told ...

Drawn by rumours on social media, Ethiopian young men and old, many with their military records in hand, are queuing up at the Russian embassy with hopes of fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The queues formed early each morning outside ...

A top Ukrainian negotiator offered on Wednesday to negotiate with Russia “without any conditions” to allow for the evacuation of troops and civilians in besieged Mariupol. “Without any conditions. We’re ready to hold a ‘special round of negotiations’ right in ...

    A new portrait of The Queen with two of her beloved fell ponied has been released to mark her 96th birthday, as she quietly celebrates the landmark occasion in Sandringham. Taken in the grounds of Windsor Castle last ...

    The Maharashtra forest department is investigating a case in which unnatural sexual acts were performed on a monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) in Western Ghats, India recently. The incident came to light after the officials had ...

Russia has slammed a ban on the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and other senior ministers over the war in Ukraine. The country, which banned US President Joe Biden in March, accused Britain of hostility following its invasion of ...

Japan’s former Princess Mako is now reportedly an unpaid volunteer at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art after giving up her titles – and a $1.3 million payout – to marry her ‘commoner’ college sweetheart. Mako Komuro, 30, is working ...

Ukraine’s economy will shrink by 45 percent this year, the World Bank has said. No thanks to Russia’s invasion. The global bank, in a statement issued in Washington on Sunday, said the war against Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are ...

Terrorists have released a video of abducted victims of the terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train begging the government to rescue them. They made the plea in a second video released by the terrorists yesterday evening. Some of the victims ...

  UK’s PM, Boris Johnson was in Ukraine today. After his visit, it was revealed that the UK is to send 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine. Downing Street announced this today, shortly after the Prime ...

Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987, a military tribunal ruled Wednesday after a trial that started on October 11, 2021. The tribunal also sentenced ...

Japan and Singapore continue to hold the world’s most powerful passports, a new global ranking has revealed, as their citizens can visit 192 countries visa-free. The ranking also reveals that Ukraine has a visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 143, a ‘record high’ ...

A teacher who r*ped 13 girls at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia now faces the death penalty, a court has today said, after he had initially been sentenced to life in prison. Herry Wirawan – who judges said sexually ...

Russia has accused Ukraine of sending attack helicopters across the border to strike an oil storage facility on Russian soil. Ukraine has not confirmed that it launched the attack, raising questions about whether Russian negligence may be to blame. A ...

Iran has once again denied women entry to a football stadium to watch an international match, leaving hundreds of ticketed fans locked out, Iranian media said Wednesday. The World Cup qualifier against Lebanon on Tuesday night, won 2-0 by Iran, ...