Oil gains as Middle East Gulf tensions flare, Libya field shut
Oil prices rose on Monday on concerns that Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week may lead to supply disruptions in the Middle East and after Libya…
Kenya unveils Africa’s largest wind power plant project
President Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to…
Gay man file suit challenging gay sex ban, punishment in Caribbean nation
A gay man in the tiny Caribbean nation of Dominica filed a legal claim challenging its laws that ban gay sex and punish same-sex relations with prison terms and psychiatric…
Oil prices not expected to rise significantly as demand is slowing -IEA
The International Energy Agency (IEA) doesn’t expect oil prices to rise significantly because demand is slowing and there is a glut in global crude markets, its executive director said on…
Angry judge denies child-sex-abuse pastor bail, says pastor preyed on young girls
Leader of the 5 million-member Light of the World church Naason Joaquin Garcia was denied bail on child sex crime charges after a visibly angered Los Angeles Superior Court judge heard…
Extremists torture, rape woman before stoning her to death
Muslim extremists tortured and repeatedly raped a Christian woman for over nine hours before stoning her to death in the Syrian province of Idlib, a disturbing new report has revealed….
Over 900 killed in South Africa drug, gangster violence; govt deploys Army
South Africa has begun deploying its army to quell gang violence in impoverished parts of Cape Town after 900 people were murdered so far this year. While the deployment in…
Uganda plans to issue birth certificates to cattles, register farmers
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Plans have reached an advanced stage for the issuance of “birth certificates” for the animals as well as registration of all farmers and their cattle by…
June 2019 was the hottest June in 140 years, setting a global record – NOAA
June 2019 was the hottest June in 140 years, setting a global record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and…
Three ISIS extremists to die by firing squad for beheading two women
THE three extremists with strong allegiance to ISIS who beheaded two women in the Atlas mountains have been sentenced to death by firing squad in Morocco. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24,…