Forty people are now thought to have died following an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey, the country’s interior minister says. Suleyman Soylu earlier said 58 people had been rescued... Read more »

Hundreds of people attended the tearful funeral of a crocodile believed to have been divine and survived for decades on a vegetarian diet at a Hindu temple in India. Babia guarded the... Read more »

No fewer than four Civil Society Organisations on Wednesday stormed the streets of Abuja to express displeasure over the continuous “illegal” slaughter and exploitation of donkeys by Chinese nationals. The CSOs are;... Read more »

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky called on Tuesday for wealthy Western nations to help Kyiv create an “air shield” after a rash of deadly Russian aerial attacks. Zelensky, who told the G7 club... Read more »

A mum has strangely given birth to 11 children who are all blind from birth despite medical reports telling her all was well during pregnancy. In video seen on YouTube, the mother... Read more »

No fewer than 19 children were included in 185 people killed in protests across Iran since mid-September, following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s... Read more »

Fresh images from North Korea’s state media on Monday have shown its leader, Kim Jong Un, overseeing a military drill. According to AFP, the recent missile tests involved “tactical nuclear” drills to... Read more »

Local officials said later that it had reopened to motor traffic with vehicles subject to stringent screening. Shortly after, Grand Service Express, which operates rail services there, said the first trains had... Read more »

A bridge linking Russia to Crimea, a key symbol of Moscow’s annexation, was hit by a massive explosion on Saturday morning which Russian authorities said was caused by a car bomb. “Today... Read more »