Wadh Kassim
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King Charles III and Princess Diana’s Rare Wedding Champagne to Be Auctioned
The magnum of 1961 Dom Perignon Vintage could fetch between 500,000 and 600,000 Danish kroner ($78,000 and $93,000) at the December 11 auction in a Copenhagen suburb, the auction house said.
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Children of Niger’s Detained President Plead for His Release
Elected in 2021, Bazoum, 65, has never resigned and with his wife Hadiza, 57, has been confined to a wing of the presidential palace where the junta leader behind his ouster also resides.
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Sudan Army Chief Calls on Trump to End Country’s War
Trump took an interest in the war for the first time last week, vowing he would end it after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman urged him to get involved.
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Richard Branson ‘Heartbroken’ as His Wife Dies aged 80
British entrepreneur Richard Branson paid tribute Wednesday to his wife Joan Templeman shortly after announcing her death, saying “life will never be the same without her”.
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Burkina Faso General’s Abducted Daughter Freed
General Djibril Bassole’s daughter Yasmine, who was kidnapped in the capital along with her brother and a cousin in September 2024, was freed Monday night by masked men, family and friends told AFP.
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Nigerian Police say 10 people Kidnapped in Country’s West
The state police commissioner said the attackers were herders who had “shot sporadically” during the Monday night raid on the village of Isapa, which neighbours another village where 35 people were kidnapped just a week…
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Thailand Floods Kill 13, Leaving People Stranded and Roads Submerged
Torrential rains since late last week inundated the tourist hub of Hat Yai and the southern region, killing 13 people in four flood-hit provinces, the department of disaster prevention and mitigation said.
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Ethiopian Volcano Erupts After 12,000-year Dormancy
A volcano in Ethiopia’s northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to 14 kilometres (nine miles) into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre…
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Barca to Make Long-Awaited Camp Nou Return on November 22
Since the stadium closed at the end of the 2022/23 season, the Catalan giants have been forced to play elsewhere, mainly at the Olympic Stadium on the city’s Montjuic hill.
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BBC ‘Determined to Fight’ Trump Defamation Case: Chairman
The BBC apologised last week for giving the impression in a documentary that Trump had directly urged “violent action” just before the assault on the US Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021.
