The blaze at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi sent a plume of black smoke that was visible from the Kenyan capital a few miles away after a huge fire broke out and raged for four hours, witnesses said. Reporters from The Associated Press at the scene said stranded passengers stood on sidewalks outside the […]
Intercepted conversations between two senior al-Qaeda figures prompted the sudden closure of many American diplomatic missions, US media report. The chatter, involving top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, represented one of the most serious plots since the 9/11 attacks, the New York Times says. The US earlier said the closures in North Africa and the Middle East […]
Just as they said it on their wedding day, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila on Thursday announced their divorce. “Our marriage is over, really because of the fact that we practically never see each other,” Lyudmila said during their official announcement of the divorce. “It was a joint decision to divorce, but […]
British footballer and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder David Beckham has played his last home game before retiring – in Paris’s Parc des Princes. Beckham did not confirm this would be his very last game, leaving the door open for him to play in the season’s last game against Lorient next weekend. As he left the pitch, […]
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio,76, was elected on Wednesday as the Catholic Church’s new Pope. The new pope took the name Francis and is the 266th pontiff of the church and the first Latin American to head the church at this level. Pope Francis is the former archbishop of Buenos Aires and a member of […]
Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared Kenyan President-elect by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) today Saturday 9th. He narrowly survived a possibility of a re-run by winning 50.03 per cent of the vote. Supporters of Kenyatta are joyfully celebrating on the streets in his tribal strongholds, lighting fluorescent flares and waving tree branches and […]
Tension is high as Kenyans prepare to cast their votes on 4th March 2013. The general elections will include electing the President, Senators, County Governors, Members of Parliament, Civic Wards and Women country representatives. The presidential candidates include Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya of National Alliance Party, Musalia Mudavadi of the […]
Pope Benedict received cardinals for a farewell ceremony on Thursday 28th February, warmly embracing Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who passed on best wishes on behalf of those gathered. “Among you there is also the future pope to whom I promise my unconditional obedience and reverence,” the pontiff told those assembled. “The Church is a living being,” […]