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Mr. Vinoy Kumar Singh, director general of prisons, said that the department would submit the recommendations to the government, which will release the guidelines for remission of prisoners, sentenced to life in the year 2018. (Representational image)

Nearly 100 inmates escape in Ivory Coast prison break

A security source told AFP that the 96 inmates escaped between 0500 and 0600 GMT.

4 Sept 2017 11:38 AM IST

A company that hands out student funding accidentally transferred 14 million rand into the young womans account instead of the 1,400-rand ($107) monthly food allowance she was supposed to get. (Representational Image)

South African student mistakenly receives USD 1 million funding,...

The university said the student is liable for the amount that she has already spent - nearly $61,250.

31 Aug 2017 8:52 AM IST

Local media reported that police have linked the case to the killing of at least one woman in the area. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Tired of eating human flesh', Five suspect cannibals surrender to S...

The accused, all in their 30s, are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and possession of human parts.

28 Aug 2017 7:03 PM IST

Boko Harams elusive leader Abubakar Shekau. (Photo: Videograb)

Suspected Boko Haram extremists kill 16 in north Cameroon

Iya Gana, whose husband was killed in the attack Thursday night, said the rebels entered her village and killed her...

28 Aug 2017 9:36 AM IST

Floods and landslides caused by torrential rains have killed 26 people and left 15 missing in Vietnams mountainous north, authorities said on Monday.

Death toll in DR Congo landslide climbs to 140

The landslide occurred in the northeast village of Tora when part of a mountain engulfed a fishing camp after heavy...

21 Aug 2017 4:02 PM IST

Back in the 1960s there were around 2,000 northern white rhinos in the wild, but they were all wiped out by poachers for their ivory in three decades of poaching. (Photo: Pixabay)

Online rhino horn auction set to open in South Africa

High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of the auction's South African organiser John Hume, who runs the world's biggest...

21 Aug 2017 2:27 PM IST

Mudslides and torrential flooding has killed many people in and around Sierra Leones capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims thought to be trapped in homes buried under tons of mud.

Sierra Leone floods: Toll rises to 450 as rescuers search for more...

At least 122 of the victims are children, and a similar number have been orphaned by the disaster, the aid group Save...

19 Aug 2017 12:43 PM IST

Experts said ISIS, responsible for seven of the 10 deadliest attacks since 2012, was increasingly encouraging the use of knives and vehicles over firearms and explosives by their followers. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Lebanon army says to begin offensive against ISIS on Syria border

Hezbollah launched last month an offensive to eliminate Syrian rebels as well as all jihadists formerly linked to...

19 Aug 2017 11:53 AM IST

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (Photo: AP)

Paul Kagame sworn in 3rd term as Rwandan Prez; wins nearly 99 percent...

The East African nation has virtually no political opposition, and critics accuse Kagame of being intolerant of dissent.

18 Aug 2017 9:00 PM IST

Mudslides and torrential flooding has killed many people in and around Sierra Leones capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims thought to be trapped in homes buried under tons of mud.

40 dead in northeast Congo after mudslide hits town

Jean-Bosco Lalu, who leads civil society groups in the nearby regional hub of Bunia, says 30 bodies have been recovered.

17 Aug 2017 8:33 PM IST

Mudslides and torrential flooding has killed many people in and around Sierra Leones capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims thought to be trapped in homes buried under tons of mud.

Over 100 children killed in massive Sierra Leone floods; toll rises to...

The British charity Oxfam said it was trying to prevent a cholera outbreak by distributing clean water and hygiene kits...

17 Aug 2017 12:27 PM IST

Suicide bombing in Nigerian camp kills 28, wound 82

Suicide bombing in Nigerian camp kills 28, wound 82

Ibrahim Liman, the head of a local anti-jihadist militia force, confirmed the details of the attack.

16 Aug 2017 4:22 PM IST