Two people have been killed in what police say was a “rolling terror attack” in northern Israel. Police said the attacker ran over a pedestrian in the eastern city of Beit Shean, then drove on before stabbing a woman near Ein Harod, about 8 miles (12.5km) to the west. A 68-year-old man was killed and a 16-year-old boy was hurt in the ramming, officials said, whilst the stabbing victim was an 18-year-old woman. The suspect was eventually shot and wounded later by a civilian outside the city of Afula, according to police. A day before the attack, an Israeli reservist…
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Mohamed Salah’s penalty gave Egypt victory over South Africa as the seven-time champions survived playing the second half with 10 men to book a place in the knockout stage of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with a game to spare. Having gone ahead through Salah’s contentiously-awarded spot kick in the 45th minute, the Pharaohs swiftly found themselves at a numerical disadvantage when right-back Mohamed Hany received a second booking during added time at the end of the first half. Bafana Bafana made an attacking change at the break, replacing Thalente Mbatha with Sipho Mbule, but spent much of…
Israel officially recognized the Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, marking a major diplomatic development in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision on Friday, confirming that Israel and Somaliland signed a joint and mutual declaration formalizing the recognition. The declaration was signed alongside Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and the President of Somaliland, Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdallah. Netanyahu said the agreement was inspired by the spirit of the Abraham Accords, which were initiated under former United States President Donald Trump to normalize relations between Israel and several countries…
Former Scotland, Nottingham Forest and Derby County winger John Robertson – once described by manager Brian Clough as “a Picasso of our game” – has died at the age of 72. Robertson scored the only goal as Nottingham Forest retained the European Cup by beating Hamburg in 1980, having delivered the cross from which Trevor Francis netted the winner the previous season against Malmo. For Scotland, he scored a winning goal against England in 1981 and netted against New Zealand at the 1982 World Cup finals. He earned 28 caps for his country before going on to be assistant manager…
The jailed ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a successful surgery for a double hernia, his wife Michelle says. The former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 presidential election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil’s Supreme Court granted permission for the 70-year-old to be transferred from the room in the federal police headquarters where he is serving his sentence to a hospital in the capital, Brasília, for the procedure. Ahead of the surgery, Jair Bolsonaro endorsed the candidacy of his eldest son, Flávio, for the 2026…
Detectives are investigating the macabre murder of a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) female officer in Nyahera village, Suna East, Migori county. The body of Second Lieutenant Cynthia Awour Mboya was found in her matrimonial home in the early hours of Christmas Day. The deceased was aged 28 and was attached to Gilgil Barracks. She was on pass leave at the time of her death. Police said they are investigating murder in the incident. She was alone at the time her body was found. Police officers visited the house and found the officer’s lifeless body lying on the floor beside her…
The Director of Criminal Investigations, Mr. Mohamed Amin conducted a comprehensive security assessment in Kwale County, in view of the ongoing festive season, a time that typically sees increased movement of people and heightened social and economic activities. Amin began his assessment at the Diani Police Station and proceeded to various beaches within Diani, areas of strategic significance during the festive period due to their vibrant tourism and recreational activities. The focus of the assessment was to evaluate the existing security situation, operational preparedness, and service delivery by officers deployed on the ground to ensure the safety of both residents…
Algeria’s parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France’s colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an apology and reparations. The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports. The vote is the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with some observers saying they are at their lowest since Algeria gained independence 63 years ago. France’s colonialisation of Algeria between 1830 and 1962 was marked by mass killings, large-scale deportations and ended in a bloody war of independence. Algeria says the war killed 1.5 million people, while French historians put…
The High Court issued orders barring the government from establishing, incorporating, registering, operationalising, funding, or otherwise giving effect to the proposed National Infrastructure Fund pending the hearing and determination of the case. Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued a conservatory order restraining the state whether acting jointly or severally, and whether directly or through their employees, agents, servants, or related entities, from taking any steps to implement the proposed fund. The decision follows a petition filed by Nakuru-based surgeon Dr. Benjamin Gikenyi, Eliud Matindi and others. They challenged the establishment of the National Infrastructure Fund through a presidential communiqué dated 15 December…
BP has struck a $6bn (£4.4bn) deal to sell a majority stake in its motor oil division Castrol to a US investment firm. The oil giant sold a 65% stake in Castrol, which makes lubricants for cars, motorcycles and industrial vehicles, to New York-based Stonepeak. The deal valued Castrol at $10.1bn (£7.5bn), with BP receiving $6bn in cash, which it will use to pay down debts and allow it to focus on its core business. BP will hold onto a 35% stake in Castrol, which it first took control of in 2000. The London-based oil major said the sale is…
A Colorado mother who is accused of murdering two of her children has been extradited from the UK to the US, authorities say. Kimberlee Singler, 37, is alleged to have carried out the attack in Colorado before fleeing to London, where she was arrested in December 2023. She challenged her extradition at Westminster Magistrates Court – reportedly on the basis that her sentence, if she was convicted, would break European human rights law. But she was unsuccessful. A district attorney in Colorado confirmed on Tuesday that Ms Singler was back in the US and was in custody. She was being…
Two British campaigners are among five people denied US visas after the State Department accused them of seeking to “coerce” American tech platforms into suppressing free speech. Imran Ahmed, an ex-Labour adviser who now heads the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), and Clare Melford, CEO of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), were labelled “radical activists” by the Trump administration and banned from entering the US. A French ex-EU commissioner and two senior figures at a Germany-based anti-online hate group were also denied visas. French President Emmanuel Macron called it “intimidation”, while the UK government said it is “fully committed”…
Venezuela has accused the United States of the “greatest extortion” at an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York. Washington’s seizure of two Venezuelan oil tankers was “worse than piracy,” the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN said. The emergency meeting of the Security Council was called to discuss the seizure of the tankers, which took place off the coast of Venezuela earlier this month. The US has also said it was pursuing a third Venezuelan oil tanker. President Trump has accused Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro of leading a drugs cartel and said gangs had operated with impunity…
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US President Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on the private jet of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein eight times between 1993 and 1996, a new email released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) says. “Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware),” reads the 7 January 2020 email from an assistant US attorney. Trump’s name on the flight record does not indicate wrongdoing. In 2024, Trump wrote: “I was never on Epstein’s Plane”. He has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. The DOJ…