WASHINGTON — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has regained the title of world’s richest person with a fortune valued at US$72,7 billion on Bloomberg’s billionaire index, Bloomberg news service reported on Thursday. It is the first time the former Microsoft chief executive has held the title

MAPUTO — The government of Mozambique has rejected all the demands made by the main opposition Renamo party as pre-conditions for resuming the on-going dialogue amid rising security concerns. Renamo, former rebel movement, is demanding the pull-out of riot police in the central

Jewels worth more than US$1 million were stolen from a hotel in Cannes, France, police in the nearby city of Nice said today.
The theft of the jewels, from the Swiss firm Chopard, came yesterday night, on the second day of the renowned

JOHANNESBURG - South African police said today they had launched a series of murder inquiries after 23 males died while undergoing circumcision during traditional rites of passage into manhood. The 23 - aged between 13 and 21 - died in various places across

WASHINGTON. — US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday testified in the House of Representatives over the Justice Department’s decision to subpoena journalists’ phone records in connection with a leak investigation, and he denied knowledge of the controversy.

YOLA. — Nigerian security forces yesterday announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew in northeast Adamawa State, following the declaration of State of Emergency by President Goodluck Joanthan.

WASHINGTON. — The US diplomat accused by Moscow this week of being an undercover CIA operative was once a star intern for a prominent Middle East expert at a top Washington think tank, a fellow intern told RIA Novosti.

BEIJING. — Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for a high turnout in the country’s upcoming presidential election.
Khamenei says strong voter participation will help safeguard the country from foreign plots.

LONDON. — A graphic video has emerged of a Syrian rebel commander cutting out the heart of a government soldier’s chest and biting into it.
Described by Human Rights Watch as “emblematic” of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectarian hatred and revenge killings, the amateur

MEXICO CITY. — Two waiters at a Mexico City bar will face homicide and robbery charges in the beating death of Malcolm X’s grandson Malcolm Shabazz, authorities said on Monday.

MOSCOW. — Russian counter-intelligence officials briefly detained a US diplomat suspected of being an undercover CIA officer and trying to recruit a Russian agent, the Federal Security Service said yesterday.