Asia North Korea refuses aid from South North Korea has refused to accept food aid from Seoul just weeks after Pyongyang appealed to the United Nations for aid following a series of heavy flooding. It highlights the tensions be...
Africa Memorials for miners begin across South Africa Memorial events are taking place across South Africa to remember the miners who were killed in the biggest clash of its kind since the apartheid years. The miners were strik...
Increased supply from oil exporting countries, greater energy independence in the US and stagnant global demand caused the price of oil to plummet from an average of $100 per barrel in June 2014 to $60 in December 2014. This pr...
Africa Eleven dead in suicide bombing at Nigerian barracks church as gunmen attack police HQ Suicide bombers have attacked a church inside a military barracks in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuri...
Africa Mali Prime Minister resigns after army arrest Cheick Modibo Diarra, the prime minister of Mali, has resigned on state television hours after being arrested by soldiers who were behind a military coup in March. Mr Di...
Africa Stolen Nigerian oil ‘goes to Balkans and Singapore’ The main buyers of the estimated 180,000 barrels of oil stolen each day in Nigeria are based in the Balkans and Singapore, says campaigner Patrick Dele Cole. M...
Europe Mark Duggan “give loaded gun” before police shooting A loaded handgun was given to Mark Duggan 15 minutes before he was shot dead by police in Tottenham last year – the incident over which a protest was held tha...
Africa Fresh strikes in South African mining industry Gold miners in the Anglo region of South Africa (S.A.) have begun a wildcat strike over wages. The miners are asking for a near doubling of their current wages. It was repor...
In recent years, the question of calcium has become more and more contentious. The mammoth studies in nutritional science and Western governmental guidelines continue to maintain that the calcium found in dairy products will su...