BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outgoing UK Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron will today (Wednesday) is currently being fielded with his last questions in the Commons, after which he will head to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation letter to the Queen. Cameron was hopeful and in high spirit. He said: “As I leave today, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Italian Mafia Leader Bernardo Provenzano is dead. Aged 83, Provenzano, otherwise referred to as “The Tractor” due to his ruthless trait was arrested and jailed in 2006 after spending 43 years on self exile. He died while serving a life term for several murders, including the killing of two […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, another frontline Democratic Presidential hopeful, Senator Benie Sanders has withdrawn from the contest, paving the way for his rival, and former US Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton. Giving the development, the Vermont Senator is billed to appear with Mrs. Clinton at a campaign event in New Hampshire. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 people have been killed while several others injured during a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in Southern Italy. The crashed trains were on a single-track line at the time of the accident, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta. Emergency and rescue services have […]
…UN, US Condemn Attacks BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Forces loyal to the President Salva Kiir and his Vice President Riek Machar of South Sudan have engaged in a renewed bloody fighting. The skirmishes started when the supporters of the two leaders began to shoot one another in Juba city, the South Sudan capital. Sources […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five Dallas Police officers have been killed, six wounded by gunmen during protests against the shooting of black men by Police. Following the altercation, three people are already in the custody, while another man in a stand-off with the police shot himself dead. The protests followed the deaths, earlier this […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Death toll in Sunday’s suicide bomb attack in Baghdad, the Iraqi’s capital has risen to 165. This was confirmed by the officials of the Interior Ministry. Following the sad event, government has declared three days of mourning as a mark of respect to the victims and families of the heavy […]
…Re-run Holds September or October BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Austria’s apex court has nullified the result of the Presidential election lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party Norbert Hofer. Hofer challenged the result, on the ground that postal votes had been tampered with. He lost the poll to the former leader of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sources from Turkey have confirmed that the three suspects responsible for Tuesday’s bloody attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport were from parts of the former USSR. One of the men identified as Osman Vadinov, was said to have crossed into Turkey from the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria in 2015. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Lunxembourg whistleblowers have been found guilty and subsequently slammed with the suspended sentences, while a co-accused – journalist, Edouard Perrin, was acquitted in the so-called “Luxleaks” tax scandal. The convicted included former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees: Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet. The duo earned 12 and nine-month jail terms respectively for […]
BALTIMORE MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders were locked in a heated debate Tuesday at the European Parliament meeting on the UK exit or otherwise from the European Union (EU). A prominent pro-Leave campaigner and UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, was during the session booed; called a liar and accused of using “Nazi propaganda”. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After six years of hostility due to killing by Israeli troops of 10 Turkish activists on a Gaza-bound ship, Israel and Turkey have finally settled for peace. Turkish Prime Minister (PM) Binali Yildirim who spoke on the development indicated that a deal was reached Sunday and it would see Israel […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A cinema complex in Viernheim, near Frankfurt has been attacked by an armed gunman in western part of Germany. German local media reported that many might have been injured in the attack. The armed man who put on a mask before he struck is said to remain inside the complex […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The late UK Lawmaker Jo Cox was killed because of her strong political views, so confirmed by her widower Brendan. The husband confirmed this in a press interview, saying that it was the wish of his late wife that people stand up for her beliefs “in death as much as […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Witnesses at the Sunday Orlando gay club night shooting have confirmed the daring gunman, Omar Mateen was a regular visitor at the Florida club. A performer at Pulse in Orlando, Chris Callen, clarified that Mateen had visited the club several times. The State media indicated that investigators were pursuing the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Barrack Obama has in the interim ruled out Islamic State (IS) involvement in the bloody Sunday Orlando night club shooting. Obama in his first public reaction on the sad incident asserts: “No direct evidence” Orlando gunman was part of wider plot by so-called Islamic State. The gunman, Omar […]
PARIS, FRANCE (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Euro 2016 kicks off, French President Francois Hollande has warned against attempts to disrupt the football Championship with strike action. Hollande late Thursday, amidst strike threat by the train drivers, appealed for cooperation of every stakeholder. “I appeal to everyone’s sense of responsibility because if the state must do […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human traffic suspect who was arrested and extradited to Italy Tuesday has been identified by friends and family as a wrong person. The real suspect Mered Medhanie, otherwise referred to as “The General”, the prosecutors believe is responsible for smuggling of the migrants travelling from Africa to Europe. Sources […]
URGENCH, UZBEKISTAN (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An EgyptAir flight A330-220 which was forced to land Wednesday in Uzbekistan due to a false bomb threat has been cleared and directed to resume its journey from Cairo to Beijing, the People’s Republic of China capital. On landing at Urgench International Airport., the entire 118 passengers and 17 crew […]
BAILTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former British world heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis and actor Will Smith have been assigned among others, the role of pallbearers at late Muhammad Ali’s funeral to hold Friday. Fifty years-old Lewis emerged an undisputed world Champion in 1999, while American Smith featured the late legendary world boxer, in the 2001 […]
