Tennesse Suspends Executions After Failed Lethal Injection
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year after officials failed to execute death row prisoner Christa Pike. The decision follows an unusual incident in which Pike remained alive and…
Forget Dating Apps , Ask The Government
Forget swiping left and right , the government now wants a say in who you might date. Singapore has launched a matchmaking pilot for government workers aged 21 to 35, using personal preferences, interests and values to algorithmically pair participants…
Zimbabwe Tycoon Dies In Crash
Zimbabwe is in mourning after a helicopter crash in Marondera Rural claimed six lives, including flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife Lucy “Lulu” Muteke. The aircraft went down around 5:00 pm on Wednesday, September 30, about…
French Court Jails Six Over Channel Drowning
Migrants board an inflatable dinghy in northern France as they attempt to cross the English Channel to Britain. The dangerous crossing was at the centre of a 2021 mass-drowning case that led to six manslaughter convictions in Paris.
Soweto Atm Bombing Also Smashes Neighbouring Homes
Windows of a house near the Engen garage in Meadowlands, Soweto, were damaged by the blast during an ATM bombing on Wednesday morning. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane/TimesLIVE.
UK Says Iran Had Role in RAF Fairford Incident
Armed British police officers guard a checkpoint near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on September 29, 2026, as counterterrorism investigators examine an alleged plot involving the U.S.used airbase.
Pilot Carrying Israelis Stabbed Co-Pilot, Apparently Tried to Crash
Passengers, mostly Israelis, from a flydubai plane are seen inside Tabuk Airport terminal in Saudi Arabia, after an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to crash the plane, September 30, 2026.
Somali Piracy Turns Deadly Again
They were finally freed from months of pirate captivity , but five crew members would never make it home. The rescue of the hijacked MT Honour 25 off Somalia has ended in tragedy after pirates killed five sailors before Puntland security forces retook…
A Woman Takes Charge
Morocco has just rewritten a page of its political history , and this time, it is a woman taking the government’s top seat. King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first woman prime minister, six days after her…
Alamata Falls Again
The guns are back in Tigray, and now a town that once changed hands during Ethiopia’s brutal civil war is back at the centre of the fighting. Ethiopia’s military and allied forces say they have taken control of Alamata, a strategic town about 120…