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France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was found guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of a former international team mate over a sex tape on Wednesday and sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term. The Versailles court also fined him 75,000 euros ($84,170) and ordered him to pay former team mate Mathieu […]
Emirates Airline says it has suspended the resumption of flight operations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria to November 30. This is despite the efforts of the federal government to resolve differences with Emirates Airline over COVID-19 guidelines. The airline said this on Wednesday in an updated statement posted on its website. […]
The star of a hit new Indian film tackling the oppression of marginalised communities was under armed police guard Thursday after threats of violence. “Jai Bhim” is a legal drama based on the true story of an activist lawyer fighting for a tribal woman whose husband was wrongly arrested and killed in police custody […]
At least three people were killed and 15 wounded Friday by a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan’s restive Nangarhar province, a hotbed of Islamic State activity, officials said. The blast — for which no group has yet claimed responsibility — underscores one of the many challenges facing the new Taliban regime in Afghanistan, with […]
A French aid worker who was kidnapped and held hostage in Mali for four years has returned to the West African country on her own initiative, the French government said Wednesday, calling her decision “irresponsible”. Sophie Petronin, 76, was taken by gunmen in December 2016 in the northern Malian city of Gao and held […]
Kylian Mbappe on Monday confirmed that he told Paris Saint-Germain in July he wanted to leave the club. “I said at the end of July that I wanted to leave,” Mbappe said in an interview with RMC radio. “My position has been clear. I said I wanted to leave and I told them (PSG […]
After weeks of twists and turns — and two major new documentaries — Britney Spears’ highly public bid to end her father’s guardianship could reach its conclusion at a court hearing Wednesday. Britney’s father has controlled her life for the past 13 years, under a controversial legal arrangement that the US pop singer has […]
The Spanish police have broken up what they believe to be the largest cocaine smuggling ring in Europe, with 61 suspects arrested and 4 tons of cocaine seized. The police confirmed on Tuesday that the 61 people detained were mainly from the Balkans, and that alongside the cocaine, 2.5 tons of marijuana and large […]
Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex. Jurors in Brooklyn federal court deliberated for a little more than one day before voting to […]
England all-rounder Moeen Ali on Monday announced he was retiring from Test cricket to focus on his white-ball career, saying the format’s “intensity can be too much sometimes”. The 34-year-old scored five centuries and took 195 wickets in cricket’s longest format, including a top score of 155 not out and five five-wicket hauls. “I […]
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