An Olympic athlete is being held by police in Paris after he was accused of carrying out a drunken sexual assault on a woman near the River Seine. The accused is understood to be an Egyptian wrester but he has…
Travis Scott arrested in Paris after fight with bodyguard in luxury hotel
Travis Scott has been arrested in Paris after getting into a fight with his bodyguard, according to French police. The rapper, 33, was arrested at a five-star hotel in the French capital in the morning of Friday, Aug. 9, according…
Man shoots 2 officers in Paris police station after grabbing gun
A man arrested for allegedly attacking a woman with a box cutter shot and seriously wounded two officers in a Paris police station on Thursday, May 9, after grabbing one of their weapons. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP) the incident…
UN General Assembly declares May 25 as World Football Day
May 25 each year has now been declared World Football Day. This follows a United Nations General Assembly resolution on Tuesday, May 7 to allow football fans to celebrate the most popular sport in the world. The day marks the…
Man detained after bomb threat at Iranian diplomatic mission in Paris
A man carrying a dummy explosive belt has forced his way into the Iranian diplomatic mission in Paris, triggering a major police operation. A special police unit initially cordoned off the area on Friday due to fears of a threat,…
Paris: German tourist killed and British man among 2 injured in ‘terror attack’ near Eiffel Tower
A German man has died and a British man was among two people injured in a knife attack in central Paris. The German tourist was killed on the Quai de Grenelle, a few minutes from the Eiffel Tower, at around…
Nigerian artistes make N11b on Spotify in 2022
Nigerian artistes recorded over N11 billion in revenue on Spotify in 2022. The firm, on Thursday, in a statement released to our correspondent, stated that revenues in the Nigerian music industry grew 63 per cent from 2021 to 2022 and…
First lady Jill Biden marks US reentry into UNESCO at Paris ceremony
U.S. first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris on Tuesday, marking Washington’s official reentry into the U.N. agency after a controversial five-year hiatus. The Stars and Stripes was hoisted up outside UNESCO’s headquarters with the…
Paris riots: Suburban mayor’s wife hurt as rioters attack their home
Attackers in France tried to set fire to the home of a suburban Paris mayor’s home overnight and fired rockets at the official’s fleeing wife and children. The incident has caused widespread shock and is being treated as attempted murder.…
Paris synagogue bomber convicted after 43 years
More than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack. The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who planted…