WORLD

At least 240 people have been killed after a military plane crashed in Algeria, media reports say quoting civil defence officials. At least 25 members of Polisario Front, supported by Algeria and seeking independence from Morocco for Western Sahara, are said to be among the dead. The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Boufarik military airport near ...

VLADIMIR Putin’s envoy has vowed Russia will retaliate if Donald Trump orders a US missile strike on Syria as the ambassador issued a chilling warning that US launch sites will be bombed. Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon said any US missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted. Alexander Zasypkin, in the comments broadcast on Tuesday ...

PAUL POGBA is open to a move to PSG on one condition, according to fresh reports from France. Pogba’s future at Manchester United is uncertain after a difficult second season back in England. He has been in and out of the team since January and rumours have suggested he is unhappy. Didier Deschamps spoke out about the situation during the ...

The retrial of the American actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, is due to begin in Pennsylvania on Monday. Mr Cosby, 80, denies drugging and sexually assaulting former basketball player Andrea Constand 14 years ago. The first trial, in June 2017, ended when the jury failed to reach a verdict. The actor, who starred in the 1980s TV series The Cosby ...

ANTHONY JOSHUA has written his name into the Guinness World Records book as he helped to conduct the largest boxercise lesson of all time. Joshua returned to London following his win against Joseph Parker to inspire more members of the public to take up the sport. The world champion attended York Hall to help put on a 30-minute intensive workout ...

Former South African president Jacob Zuma appeared in the Durban High Court on Friday where he was to face corruption charges related to a years-old $2.5 billion arms deal. The case whose charges Zuma has consistently denied over the years, was postponed to June 8. The trial is a rarity on the African continent, where political leaders – particularly heads ...

Ugandans are expressing their joy and heaping congratulatory messages upon long distance athlete, Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei, who on Sunday morning won the 5000m gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The victory has particularly been sweeter for Ugandans who in 2017, watched as Cheptegei slipped from a commanding first place in the early laps to finish in ...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term in February 2019 elections, the presidency announced on Twitter on Monday. The governor of Kaduna state had earlier tweeted that Buhari told the ruling party’s National Executive Committee of his intention to contest in the 2019 presidential elections. Kaduna’s governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is one of Buhari’s key allies. The 75-year-old took ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named as the PFA player of the month for March. The Egypt international scored six times in four matches against Newcastle, Manchester United, Watford and Crystal Palace over the month, while also adding an assist. Many neutrals thought Sadio Mane should have been sent off for a deliberate handball in the second half. But ...

PEP GUARDIOLA is worried about Manchester City’s mental fragility ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League re-match with Liverpool. The City manager admits his devastated stars could be haunted by their capitulation in the Manchester derby as they bid to retrieve a 3-0 first leg deficit from the first leg at Anfield. City’s Premier League title coronation party was wrecked when they ...