Azerbaijan photo journalist beaten to death for criticising footballer on Facebook

Rasim Aliyev, a 30-year-old photo and video journalist died from internal bleeding in Azerbaijan on Sunday morning August 9th after he was brutally attacked by relatives of a famous footballer on Saturday August 8th.

Photos: Powerfull typhoon hit Taiwan 6 dead over a 100 seriously injured

At least six people have been confirmed dead, four missing and over sixty seriously injured when Typhoon Soudelor hit Taiwan early this morning Saturday August 8th. Taiwan Power, the island's main power company, said 2.94 million households are currently without power. Hundreds of flights have been delayed or cancelled, according to Taiwan authorities.

Dbanj joins the bearded gang

 

Dbanj

The self-acclaimed Koko master, D’banj has been taking several steps to maintain his relevance in the competitive Nigerian music industry.

Texas Judge sentences man to get married or face jail time

An East Texas couple says their choice to marry when they wanted to was taken away by a criminal court judge. In July, a Smith County judge sentenced Josten Bundy to get married to his 19-year-old girlfriend as part of his probation, which also included writing Bible verses and getting counseling.

Bangladesh blogger hacked to death for atheist views. The 4th to be killed in the country this year

 

Popular blogger Niloy Chakrabarti, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, 40, was killed yesterday Friday August 7th after a gang armed with machetes broke into his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was well known for his atheist views and anti-Islamic writings.

INEC office in Abia burnt down

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Obingwa local government area of Abia state was Sunday afternoon burnt down by unidentified persons.
According to reports, the incident which occurred at about

Kim K, her bump and daughter step out in LA (photos)

5 months pregnant Kim Kardashian wore a pair of flats and fitted beige maternity dress as she took her daughter and nephew out in LA yesterday. More photos after the cut...