Officer is set alight and 62 arrested in Paris as citizens take to the streets in protest at new labour laws

For the fourteenth time in just six months, thousands of trade unionists poured into the streets to show their displeasure at new labour laws which give employers leeway to extend the working week and lay off staff. They were passed last summer with the aim of liberalising the employment market, making it easier for bosses to hire and fire. But opponents say they are an attack on hard-won worker rights, all of which are now in peril. 

400+ students gather outside a cancer-stricken teacher's house to sing a song of worship

Musician Tim McGraw shared this emotional video, captured by his friend, via his social media pages.

‘He’s unfit, lazy and a waste of money’- Man U fans are already attacking £100m Paul Pogba

Manchester United fans have turned on Paul Pogba - just a month after he completed a world-record move to Old Trafford. Pogba has played three times for Man U since joining for a deal worth up to £100m from Juventus but has failed to show his best form.

Another tragedy evaded as 273 African migrants are rescued today in the Mediterranean

At least 273 lives were rescued by the Migrant Offshore Station (MOAS) responder crew this morning, September 14th. Despite the boats having taken on a lot of water and the African migrants falling into the sea, MOAS search-and-rescue crew was quick to deploy the CentiFloat in order to avoid another tragedy.

Bird is lodged in plane's nose cone after colliding with it as it came in to land

Bird strikes are a constant threat to fliers and that danger was brought into sharp focus by an image which shows a bird lodged in the nose cone of a passenger plane after colliding with it. The bird crashed into the plane at El Fasher airport in Sudan. No one was injured in the incident.

'I've won 3 Ballon d'Ors and he's won none' - Cristiano Ronaldo stunningly blasts Xavi

Cristiano Ronaldo blasted Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez after the former Barcelona player said the Real Madrid/Portugal star was unlucky to be playing in the same generation as Lionel Messi.

Rapper Bobby Shmurda agrees to plea deal on conspiracy charges, to serve 7 years in prison

Rapper Bobby Shmurda, 22, will be serving a minimum of 7 years in prison after he agreed to a plea deal on charges of conspiracy and possession of a weapon.

Bobby had a choice to turn down the plea deal and go on trial but if he'd been found guilty, he would have been sentenced to decades in jail, so he instead took the advise of his lawyer.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un bans citizens from saying 'sarcastic or ironic' comments

North Korea's dictator and supreme leader Kim Jong-Un has banned his citizens from making sarcastic remarks about his regime or government as a mocking expression 'a fool who cannot see the outside world' is said to be circulating rapidly in North Korea

Satire directed towards the regime and even indirect criticisms of leadership will not be forgiven. Mass meetings organized by central government authorities have been used to issue the warnings.

Evil mum sells 10yr old daughter for a bottle of vodka and £1.30 before watching him rape

A Russian woman allegedly sold her 10 year old daughter to a suspected rapist, 23, for a bottle of vodka and 100 roubles (around £1.30) & then watched him rape her in Russia's Khabarovsk region, Police say.

22-year-old student shot and killed in Brooklyn after she told male dancer to stop grinding against her

A 22-year-old American college student was fatally shot in the face at the J’Ouvert festival in Brooklyn after she told a man to stop grinding against her.

St. John’s University student Tiarah Poyau was walking the pre-West Indian Day Parade route with three friends early Monday when she was accosted and told the man, "Get off me.’ Her friends, who were walking ahead of her at around 4:15 a.m., then heard a shot and saw her fall at Empire Boulevard and Franklin Avenue.

 Poyau had been shot in the eye at close range.

UK House of Commons debate on missing Chibok girls, vows to keep up the pressure to rescue them

Members of the United Kingdom's House of Commons, today held a debate centered on the missing Chibok school girls. According to some of the parliamentarians, they were moved to tears during the debate and vowed that the House would keep up its pressure to see that the girls that have been in Boko Haram captivity for over 2 years now are rescued. Seemore tweets after the cut

Spanish inventors create hands-free urinal for men

Three Spanish engineers from Valencia have invented a hands-free urinal for men dubbed the 'penis-bidet' and it comes complete with soap and drier. The Urinal 2.0  will wash and dry genitals after every trip to the toilet. Sensors in the machine detect when the men are done splashing before dousing the private parts with a three-second spray of soapy water.

Fans blast Man City coach Pep Guardiola after he omits Yaya Toure from Champions League squad

Pep Guardiola's Man City released its champions league squad today ahead of the coming European season and suprisingly left out four time African footballer of the year from the list.

Lagos pastor arrested for harbouring and defiling young girls

The Lagos state command is currently investigating the general overseer of 'Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry' for a case of abduction, defilement and abortion. On 30/6/2016, the command received a report that the suspect, a pastor with a church situated on Jacob Taiwo Street Oshodi was harbouring some young girls and freely having unlawful canal knowledge of them.

Single mother of two pens honest post on what it's like after her boys throw public tantrum and strangers judge her

Aly Brothers, a 22-year-old single mother of two has penned a searingly honest Facebook post on what the experience is like. Her boys, Bentley and Levi aged 3 and 1 respectively, went into a public meltdown while the family was at a store and she got nasty looks from strangers. She says she cried all the way home. Alongside the post, she shared the picture above which shows a bit of a teary face.
Read the post after the cut.

Female dog gives birth to the World's first genetically identical twin puppies

Outside of humans and one species of armadillo, identical twins seem to be extremely rare. Now for the first time a bitch has given birth to a pair of identical twins in South Africa's Rant en Dal Animal Hospital.

Saudi Arabian court sentences a man to 10 years in jail, £4k fine and 2,000 lashes for tweeting that he was an atheist

In Saudi Arabia there's a law that places atheists and atheistic beliefs as 'terrorism', hence a man who tweeted that he was an atheist has been fined £4,000 and sentenced to 10 years in jail with 2000 lashes of the cane by a high court in Saudi Arabia.

Brazil's first female President Dilma Rousseff impeached; Senate votes 61 to 20 to convict her of breaking budget laws

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff was impeached today Wednesday August 31 following a 61-20 vote by the country’s senate.

Chris Brown accuser was stripped of beauty queen crown for lying

The woman who got Chris Brown arrested yesterday got stripped of her beauty pageant crown earlier this year. TMZ reports below:

Nigeria to experience solar eclipse tomorrow, public advised to remain calm

A solar eclipse will occur in Nigeria on Thursday, September 1, between the hours of 7:15am and 10:03am with slight variations in actual timing across the country, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA) said.

American actor Tyrese Gibson writes about Mark Zuckerberg 'popping into Africa'

American singer and actor Tyrese Gibson shared a photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with some Nigerians at Tech hub Andela in Yaba and wrote:

Yahoo News says Kim and Kanye seemed more into their phones than each other when the cameras weren't rolling

Yesterday (Monday), Yahoo News released a report saying that Kim and Kanye seemed distant at the VMAs. Below is how they reported it...

French mayor on burkini ban: Muslims must accept our way of life, if you don't want to live the way we do, don't come!

The Mayor of the French town of Riviera, Marc Etienne Lansade has told Muslim beach goers not to come to his town if they aren't prepared to accept their way of life by not wearing burkinis to beaches.

In an effort to rubbish claims of abuse made by an ex, a millionaire has released a video footage which shows the woman hitting herself in a rage.

Scott Mitchell, 45, was previously accused by ex, Mary Hunt, 29, of physical & psychological abuse, telling reporters she suffered a black eye at the hands of the Florida business man. but the video presented by Mitchell's lawyers seemingly shows Ms Hunt having a meltdown and beating herself up.

Nigerian rapists escape punishment using money, influence and marriage

More than 100 cases of sexual assault are reported in just one state each month, yet only a handful of suspects are ever prosecuted, Phillip Obaji writes for The Guardian UK.

Cameroonian football star fired by Egyptian club for testing HIV positive 4 days after signing contract

Cameroonian football player Samuel Nlend has been sacked by a top Egyptian football club after tests revealed he was HIV positive. Egyptian Premier League side Al Ittihad sacked the 21-year-old just four days after signing a three year contract with him.

Chris Brown & Police in standoff at his home after lady claims that he threatened her with a gun at his home

Long story short...some lady reported that Chris Brown pulled a gun on her at his home. The police have surrounded Chris' home, with helicopters flying around his house. They claim he barricaded himself at his home and refused to surrender. The stand-off has been going on for hours now. Chris has refused to leave his home and without a search warrant or Chris' permission, the police can't enter his house. A SWAT team has arrived his home. Read how TMZ is reporting the whole drama below..

Donald Trump challenges Hillary Clinton to release detailed medical records

Donald Trump this morning took to Twitter to ask presidential rival Hillary Clinton to release her 'detailed' medical records saying he would also release his own

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife meet Pope Francis in the Vatican

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan visited Pope Francis in the Vatican city and gifted him a model of a Facebook drone. He also gave the Pope a book about 'people using the internet in new ways'. The tech CEO said it was something he'll never forget. 

Black schoolgirls in South Africa protest after being told to straighten their hair

Pretoria Girls High School is facing a furious backlash after instructing black school pupils to straighten their hair. Black school girls claim that they have been subjected to racism and that their blackness has been discouraged. They added that school rules forbid African hairstyles such as afro, Bantu knots, dreadlocks and braids.