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Kenya's supreme court at the heart of election dispute
Kenya's Supreme Court is once again taking centre stage in the nation's election battle after defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga on Monday filed a Supreme Court challenge over the results. In 2013, the court rejected another poll challenge by Odinga, upholding Kenyatta's first-term election victory.
Clermont twins before and after: The Clermont twins' lives before and after fame and surgery
Pictures of the CLERMONT TWINS BEFORE AND AFTER they had their surgeries have been parading the internet for some time now. Find out more about them here.
Two more bodies pulled from Iraq shrine after landslide: rescuers
Two bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq's Karbala province after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the overall toll to seven dead, rescue services said.
Kenya's Odinga files court petition disputing poll outcome
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country's top court, his lawyer told AFP Monday, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. Paul Mwangi, who is also representing Odinga, told AFP that a physical copy of the petition would be filed before the Supreme Court's 2 pm (1100 GMT) deadline.
Shanghai's Bund to go dark as China heatwave prompts power cuts
Shanghai will switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from Monday as a nationwide heatwave sends power demands soaring, city authorities said. To save power, Shanghai authorities said in a notice Sunday that they would switch off "landscape lighting" at the Bund, the city's most famous landmark.
30+ cool elephant tattoo ideas, what they mean and placement options
Many people love ELEPHANT TATTOO since the animals are considered wise and energetic. Here is a list of the best ideas, placement options, and their meanings.
Somalia PM vows accountability over deadly hotel siege
Somalia's prime minister said the government would be held accountable over the deadly Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists that he branded "children of hell". "There is only one of two choices here, we either allow Al-Shabaab -- the children of hell -- to live, or we live.
LGBTQ Singaporeans welcome sex law repeal, decry marriage exclusion
Singapore's LGBTQ community on Monday welcomed the government's plan to decriminalise gay sex but warned that upholding the traditional definition of marriage would only promote further inequality. But they opposed any further laws and constitutional changes to protect the traditional definition of marriage as they would promote unequal treatment.
Released Azovstal soldier recounts his ordeal
In contrast to festive summer crowds around him in central Kyiv, Vladyslav Zhaivoronok has a grim story to tell about the defence of Mariupol, the injuries he suffered and his weeks in captivity. But the weeks that Zhaivoronok spent in captivity in one of the Donetsk hospitals brought him suffering of a different kind.
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