Rome - Italy firmly condemned this morning's (23 April) attack on the French embassy in Tripoli, and expressed its solidarity with the French authorities and all those affected by this vile criminal act.Today's serious incident is proof that extremist forces continue to operate in Libya, aiming to derail to process of democratic transition and foment instability.These are small fringe groups that

Two Harare women married to one husband reportedly exchanged blows over a 'sex duty roster'.Sibonile Moyo and Grace Nyeredze are reportedly at each other's throat over control of their husband magic stick. The two have dragged each other to the courts for legal assistance.Sibonile hauled her husband's first wife to the Harare civil court where she was seeking a protection order against her.Sibonil

Police in Nigeria have arrested the guardian of a 12-year-old rape victim for allegedly torturing her and blamed her for "causing the rape".Edwin Alagbaso reportedly used a razor blade, knife and an iron rod to punish the victim.A 22-year-old man, Uche Chibueze, who raped the minor, was also arrested by the police.On April 15, 2013, Chibueze claims to have had consensual sex with the minor.Chibue

A 73-year-old British man, Thomas Ross is believed to have drowned in a Spanish lake while trying to retrieve a golf ball.Ross slipped into the water on Sunday morning while playing the fifth hole at the Dunas de Donana course in Almonte, southern Spain.The pensioner could not swim and, although he was pulled from the water alive, emergency services were unable to save him, according to local repo

One of the FBI's most wanted men has been arrested by police in Nicaragua.Eric Justin Toth, who was sought on child porn charges, was taken into custody in the northern city of Esteli on Saturday, police said.The former schoolteacher and camp counsellor had been living under an assumed identity in the city since October, said national police chief Aminta Granera.The suspect was transferred to Mana

A 56-year-old disabled charity worker who was viciously blinded by her husband has forgiven him and says she wants the thug back. Susan Clark said she still loves Robert Clark, 40, who was jailed for pushing a cigarette into her one good eye.Clark blinded wheelchair-bound charity worker Susan after he threw her a cigarette and she dropped it.He picked it up, pushed it in to her eye and said: "Can

A starving dog ate his owner's head after getting trapped in her tiny Spanish apartment when she died.Police say the German Shepherd cross became so hungry that he devoured most of 72-year-old Amparo C.R.'s body so he wouldn't starve to death.Officers were called to the flat in Valencia last week after neighbors complained about a foul smell, according to thinkSPAIN.com Knowing she was a hoarder,

A blazing row between two top medics in a hospital corridor in United Kingdom led to one losing a tooth and both being banned from work.Consultant surgeon Jarrod Homer and consultant ­anaesthetist Kamran Abbas were seen "squaring up" to each other.The initial dispute was reported to be over patients not being brought to the operating theatre at the right times.A huge argument developed and the me

MOSCOW - Authorities in Russia say a man opened fire outside a department store in Belgorod, killing five people immediately, including a girl in her early teens. Another victim died in hospital.The RIA Novosti news agency cited local investigators as saying that the man opened fire while he tried to rob a gun store.Police locked down the entire neighborhood as they searched for the man, whom they

A man was arrested after confessing he paid a prostitute with a McDonalds meal.Baffled undercover cops watched Donald Jones pick up the woman at a notorious red light district - and then take her to a local McDonald's drive-thru.They then followed the 58-year-old as he bought portions of fast food, before finding a secluded spot to complete the transaction, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.When officers

A burglar was arrested after he became frightened when he heard a strange noise and rang police from under a bed.Marius Ionescu, 31, mistook the family cat for another burglar in the house in Benesti, Romania, causing him to head for cover and wait for the authorities to come and rescue him.When the police turned up they did not discover anyone else in the house except for the burglar himself and

MOSCOW - The father of the suspected Boston bombers insisted in an interview published Monday that his sons Tamerlan and Dzhokhar were innocent and could not have carried out the bombings.Their plans for the future had included returning to work in Russia, Anzor Tsarnaev said in the telephone interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, adding that he hoped to travel to the United States where his

A 73-year-old Conservative councillor has resigned from the party after saying Pakistani pupils were doomed to fail.After receiving sustained criticism for his remarks, John Cherry resigned from the Conservative party and apologised for his comments."My remarks about Durand Academy, as reported in the Mail on Sunday, were plainly wrong. They were thoughtless and extremely foolish," he said."I unre

UK - An inquiry is underway after a National Health Service (NHS) van arrived at a garage for repairs - with a body in the back.Horrified mechanics discovered the corpse as the specialist mortuary vehicle was taken in for a broken tail light.An NHS employee has been suspended and health chiefs have apologised to the distressed family of the deceased.Patients' campaigner Margaret Watt said the bod

Two South African sisters aged 60 and 96 are proud that they are still virgins.The Ngcobo sisters, Ngipheni (60) and Badumile (96) from KwaMafunza near Pietermaritzburg are believed to be the oldest women to ever attend the annual Reed Dance Ceremony at Enyokeni Palace in Nongoma.Ngipheni told Daily Sun that she "started going for virginity testing when I was 12. Like all the girls, I wanted to ge