Russian Ambassador Reportedly Assassinated By One Of His Police On Guard

On Monday, 22-year-old Mevlüt Mert Altintaş shot dead the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, while the ambassador was giving a speech at an exhibition in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

Photos emerging from the scene shows that Karlov’s attacker was standing right behind him all through the period Karlov gave his speech. He was one of the police men assigned to guard him.

Altintaş, until last night, was a member of the Ankara Police department’s riot unit and had been trusted to guard the ambassador, but he did the exact opposite.

After the attack, Altintaş was heard saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ and shouted something else in Arabic which translates in English to mean; “We've made an oath to Muhammad to die in martyrdom ... [It is] a revenge for Syria and Aleppo”

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97 People Died In An Earthquake Which Occurred In Indonesia - See Details

97 people have been confirmed dead with several others injured after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian Island of Sumatra this morning. Women and children are said to be among the dead. Many of the victims are still under the rubble from the earthquake.

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I’ll Hold Private Funeral on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day – Wole Soyinka

Nigeria’s Nobel laureate says he will hold a private funeral on January 20 when United States President-elect, Donald Trump, is inaugurated as President.

Soyinka, who spoke in Lagos on Monday, explained that the funeral is not to mourn with the citizens of the US over their choice of president but to mourn the death of Nigeria’s common sense.

“Our common sense is totally lost. I am embarrassed sometimes that I occupy the same nation space with some people,” he said.

He also said Nigerians did not have the right to query his personal decision to tear his US green card.

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Donald Trump Nominates Ben Carson As Housing Secretary

United States President-elect on Monday chose Ben Carson, the mild-mannered retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican nomination, to turn around troubled US inner cities as secretary of housing and urban development.

He is the first black selected by Trump for his team.

“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities,” Trump said in a statement.

Carson said, “I feel that I can make a significant contribution particularly by strengthening communities that are most in need”.

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6 Things You Need To Know About The Brazilian Football Team Involved In Colombia Plane Crash

The world on Tuesday November 29 woke up to the sad news of the crash of a plane carrying 81 people including a 22 man squad of Brazilian side Chapecoense to Medellin airport, Colombia when it fell from the sky after suffering electrical problems.

This plane crash has left the world in shock and tributes have been pouring in for the victims of one of football’s worst disasters

Here are some facts about the team.

1.) Associação Chapecoense de Futebol was founded in 1973 in Chapeco, Santa Catarina

2.) They have played in the Brazilian top flight since the 2014/15 season, playing home matches at the Arena Conda.

3.) The team colours are green and white

4.)  Chapecoense have won the Santa Catarina State Championship five times – first in 1977 and most recently in 2016.

5.) It made history this year when they reached the finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2016 after defeating San Lorenzo de Almagro using the away goals rule.

6.) Due to the crash, the 2016 Finals in which the team were due to play was suspended indefinitely. Their opponents, Atletico Nacional of Colombia, offered to concede the tie to allow Chapecoense to be awarded the championship.

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