Ugandan opposition leader charged with treason over protests

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s main opposition leader has been charged with treason and jailed in a remote area in the country’s northeast, a judiciary spokesman said Saturday.

Kizza Besigye was handed charges late Friday stemming from his public attacks on the legitimacy of President Yoweri Museveni, who won a disputed election in February, said Solomon Muyita.

I forged certificates to help the needy –75-year-old retired teacher

A 75-year-old retired teacher, Onuzuruike Udu, paraded by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly forging different certificates said he committed the act “out of milk of human kindness.”

The old man said he committed the act out of the necessity to help the youths and the downtrodden.

“I was in the school system. I knew what the system looked like, where you would fail a brilliant child and pass a dull one because of gratification.

Boy Makes Puppy Watch YouTube Tutorials Instead of Training Him in Adorable Viral Photo

When a boy's parents told him that he was responsible for training his new puppy, what they didn't expect was just how smart their iPad-toting son was.

Lincoln Ball, 4, was given a puppy after his doctor discovered he was severely allergic to outdoor allergens, his father Daniel Ball told ABC News.

Boko Haram Leader Kaou Captured as 58 Militants Die in Raid

A joint military taskforce from Cameroon and Nigeria captured Boukar Kaou, a Boko Haram leader, during a raid in which 58 militants died, according to Cameroon’s government.

Kaou and five of his aides were captured in fighting in the Madawaya forest in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon on May 10 and 11, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a spokesman for Cameroon’s government said in a

Michael Jackson’s Daughter Paris Jackson ‘Totally Out Of Control,’ Report Says

Paris Jackson's family is concerned over the 18-year-old's wild lifestyle as she is "totally out of control," Radar Online reported Friday, citing a source. According to the report, late Michael Jackson's daughter got a tongue ring and several tattoos since she started dating Michael Snoddy.

"Katherine absolutely detests this style of dress," the source told Radar Online about Paris' grandmother Katherine. "She is not into tattoos or piercings at all."

Man Rips Off Woman’s Hijab During Flight, Yells ‘This Is America’

Last December, Gil Parker Payne spotted a Muslim woman wearing a hijab on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Payne, who was seated several rows behind the woman, walked up the aisle towards her while the plane was still in flight, stopped next to her seat, and said, “Take it off! This is America!” When she didn’t follow his orders, he proceeded to pull her hijab all the way off, leaving the woman’s head exposed.

On Friday, the 37-year-old man from Gastonia, North Carolina, plead guilty in the District of New Mexico one count of “using force or threat of force to intentionally obstruct a Muslim woman … in

Russia 'sorry' and 'ashamed' over doping scandal: sports minister

London (AFP) - Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko apologised on Sunday for the doping scandal that threatens the athletic superpower's participation in the Rio Olympics.

Mutko, writing in The Sunday Times, admitted the Russian Athletics Federation and athletes had made "serious mistakes" breaking anti-doping rules.

He said "they had rejected the principle of fair-play so fundamental to sport for immediate benefits.

"Let us be clear. We are ashamed of them."