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Man pleads with police to jail him to escape wife at home

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2021

A man under house arrest in Italy showed up at a police barracks asking to be put behind bars because life with his wife at home was unbearable, police said Sunday. The 30-year-old Albanian citizen living in Guidonia Montecelio, outside Rome, “was no longer able to cope with the

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Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2021

Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, has died of complications from Covid-19. He was 84. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family said […]

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MURIC to President Erdogan: Stop persecuting opposition…warns Buhari to be wary of the antics of the Turkish president

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2021

The Muslim Rights Concern has told the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to stop the persecution of opposition in his country. MURIC said this in a statement on Monday ahead of the State Visit of the Turkish president to Nigeria. The State Visit will take place on Monday (today). MURIC berated the Turkish leader […]

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Romanian billionaire, seven others die in plane crash near Milan

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2021

A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported.  The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had taken off from Milan’s Linate airport shortly after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) headed for Olbia in […]

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Muslim MP who called Taliban “our brothers” loses seat in election

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2021

Canada’s Liberal Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Maryam Monsef, who immigrated to Canada on the pretext that she was an Afghanistan-born refugee, but was really born in Iran, lost her seat in Monday’s snap election. Jihad Watch reports that Monsef made news far and wide for referencing the Taliban as “our brothers” less than […]

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“Failed” coup attempt reported in Sudan

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2021

A coup attempt in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, state media reported, as the country grapples with a fragile transition since the 2019 ouster of longtime President Omar al-Bashir. Top military and government sources told AFP that the attempt involved a group of officers who were “immediately suspended” after they “failed” to take over the state […]