Egypt has apologised after 12 people, including eight Mexican tourists, were mistakenly killed by security forces in an anti-terror operation. The group had permission to travel to a remote area of the Western Desert, tourism officials said. However the interior ministry insists they entered a restricted area. Egypt has been battling Islamist militants for years, with attacks escalating since the ...

The actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been named the new host of NBC’s competition show Celebrity Apprentice. Mr Schwarzenegger will replace Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as host in 2016. Mr Trump and the broadcaster parted ways after he made derogatory comments about immigrants in June. He continues to lead polls among candidates for the Republican ...

Hungary has brought in tough new migrant laws which it says will “start a new era” in preventing the inflow of illegal immigrants. Police can now detain anyone who tries to breach a razor-wire fence built on the border with Serbia. Hungary has become a key point on the journey north for thousands of migrants from the Middle East and ...

A 3D moving image of the late singer Whitney Houston is being developed by a US entertainment firm. It is working with the Houston estate and hopes to tour the product in 2016. Hologram USA has patented what it calls a “high-tech version” of a 16th century illusion called Pepper’s Ghost. It can cost “millions of dollars” to develop an ...

Rafael Benitez was the best tactical manager Steven Gerrard ever played under but the former Liverpool captain said he felt the Spaniard did not like him as a person, according to an extract from his autobiography being serialised in the Daily Mail. Gerrard left Anfield to join LA Galaxy after 17 years at his boyhood club and has already gone ...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Monday demanded patience for newly signed forward Memphis Depay to allow him to settle into the punishing pace of the Premier League. “I have to be patient with Memphis and the fans also have to be patient,” Van Gaal told journalists at a press conference, a day ahead of Tuesday’s Champion’s League group ...

The Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) has called on government to ensure inmates are captured in the ongoing mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRC). PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka says inmates in other African countries like Lesotho and Kenya are allowed to vote saying it should be their right to vote in Zambia as well. Mr. Malembeka says ...

Patriotic Front Chairperson for Elections, Emmanuel Mpakata has assured women in the party that they will be allocated a fair share in the adoption process for the 2016 General Election. Mr. Mpakata says President Edgar Lungu’s appointment of women to key positions is an assurance to the women folk that they will be given a fair share in the adoption ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has expressed worry at the high number of child defilement cases in the country. CCZ General Secretary Susanne Matale says Zambians should be worried that despite many interventions to eradicate the vice, cases of child defilement are still on the increase. Reverend Matale says it is for this reason that the church has ...

Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu says the commission awaits further direction from Parliament with regards the holding of the 2016 tripartite elections alongside the constitutional referendum. Justice Chulu says this is considering that the issue of holding 2016 polls alongside the constitutional referendum is before Parliament and has not yet been finalized. He says once Parliament ...