WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Chris Brown canceled plans for a Down Under tour Wednesday after Australian authorities earlier warned the troubled R&B singer they were likely to refuse him a visa because of his criminal conviction for assaulting pop star Rihanna. Ticketing agency Ticketek posted a statement from Brown’s promoters saying the planned December tour of Australia and New Zealand ...

RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Four Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus shortly after MPs voted to approve bombing. The strikes focused on six targets in an oil field under IS control in eastern Syria, the BBC understands. On Wednesday, MPs ...

Two heavily armed suspects – one male and one female – have been killed by police after a mass shooting in California left 14 people dead. Police confirmed that the suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns and wearing “assault-style clothing”. Hours earlier, the gunmen opened fire during a holiday party at a San Bernardino community centre. Up to ...

Egypt came from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Nigeria on Wednesday after an African 2016 Olympic Games qualifying thriller in Senegal. It was the second successive Group B Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations match in which the Nigerians suffered a second-half defensive meltdown after hanging on for a 3-2 win over Mali last Sunday having led by three ...

Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has spoken of his admiration for retiring NBA legend Kobe Bryant after a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant announced his decision to retire at the end of the season earlier this week having won five NBA titles and two Olympic gold medals in a hugely succesful career. “It’s always ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Women have appealed opposition political parties to respect President Edgar Lungu. PF National Women’s Chairperson Margret Mumba says President Lungu deserves respect because he was put in office by the Zambian people. She says unwarranted attacks on President Lungu are actually exposing the desperation of the opposition especially the UPND and FDD. Ms Mumba says the opposition ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has expressed concern with the manner the media is reporting on the current economic crisis the country is facing. Mr. Changala has observed that the media is making it look as if Zambia is the only country affected by the falling global commodity prices. In an interview with Qfm News, Mr. Changala has advised that ...

Government has been advised to come up with robust fiscal measures in 2016 in an effort to bridge the growing budget deficit. Bweengwa Member of Parliament Highvie Hamududu is urging government to devise measures that will particularly address the issue of fiscal indiscipline in the public service. Mr. Hamududu is concerned that currently there are many controlling officers who are ...

Government has been challenged to state clearly how it intends to diversify the economy from being copper dependent to agriculture with the meagre allocation to the sector in the 2016 National Budget. Some of opposition political parties have told QFM News it is not possible to go the agriculture way when government has only allocated 7 percent of the 2016 ...

President Edgar Lungu has retained former PF and republican Vice President Guy Scott to the 56 member new look PF Central Committee. President Lungu has however retained Dr. Scott who was stripped of the PF vice Presidency at the height of the party succession dispute early this year as an ordinary Central Committee member. President Lungu has also retained Inonge ...