Captain Aron Gunnarsson says Iceland will take inspiration from fellow underdogs Wales when they take on hosts France in the quarterfinals on Sunday – and the tiny country even believe they can win Euro 2016 outright. Iceland, with a population of just 330 000, have produced a series of astonishing displays to reach the tournament’s last eight, including a comfortable 2-1 ...

At least 55 people have been killed in northern Pakistan and India in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains. Floods in the Chitral district of Pakistan damaged houses and a mosque killing at least 30, officials said. Another 25 are now known to have died in floods and landslides in India’s Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh states in ...

At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the central district of Karrada late on Saturday. The mainly Shia area was busy with shoppers late at night because it is the holy month of ...

The opposition UPND Youths in Central province have called on the ruling party to stop politics of intimidation. UPND Central Province Youth Chairman Milner Mwanakampwe tells QFM News via telephone that the party members are finding it difficult to campaign as the PF are using all sorts of methods to frustrate and intimidate them. Mr. Mwanakampwe says even the police ...

Government has been encouraged not to ignore calls of establishing more Gender Based Violence fast track courts in the country in order to deal with the growing GBV cases in the country. Advocacy Against Child Abuse and Gender Based Violence Executive Director Bellion Chola tells QFM News via telephone that the cases of GBV and Child Abuse in Zambia are ...

A male juvenile of Sinda District in Eastern Province has been murdered by his friend while at a Nyau traditional camp known as Dambwe. Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the police service has received a report in which a male juvenile aged 15 of Village Mukuwamba, Chief Mbangombe, from Sinda District was murdered by Jacob Zulu aged 19 of ...

Government says the rolling out of the e-voucher system from the initial 13 to 39 districts will see the addition of six hundred thousand farmers. Agriculture Deputy Minister Maxas Ng’onga says government under the Farmers Input Support Programme (FISP) will supply subsidized inputs to about 1.6 million farmers across the country. Mr. Ng’onga says all the challenges that came with ...

Michael Cimino, one of the most famous directors of the 1970s whose career was torpedoed by the memorable flop “Heaven’s Gate” has died. He was believed to be 77. Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux broke the news in a French-language tweet, saying Cimino died “in peace, surrounded by his family and two women who loved him. We loved him ...

At least 75 people have been killed and some 100 injured in two bombings carried out by so-called Islamic State in Baghdad, officials say. In the first attack late on Saturday, a suicide car bomb exploded near a restaurant and shopping area in the central district of Karrada. The street was busy with shoppers after sundown in the holy month ...

Bangladesh has declared two days of national mourning for those killed when Islamic militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka. Twenty hostages, most of them foreign, were killed in the attack. Two police officers also died and 30 were injured. Bangladeshi commandos rescued 13 people after a 12-hour siege, killing six gunmen and arresting another. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, ...