Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper and a US blogger for $150m (£114m) over allegations she was a sex worker in the 1990s, her lawyer says. The Daily Mail suggested Mrs Trump may have worked as a part-time escort in New York, and met husband Donald Trump, who is now running for the White House, earlier than previously reported. ...

The opposition UPND says its losing parliamentary candidates who have withdrawn their election petitions and defected to the ruling Patriotic Front are practicing politics of the belly. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says such decisions are unreasonable because they do not add any value to society. Mr. Katuka has wondered why they filed the petitions in the first place if ...

Political Scientist Chris Zimba says the number of parliamentary petitions filed in the High Court is an indication that the country’s democracy is growing. Mr. Zimba also shows increased stakeholder and political trust in the country’s judicial system. He however, notes that there many lessons that the country should draw from the increase in the number of election petitions being ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says FDD President Edith Nawakwi is entitled to her opinion which it respects. Reacting to Ms Nawakwi’s call for ECZ to be disbanded, ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna says people should not forget that August elections were not the first elections the commission conducted. He says the Commission the remains the same electoral ...

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into German football legend Franz Beckenbauer and three others over Germany’s bid for the 2006 World Cup. As members of that cup’s organising committee, they are suspected of fraud, criminal mismanagement, money laundering and misappropriation. Some of the alleged crimes were carried out on Swiss territory. Mr Beckenbauer, who headed the bid, has ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) says there is no need to increase the number of Cabinet Ministers by creating the ministry of religious affairs. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the country’s treasury is already stressed and that creating another ministry will be an unnecessary additional cost. Mr. Mwanza has since appealed to Members of Parliament not to allow ...

Patriotic Front and UPND youths have been praised for exhibiting calmness following the filing of the presidential petition the UPND. Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) president Andrew Nthewewe is pleased that the youths have remained calm while waiting for the verdict to be passed by the constitutional court. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe says it is also important that youths across ...

Vice President Inonge Wina has reiterated government’s commitment to promoting equal participation of men and women in sport and discourage any form of gender discrimination. Speaking during a luncheon hosted in honor of World Boxing Council female bantam-weight champion Catherine Phiri, Ms. Wina says it is gratifying that a number of women and girls in the country are rising from ...

Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent will play a major part in the seventh season of epic TV fantasy Game of Thrones. Details of Broadbent’s character have not been revealed – but Entertainment Weekly quoted a spokesperson as saying he would have a “significant” role. The versatile 67-year-old British actor won an Oscar in 2002 for Iris. He has appeared in TV ...

A rocket operated by the aerospace company SpaceX has exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral where it was being test-fired ahead of a launch. In a statement, the company blamed the blast on “an anomaly” and said no-one had been injured. It said the rocket’s payload, a satellite due to be launched on Saturday, was also destroyed. The ...