A week that started brightly for Thierry Henry and Monaco ended in disappointment as they let in two late goals to lose 2-1 at home to rising Montpellier in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Youri Tielemans gave Monaco the lead in the 42nd minute, but Andy Delort levelled after 81 minutes and Petar Skuletic hit the winner with four minutes left. ...

Jose Mourinho suggested after a third Premier League match without victory that his team had not had enough “mad dogs” on the field in their 2-2 draw with Southampton. To a neutral, it seemed that it was not rabid canines that were missing but intensity and desire at key times in the stalemate with a side who have yet to ...

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have married in a Christian ceremony at a royal palace in India. The Bollywood superstar and the Texan singer, formerly part of the Jonas Brothers, wed before family and friends in Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhavan Palace. People magazine said the ceremony was officiated by Jonas’s father Paul Kevin Jonas. The couple will have a traditional Hindu ...

An Egyptian actress who wore a revealing dress to the Cairo Film Festival is to go on trial on charges of “inciting debauchery”, reports say. Rania Youssef appeared in a lacy, black, see-through outfit that exposed most of her legs, outraging many Egyptians, though some said she should be able to wear what she wanted. She could be jailed for ...

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks, the US says. The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for their first talks since a trade war erupted this year. China says they agreed not to impose any new trade tariffs ...

Five people including four police officers have been killed by an explosive device left on a road in eastern Burkina Faso, reports say. Friday’s blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) took place in Boungou, an area that has seen a series of attacks attributed to jihadist militants. The police officers were providing an escort to goldmine workers, said AFP. ...

The Agricultural Technical and Professional Staff Union of Zambia (ATPSUZ) acting Secretary General Hacholi Makondo has observed that most farmers are having challenges to take up crop diversification to skyrocketing prices of some agriculture inputs. Mr. Makondo says this has caused some of them to stick to growing crops they think are cheaper to grow despite the detrimental effects. He ...

The National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) has predicted that Zambia’s economy will grow by 4 percent before the end of this year. NEAC Executive Secretary Webby Wake says the growth will be supported by construction that has continued to provide impetus interms of the economic activity, mining output, and manufacturing sector among other sectors as the main reasons that will ...

Government has been urged to adhere to the constitution and respect freedom of assembly, association and human rights. Operation Young Vote (OYV) Executive Director Guess Nyirenda is encouraging government to refrain from interfering with the freedoms enshrined in the constitution such as freedom of assembly, association among others because it is denting the image of the country. Mr. Nyirenda has ...

Government has disclosed that a total of 135, 208 birth certificates have been issued across the country in 2017 compared to 40, 000 that were issued in 2014. Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo says the birth registration programme seeks to help protect children from abuses and improve access to social services and education Mr. Kampyongo says the ministry has received ...