AFP, SYDNEY: A rock flake found in Australia is believed to be from the world’s oldest known axe and likely dates from just after humans arrived in the country around 50,000 years ago, scientists said Wednesday. The fragment, about the size of a thumbnail, was found in Western Australia’s…

AFP, LONDON: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged Britain to return assets stolen by corrupt officials in pointed remarks after Prime…

AFP, NEW YORK: An assailant stabbed at least six people, killing two, Tuesday at a home and a shopping mall in the US state of Massachusetts before an off-duty sheriff shot the suspect to death, police said. The violence began after the suspect, identified as Arthur DaRosa, 28, crashed his car into…

AFP, CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Wednesday recommended death sentences for 25 people over deadly tribal clashes in 2014 in the southern province of Aswan, judicial and prosecution officials said. The court asked the mufti—the country’s official interpreter of Islamic law—to consider…

AFP, BRASILIA: Brazil’s Senate opened debate Wednesday ahead of a vote on suspending President Dilma Rousseff and launching an impeachment trial that could bring down the curtain on 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America’s biggest country. Even allies of Rousseff, 68, said she had no…

AFP, LAHORE: Three young women in one family were shot dead by male relatives who suspected them of having “illicit relations” with other men, police in eastern Pakistan said Wednesday. The women, aged 22, 28 and 29, all lived in the same house in the city of Faisalabad. “The men suspected…