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http://ift.tt/2seASMA Shark fin activists protest outside Maxim's flag ship restaurant 'Maxim's Palace', the largest Chinese restaurant group, for selling threatened and endangered shark species in Hong Kong on June 10, 2017. Dozens of activists dressed in bloody shark costumes laid in front of the entrance of one of Hong Kong's most popular restaurants to protest against the finning of the marine predators. ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP Dozens of activists Saturday dressed in bloody costumes sprawled outside one of Hong Kong’s most popular restaurants linked to the sale of shark fin soup to protest against the killing of the marine predators. The southern Chinese city is one of the world’s biggest markets for shark fin, which is viewed by many Asians as a delicacy, often served as a soup at expensive Chinese banquets. Saturday’s demonstration included about 30 protesters wearing finless shark costumes splattered with red paint, chanting “when the buying stops, the kil...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three female suicide bombers have attacked a herding community in northeast Nigeria, killing two people and injuring seven others, according to a village elder and a civilian militia member. Ali Musa said the trio, believed to have been sent by Boko Haram jihadists, struck at Shuwari Buri village, 38 kilometres from Maiduguri at around 9:20 pm (2020 GMT) on Monday. “Two of them rushed into a thatched hut and detonated their explosives, killing two brothers who had retired for the night,” he added. “The third bomber detonated her explosives among residents who had gathered … injuring seven.” The three bombers had earlier told villagers they were travellers and asked them for accommodation for the night. But they were refused on security grounds. Ibrahim Liman, a member of the civilian militia assisting the military with security, gave an identical account. Shuwari Buri is in the Konduga area, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of the Borno state capital,...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J WBO middleweight champion, Billy Joe Saunders, has backed former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to resolve his doping issues, and fight on the undercard for Briton’s title defence against Georgian Avtandil Khurtsidze in July. Fury was charged by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) last June for allegedly consuming a performance-enhancing drug. He vacated his titles, admitted to battling depression and his boxing license was revoked in October pending an investigation. The former WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion, who has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko to win the titles in 2015, maintained his innocence prior to a UKAD hearing scheduled for last week that was subsequently postponed. “Mentally, Tyson is out of the dark place which worried me. “We had long chats and, like me, realised that what we do is box,’’ Saunders told reporters of his compatriot while promoting his fight on Monday. “It all comes down to there being only one thing for him and tha...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ado-Ekiti – An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mr Ilori Ayotunde and his wife, Yetunde. Ilori sought dissolution of the marriage on grounds of adultery, “no rest of mind and lack of care for him.’’ The 35-year-old furniture maker told the court on oath that the respondent was fond of having secret affairs with different men while she was living in his house. The father of two children told the court that the behaviour of the respondent did not give him peace of mind, whenever he thought of her actions. He urged the court to dissolve the marriage with the respondent to enable him have rest of mind. The petitioner also prayed the court to grant the custody of his two children to the respondent, pending the time he would be financially buoyant to provide a conducive accommodation for them. Ilori said he would be paying N5,000 as monthly feeding allowance ‎for the two children. The respondent, Mrs Yetunde Ayotunde...

http://ift.tt/2pLudE3 WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 11: The heads of the United States intelligence agencies (L-R) Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Central IntelligenceæAgency Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo testifiy before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. The intelligence officials were questioned by the committee during the annual hearing about world wide threats to United States' security. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP/ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about the global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in Russia. Six leading intelligence officials told a Senate hearing on external threa...

http://ift.tt/2pIYenQ Boko Haram Islamists have increasingly resorted to suicide attacks against civilians and security positions, as the group has been weakened by a sustained military counter-insurgency.STRINGER / AFP A security guard was killed early Saturday after two attackers blew themselves up in Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that has regularly been targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, officials said. About an hour after midnight (0000 GMT) “three suicide bombers, two men and a woman, tried to enter the University of Maiduguri, but were spotted by university security who stopped them for questioning,” the country’s NEMA emergency management agency said in a statement. “During questioning, the two men detonated their explosives, killing one of the guards and wounding another,” an agency spokesman, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said in the statement. The third suicide bomber managed to hide near a church on the campus and detonated her device damaging the structure but ...