Oz dad who raped and pimped daughter jailed
Sydney: An Australian who repeatedly raped his daughter and organised for strangers to abuse her while he watched was jailed on Thursday for 22-and-a-half years, telling police “it was fun while it lasted”. The father, who cannot be named to protect the girl’s identity, admitted 61 offences between 2013 and 2015 when his daughter was aged between 11 and 13.
5 killed, 150 held in riots in South Africa
Johannesburg: The South African Government says five people have died in riots this week in and around the capital, Pretoria, though it reports progress in stabilising areas where violence has occurred.
The Government said on Thursday that police have arrested 150 people on charges including public violence, theft and possession of unlicensed firearms and suspected stolen property.
UN General Assembly ex-prez John Ashe dies
United Nations: Former UN General Assembly president John Ashe, who was accused in a corruption scandal, died of a heart attack at the age of 61, officials said. The US authorities arrested Ashe, who was General Assembly president for a year from September 2013, in October for allegedly accepting $1.3 million in bribes from a Chinese billionaire real estate mogul.