Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving officially ends

Saudi women are officially allowed to get behind the wheel, after a decades-old driving ban was lifted. The change was announced last September and Saudi Arabia issued the first licences to women earlier this month. It was the only country left in the world where women could not drive and families had to hire private chauffeurs for female relatives.

Turkey election: Erdogan wins re-election as president

Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Election authority chief Sadi Guven said the president "received the absolute majority of all valid votes".
State media reports put Mr Erdogan on 53% with 99% of votes counted, and his closest rival Muharrem Ince on 31%.
The opposition is yet to officially concede but said it would continue its democratic fight "whatever the result".

#WorldCup2018: Argentine players make team selection against Nigeria clash as coach Jorge Sampaoli is stripped of power

Argentina's World Cup camp is in total disarray following reports that coach Jorge Sampaoli has been stripped of effective power ahead of Tuesday night's crunch fixture with Nigeria. According to Daily Mail, Argentina's World Cup camp descended into chaos on Saturday night following their 1-1 draw with Iceland and their most recent 3-0 defeat with Croatia which saw senior players take the issue up to the Argentine FA general manager Jorge Burruchaga.

#WorldCup2018: Footballer's hair 'too wild' for Iranian TV

We have all had bad hair days, times when grooming didn't quite work out, but it's rare we expect our carefully-maintained, glossy locks to land us in trouble. When former Barcelona football star Carles Puyol accepted a spot to provide World Cup commentary on Iranian television, he probably did not think his trademark long curly hair would be cause for concern.

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah becomes honorary citizen of Chechen

Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that Liverpool's Egypt forward Mohamed Salah is now an honorary citizen of the Russian republic.  Salah is at the World Cup in Russia with Egypt, whose training base is in the Chechen capital Grozny. The 26 year old has been pictured with Kadyrov, who was accused of using the player for political propaganda.
 "Mohamed Salah is an honorary citizen of Chechnya! That's right! At a gala dinner, which I gave in honour of the Egyptian team, I handed Mohamed Salah a copy of the decree and a badge. This is a deserved title" Kadyrov wrote on Friday.

Zimbabwean president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, survived an assassination attempt. Two aides die.

Zimbabwean president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, survived an assassination attempt on his life today June 23rd. According to Zimbabwean media, 75-year-old President Mnangagwa who took over office from Robert Mugabe, had gone to the White City stadium for a political rally. After his speech, he was making his way down the podium when a bomb went off.

Madonna’s steamy love letter to female model up for auction

Read the TMZ report below...
Madonna was crushing hard on the model she famously kissed in her 1990 "Justify My Love" video, and professed it in a love letter... which could be yours, but not for cheap.
The Material Girl sent the handwritten letter to Amanda Cazalet in 1991, not long after the 2 worked together on the sexy music vid. She starts with a joke about not being able to get in touch with Amanda, saying it's like "trying to seduce the pope."
Read the letter below:

"Game of Thrones" co-stars Kit Harington, Rose Leslie married in Scotland

 Former "Game of Thrones" co-stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie married Saturday with a church service and a celebration at the bride's ancestral castle in Scotland. The couple and guests arrived for the afternoon service at Rayne Church, close to the 900-year-old Wardhill Castle in northeast Scotland, which is owned by Leslie's family.

White House deputy chief of staff to resign: White House officials

White House deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin, who led the U.S. advance team for President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, is resigning, White House officials said on Tuesday. Hagin, who plans to return to the private sector after entertaining a couple of jobs in other government agencies, is stepping down on July 6, the officials said.
“Joe Hagin has been a huge asset to my administration. He planned and executed the longest and one of the most historic foreign trips ever made by a president, and he did it all perfectly. We will miss him in the office and even more on the road. I am thankful for his remarkable service to our great country,” Trump said in a statement.

Oprah Winfrey is the first black woman to be listed in Bloomberg's Top 500 Richest People in the world. Now worth $4billion.

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, 64, is the first black woman to be listed in Bloomberg's Top 500 richest people in the world list, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Oprah comes in at number 483 with a networth of $4.02 billion. Since January 1st 2018, her networth has grown by over $420million.
 Her latest boost in wealth comes thanks primarily to her investment in Weight Watchers. In 2015, Winfrey put $43 million in the company and got a 10 percent stake. It was the company's recent stock rally on June 12, which sent share prices to record highs, that tipped Winfrey's wealth over $4 billion.
 She also recently announced a multiyear content deal with Apple reportedly worth $1billion.

African misery grows as Egypt join Morocco in elimination from #WorldCup2018

Uruguay booked their place in the World Cup knockout stage along with Russia on Wednesday, as Luis Suarez scored the winner on his 100th international appearance in a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Rostov-on-Don. The South Americans take on the hosts in their final Group A match on June 25 with top spot on the line, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been eliminated after both suffered back-to-back defeats.
Russia and Uruguay will face one of the top two from Group B in the last 16 - either Portugal, Spain or Iran.

Judge finally separates Mary J. Blige & husband

Mary J. Blige is officially a single woman. A judge signed off Wednesday on her divorce from Martin Isaacs. The exes had reached a settlement back in March, but hadn't hammered out details of their assets split.
They've now worked out the specifics but they're keeping it all under wraps. The terms are confidential it’s been reported. It's however unclear if Martin got his wish list which included $130k per month in spousal support. Mary and Martin got married in 2003. They do not have any kids together.

George and Amal Clooney donate $100,000 to help Immigrant Children who have been separated from their families

President Donald Trump‘s “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separates toddlers from their parents and put them in detention camps recently caused a global outrage. The policy which has now been reviewed saw wide-spread criticism, with several celebrities and public figures, including the first lady Melania Trump, singer John Legend and wife, Chrissy Teigen pushing for its removal.

Rats blamed for shredded banknotes inside Indian ATM

Technicians who arrived to fix a malfunctioning cash machine in the Indian state of Assam got a shock when they opened it up. Notes worth more than 1.2m rupees (£13,300; $17,600) had been shredded - and the suspected culprits are rats. Police said the rodents probably entered the machine through a hole for wiring, the Hindustan Times reported.

Chinese park grants free entry to heavier women

A theme park in northern China offered free entry tickets this week to women if they weighed over nine and a half stone (61.8kg), it's reported. According to the China Daily newspaper, the Tang Paradise park in the northern city of Xi'an granted hundreds of women free entry from 15-19 June if they were heavier than a Tang Dynasty imperial concubine.

Mom allegedly shoots son following an argument, says "I'll be damned if I let him have the last word"

A mother is in custody after allegedly shooting at her son following an argument on Saturday and saying, according to one witness, "I’ll be damned if I let him have the last word."
66-year-old Priscilla Ann Ethridge, of Panama City Beach, Florida, has been charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. Ethridge lives with her 46-year-old son and, on Saturday night, they both got into an argument at home. During the argument, the son stormed out of the house and rode away on his bicycle.

Laborer who demanded his pay dies, after three nails were hammered into his head

Robert Muchangi, a 28-year-old laborer from Meru County, Kenya, reportedly died on Wednesday at the Kenyatta National Hospital’s intensive care unit, where he was admitted an attack in Meru. The doctors  managed to pull the four-inch nails out of his head but he was still in critical condition on Monday. According to Standard media, Muchangi, a bricklayer, was attacked in Kabuitu, last Wednesday, by a man suspected to have offered him a building job at his home.

Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, dead at 46

Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, has died. The Gorilla Foundation says the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla died in her sleep at the foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains on Tuesday.
Koko was born at the San Francisco Zoo in 1971, and Dr. Francine Patterson began teaching the gorilla sign language that became part of a Stanford University project in 1974. The foundation says Koko's capacity for language and empathy opened the minds and hearts of millions.

Akon is launching his own cryptocurrency ‘Akoin’ to help African economy

Senegal-born star Akon — whose Lighting Africa project is bringing solar power to Africa — is at Cannes Lions launching a new cryptocurrency called Akoin that will be available for sale in two weeks with hopes it will help further help the continent.
“I think that blockchain and crypto could be the savior for Africa in many ways because it brings the power back to the people and brings the security back into the currency system and also allows the people to utilize it in ways where they can advance themselves and not allow government to do those things that are keeping them down,” he explained during a Meredith sponsored panel moderated by People deputy editor JD Heyman.

Manchester United sign Brazilian star Fred in £52m deal from Shakhtar Donetsk

Manchester United has completed the signing of Brazilian star Fred in a £52million deal from Shakhtar Donetsk. The 25-year-old was unveiled on Thursday afternoon after he signed a five-year deal at Old Trafford with the option to extend it by a further year.
Reacting to the latest addition to his squad, United boss Jose Mourinho praised the deal by saying his 'creative brain and passing vision' were the primary reasons behind his signing.