US Comedian Mike Epps Graduates from High School at 45 (photos)

This is an inspiring story for us all. American stand-up comedian, actor and rapper, Michael
Elliot aka (Mike Epps) just got his high school diploma at the age of 45. He shows how proud he is to attain this feat through a post he share via Instagram.

Albinism in Malawi: Living in Fear

Photo credit: Getty Images

Over the past two years, at least 65 people with albinism have been attacked in Malawi - sometimes mutilated and dismembered alive by machete-wielding assailants.

Amnesty International has documented what it calls "ritual killings" of people with albinism in Malawi. And on Tuesday, a Malawi newspaper said that "two days cannot pass without
hearing on the local media cases of people with albinism being killed". Last week, a local activist told Al Jazeera that the situation is "a crisis".

Two American Missionaries Murdered & Dumped in Bushes Outside a Church in Jamaica

Two U.S. missionaries Randy Hentzel and Harold Nichols, were found
slain on April 30 in Kingston, Jamaica - a rural area m that has long
struggled with high rates of violent crime.

The battered bodies of the missionaries, who lived and worked in
Jamaica for a Pennsylvania-based religious organization called Teams
for Medical Missions, were found in separate areas of St. Mary parish.

India Drought: Bihar State Bans Daytime Cooking

With sizzling temperatures claiming more than 300 lives this
month in India, officials have banned daytime cooking in
some parts of the drought-stricken country in a bid to
prevent accidental fires that have killed nearly 80 more
people.

"We call this the fire season in Bihar," Vyas, a state disaster
management official who goes by one name, said. "Strong,
westerly winds stoke fires which spread easily and cause
great damage."

North Korea Hands US Citizen 10 Years Hard Labour

North Korea has sentenced a Korean American man to 10
years' hard labour for subversion, China's Xinhua news
agency reported .

Kim Dong-chul, 62, was arrested in North Korea in October
and admitted to stealing military secrets and plotting
subversion with South Koreans, the North's official news
agency reported.