Dictator

Hussain Muhammad Ershad dead at 90: Ex-Bangladesh military dictator passes away at Dhaka hospital

The former military ruler of Bangladesh, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, died on Sunday aged 90, following age-related health complications, an aide said.

Sacha Baron Cohen teases new project 'mocking' Donald Trump on US Independence Day

In the 2016 satirical comedy Grimsby, which Baron Cohen starred in and co-wrote, Trump becomes infected with HIV after Daniel Radcliffe's blood is sprayed into his mouth due to a gunshot.

AIDS victims sue Gambian ex-president Yahya Jammeh for performing illegal experiments on them

Three AIDs victims are suing former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh for performing illegal experiments on them in the name of finding a cure for AIDS.

Robert Mugabe deposed in Zimbabwe: Africa's long and bloody history of military coups

After 1960, where no less than 17 African nations declared independence, the continent has seen a large number of dictatorships who have depended on the military.

Clashes erupt against President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela following court ruling

The Supreme Court ruled it can take over the powers of congress in what opponents of socialist President Nicolas Maduro, as well as foreign governments, denounced as the latest step toward installing a dictatorship in this South American nation.

The Fidel Castro I remember: A straightforward, open-minded Titan

When Fidel Castro walked in, he looked more like a CEO than a dictator. There was an aura about him. His clear eyes and frank air came across as businesslike yet warm.

Manila: Former dictator Ferdinand Marcos given a hero's burial at the Cemetery of Heroes

"It's not surprising,Ferdinand Marcos flouted the law when he was still alive, and even at his burial, he is still breaking the law," Gutierrez told AFP.

Assassinated by Pinochet? As mystery lingers, Chile reburies Nobel-winning Pablo Neruda

Chile reburied Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's remains on Tuesday after exhuming them to determine whether he was assassinated by late dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime - a mystery that still lingers.

The 'test case' for African Justice: Chadian dictator Habre goes on trial in Senegal

Chadian dictator Hissene Habre went on trial on Monday in Senegal, a quarter of a century after his blood-soaked reign came to an end, in a prosecution seen as a test case for African justice.

Where's N-Korean leader Kim Jong Un? Obesity to coup: Here are the conspiracy theories

Some reports indicate that Kim could have gout, diabetes — even, from a British news story, a cheese addiction—much of it based on that single line in the documentary and unidentified sources speaking to South Korean media. Here are the rumours doing rounds: