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Jay-Z Photo: creative commons By Kara Scannell and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sean "Diddy" Combs has amended her lawsuit to include allegations that she was also assaulted by Jay-Z at the same party. The lawsuit was initially filed against Combs in October, but on Sunday the woman added Shawn Carter, the rapper and businessman known as Jay-Z, as a defendant in the civil lawsuit. Carter is the first celebrity to be accused of sexual assault in connection to Combs. In a statement addressed to CNN, Carter called the allegations "so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?" Combs was indicted on charges of...

Kiwi Michael Adair and colleague Mark Overton talk to the couple during the rescue mission. Photo: LifeFlight A couple have been rescued after their four-wheel drive was washed away in crocodile-infested flood waters in north-west Queensland. The couple, aged in their 50s, were stranded in the remote Gulf of Carpentaria after departing Normanton on last Thursday for Kowanyama. Emergency services were notified early on Saturday after a friend reported the couple overdue. New Zealand pilot Michael Adair was first one the scene in what was his first week working at LifeFlight. It is believed the couple had attempted to drive across a river crossing north-west of Staaten River National Park when the vehicle was overcome by a wave of floodwater. The couple told the Mount Isa LifeFlight rescu...

Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni Photo: UN Photo Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni resigned on Monday ahead of a no-confidence motion, the Tongan parliament office has confirmed. "At the opening of today's (Monday) session a teary-eyed Prime Minister asked the Lord Speaker if he could say a few words, before the Motion was tabled. He was permitted to address the House," Matangi Tonga reports. Read more: Tonga's no confidence vote against PM spotlights political fracture Tonga PM resigns as defence minister after meeting with King, makes room for noble "I'll be resigning immediately according to the Constitution," he was quoted as saying. The prime minister defeated a previous vote of no confidence in September last year. According to Matangi Tonga, the motion for the...

A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is pictured with its frame broken, in a Syrian regime's Political Security Branch facility on the outskirts of the central city of Hama, following the capture of the area by anti-government forces, on 7 December 2024. Photo: OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP Overthrown Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow after being granted asylum in Russia, according to Russian state media TASS, citing a source in the Kremlin. "Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow. Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum," the Kremlin source said, according to TASS Meanwhile, Syrian rebel forces reached additional cells in the notorious Saydnaya prison on Sunday, freeing more prisoners from inhumane conditions after seizing ...

By Sophie Tanno, Nic Robertson, Madalena Araujo, Catherine Nicholls and Mostafa Salem, CNN File photo. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, left, talks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow, Russia. om 2022.. Photo: AFP As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumours swirled about his whereabouts. After a day of intrigue, the mystery was solved when Russian state media announced he had landed in Moscow. "Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow. Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum," a Kremlin source said, according to TASS. Since the uprising began, and the rebels rapidly advanced through the country, Assad had kept a low profile. After meeting with Iran's foreign minister last weekend, he pledged to fig...