Oops! Rihanna Accidentally Reveals That Kanye West Is Going on Tour in 2015

Kanye West, we're gonna let you finish, but Rihanna already spilled the beans.

While promoting her charity earlier today, the Barbados beauty also accidentally broke the news that Yeezy is planning to go on a North American tour next year. Oops!

RiRi tweeted, "Help Clara Lionel Foundation make a difference! Bid on exclusive items in the #DiamondBall auction: http://smarturl.it/CLFa  #GivingTuesday," and among the lavish items up for bid is a "Kanye West Tour Experience." Hmmm...click.

With a starting bid of $15,000 (a vast discount from its estimated value of "priceless"), the lucky winner will get the following:

"Be Kanye West's special front row VIP guest for his upcoming North American 2015 tour. Experience a rare opportunity meet & greet with the icon.

This once-in-a-lifetime moment includes:

 Two (2) VIP tickets in city of your choice to a Kanye West concert date on his upcoming 2015 tour.

 A Private Meet & Greet with Kanye West before the show.

 A limited pair of Yeezy's in your size.

 Autographed tour memorabilia.

 Exclusive tour merchandise in winner's size."

Did you get that?! His "upcoming North American 2015 tour"! Thanks for the heads up, girl! E! News has reached out to Kanye's camp.

Other items included in the auction are various diamond jewelry pieces, a Rihanna tour experience, meet and greet with Sir Paul McCartney, artwork and a Hard Rock Hotel getaway (to name a few). But if you're interested, be prepared to drop some serious dough. The lowest starting bid from the entire auction is $500 (for a Moncler Gamme Rouge Coat).

The CLF foundation was founded by the star in 2012 and is in honor of Rihanna's grandparents, Clara and Lionel Brathwaite, and according to its mission statement, strives "to improve the quality of life for communities globally in the areas of health, education, arts, and culture."

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Suicide bomber targets Iranian ambassador’s house in Yemen

A suicide attacker drove a car laden with explosives at the Iranian ambassador’s residence in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, security officials said, killing as many as three people.

Ambassador Hasan Nam Wadi was not harmed when the attack took place in the diplomatic district of Hada, officials said.

The Wednesday morning blast also heavily damaged several buildings in the area.

Interior ministry said that one of the embassy guards and two transpassers, a woman and a child, were killed in the attack, adding that four were injured, one in critical condition.

Shia Muslim Houthi rebels close to Iran took control of Sanaa in September and fanned out across the country, clashing with Sunni tribesmen and also with Yemen’s local branch of al-Qaeda.

Hakim al-Masmari, the editor-in-chief for the Yemen Post newspaper, told Al Jazeera that no one has claimed responsibility yet for the incident.

“It is probable that it was al-Qaeda behind the attack as the group often targets Yemeni state targets as well as Houthi rebels and Shias,” he said.

“This is first of many expected attacks that al-Qaeda has been threatening against Houthi and Shia targets as Houthi offensive against al-Qaeda back tribesmen continue,” he added

“This shows how tense the situation in Yemenis. Iran is seen as the one of the main backers of Houthis in Yemen.”

The US and Yemen’s Sunni Gulf neighbours suspect Iran is meddling in the impoverished state and there are fears of sectarian warfare spreading to other countries of the region. Iran denies interfering in Yemeni affairs.

Iranian diplomats have been targeted in Yemen in the past. One Iranian diplomat is still being held hostage by suspected fighters and another was killed this year when he resisted a kidnapping attempt.

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Head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemns IS ‘barbarity’

The head of Al-Azhar, one of the most prestigious centres of Sunni Islam learning, on Wednesday condemned “barbaric crimes” committed by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Militants are acting “under the guise of this holy religion and have given themselves the name ‘Islamic State’ in an attempt to export their false Islam,” Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb told the opening session of a two-day international conference in Cairo on fighting extremism.

“I wonder and ask why this blind division exists that has tainted Arab blood,” Sheikh Tayeb said, adding that religious, political and economic factors were behind the emergence of groups such as IS.

But “some feel that our suffering is also a plot by Israel so it remains the most powerful country in the region, and that possibility can not be excluded”, he said.

Sheikh Tayeb called on the US-led coalition that is fighting IS “to confront those countries who support terrorism financially and militarily”.

“But we should not ignore our own responsibility for the emergence of extremism that has led to the formation of organisations such as Al-Qaeda and other armed groups.”

The United States launched its first air strikes against IS in Iraq in August, and in late September extended the campaign to IS targets in Syria, joined by aircraft from several Arab allies.

On Wednesday, the Pentagon said that Iranian warplanes had also carried out air strikes against IS in Iraq, although the foreign ministry in Tehran refused to confirm or deny the information.

The Cairo conference, organised by Al-Azhar, has delegates from several countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Morocco taking part.

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Japan launches asteroid-hunting spacecraft

Japan’s space agency has launched an ambitious space mission which aims to mine an asteroid and hunt for clues about the birth of the solar system.

About the size of a fridge, and fitted with an explosive bullet, Japan’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft embarked on a six-year space mission on Wednesday.

Building on a previous mission, which managed to bring rock fragments from another asteroid back to Earth in 2010, this time Hayabusa2 aims to do more.

The $260m spacecraft uses ion engines – a system which uses electricity to accelerate gas particles.

“That makes a jet that goes extremely fast about 30-40km/s,” said Dr Francisco Diego, from University College London. “Although the mass of this gas is very very low, it produces a little bit of a push in a very  efficient way and that’s enough to steer the spacecraft along the orbit.”

Hayabusa2 has a long way to go: more than 5 billion kilometres.

For the next two and a half years it will play catch-up with asteroid 1999 JU3. The asteroid is one of many that orbit the Sun, mainly between Earth and Mars. Once Hayabusa2 arrives, it will spend 18 months studying the asteroid.

Experiments include dropping tiny rover robots onto the surface to make scientific tests of the structure and chemical make-up of the asteroid.

The most ambitious part of the mission involves firing a high-speed explosive bullet into the asteroid’s crust.

“It’s going to produce a crater,” said Diego. “It’s going to produce a puff of material, ejecting material out into space, which is going to be collected by this instrument, and part of that cloud is going to be brought back.”

When that process is completed, Hayabusa2 will begin a year-long journey back to Earth, where it is hoped to arrive in 2020.

Scientists say the rock from inside the asteroid will be less weathered by the space environment and by heat. They hope these rocks will answer some fundamental questions about the early stages of the formation of the solar system, how Earth evolved, and where the Earth’s oceans may have formed.

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Snake bite, fibroid, hernia treated free in Langtang

By Sola Ogundipe
THIRTY three snake bite victims including a 60-year-old woman, Hanatu Dashe and 11-year-old Satya Ventnom were among 4,560 persons with various health challenges that accessed free comprehensive medical care during the 4th edition of the GEJ Medical Outreach in Zamko Comprehensive Health Centre in Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The patients were rushed to the Centre and administered Anti-snake venom-EchiTAbG 10ml, depending on the level of complication. It was gathered from nurses on duty confirmed that cost of treatment of about N90,000 per patient and administration of the Anti snake venom at N20,000- N25,000 a dose, were  made  possible through the quick intervention
Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe, who convened the Medical Outreach.
During the five- day free medical care initiative, a 230-strong medical team of doctors, nurses, lab scientists/attendants, pharmacists and other volunteers , traversed six Local Government Areas, 126 people had eye surgeries while 348 reading glasses were given out.
A total of 118 major and minor surgeries including hernia, fibroid and appendicitis were carried out successfully. Also, there were 3,833 HIV Treatment & Counseling services and over 4,000 treated mosquito nets distributed to nursing mothers and children.
Ochekpe who expressed joy at the commitment and passion of the volunteers wished the patients speedy recovery, even as Lead Consultant on the Outreach, Dr. Talemoh Wycliffe Dah said minor surgeries cost between N30, 000 to N40, 000 while the major ones cost between N60, 000 to N70, 000 in rural areas like Langtang and could cost much more in the city.

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