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Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave C. Africa
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home...
IS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where Baghdadi Announced ‘caliphate’
Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul's iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr...
Comedy Host Noah ‘stopped Eight-10 Times’ By US Police
Trevor Noah, one of the most prominent comedy hosts in the United States, has spoken out against the wider problem of...
Canada Urges Qatar To Fight Terror Financing
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed "concern about the funding of terrorism" to the emir of Qatar on Wednesday,...
De Villiers Takes South Africa To 142-3 Against England
South Africa captain AB de Villiers top-scored for the Proteas as they were held to 142 for three by England in the...
Mali Delays Constitutional Referendum To Cool Tensions
Mali on Wednesday delayed a constitutional referendum due to be held on July 9 in the face of heavy political...
Trump Congratulates New Saudi Crown Prince, Raises Qatar Row
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated Saudi Arabia's newly appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...
Heavy Rains Have Killed 15 In Ivory Coast
The heavy rains drenching Ivory Coast since May have killed at least 15 people in the economic capital Abidjan and...
Saudis, Allies Have List of Demands For Qatar
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have drawn up a list of demands to be presented to Qatar, US Secretary of State Rex...
New Therapy For Macular Degeneration Shows Promise
An experimental treatment may significantly slow the progression of the blindness-causing disorder macular...
Ex-Haitian Coup Leader Guy Philippe Gets Nine Years In US Prison
A former Haitian coup leader and elected senator was sentenced to nine years in a US federal prison Wednesday after...
Police Officer Stabbed In Michigan Airport Attack
A police officer was stabbed at a Michigan airport early Wednesday, officials said, in what US authorities were...
Ioane Surprise In All Blacks To Face Lions
Rising star Rieko Ioane has replaced blockbusting wing Julian Savea while Kieran Read returns as captain in the All...
Afghan Taliban Release New Video of US, Australian Hostages
An American and an Australian have appeared in a second Taliban hostage video, nearly a year after they were kidnapped...
Saudis To Host Women’s Professional Squash Event
Saudi Arabia will stage a women's squash tournament later this year with world champion Nour El Sherbini and eight-time...
Thousands of Yogis Search For Serenity In Times Square
Thousands of yoga aficionados celebrated the summer solstice amid the neon lights and cacophony of Times Square...
Diageo Buys George Clooney’s Tequila Casamigos For $1bn
Diageo, the British maker of alcoholic drinks, said Wednesday it had agreed to buy Casamigos, an upscale tequila brand...
Republican Win In Georgia Gives Trump Breathing Room
Finally, some good news for Donald Trump: battling dismal approval ratings, the US president on Wednesday relished a...
US Congressman’s Shooter Had List of Six Lawmakers
The gunman who shot four people including a senior US lawmaker last week near Washington had kept a list of six members...