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West African Girls Show the Way In Senegal Tech Battle
West African schoolgirls, some not yet teenagers, have taken a starring role at an engineering competition in Senegal,...
Blackstone, Saudi Fund To Invest $40 Bln In US Infrastructure
US asset management giant Blackstone and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund announced Saturday they are...
Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped...
Joy As Chibok Girls Reunited With Parents
There were emotional scenes Saturday as 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released by Boko Haram Islamists earlier this month...
East African Leaders Press EU To Lift Burundi Sanctions
The presidents of Tanzania and Uganda called Saturday on the EU to lift sanctions on Burundi, but a diplomatic for the...
Elvis’ Rolls-Royce Tours Trump America In Cannes Doc
A documentary premiering at Cannes Saturday takes a road trip through Donald Trump country in Elvis Presley's old...
Smith Lauds Youngsters For Pune’s IPL Cricket Success
Rising Pune Supergiant might be packed with cricketing heavyweights, but skipper Steve Smith Saturday credited the...
Protesters In S.African Capital Decry Violence Against Women
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Pretoria on Saturday, angered by a rise in violence against women and...
Syria Rebels Being Evacuated From Last Homs District
The last Syrian rebels and their families were being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the...
US, Saudi Agree Arms Deals Worth Almost $110 Billion
Washington has agreed arms deals with Saudi Arabia worth almost $110 billion, a White House official said Saturday, the...
Assad Vows To Continue Working With Iran After Rouhani Win
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and...
Suspects To Face Trial Over UN Experts’ Congo Slayings
Two men are to go on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the kidnap and murder of two UN experts, a military...
US First Lady Ignores Trump Criticism and Shuns Headscarf
Melania Trump was dressed elegantly in all-black when she and her husband landed in Saudi Arabia Saturday morning, but...
ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The...
Sri Lanka Offers Fresh Probes Into Missing Thousands
Sri Lanka's President announced Saturday new investigations into alleged secret detention centres as part of a drive to...
First Lady’s Saudi Style A Big Deal
What women wear can often be the focus of critique and controversy -- all the more so when the woman is an ex-model,...
IS-Claimed Suicide Bombings Kill 35 In Iraq
Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people...
Pune Take On Mumbai In IPL Title Showdown
Steve Smith's Rising Pune Supergiant eye their maiden Indian Premier League crown as they meet tournament favourites...
Bangladesh Police Raid Opposition Leader’s Office
Bangladesh police swooped on the offices of the country's main opposition leader hunting "anti-state documents" on...