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Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In NE Nigeria
Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...
Tillerson Discusses Syria With Russia’s Lavrov
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the conflict in Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Friday, the...
Greenpeace Warns Giant Bangladeshi Coal Plant Could Cause Early Deaths
A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the...
Health Care Heads To US Senate, Bitter Fight Expected
With US Republicans relishing a win in the Obamacare repeal process, Democrats Friday girded for battle, warning that...
EgyptAir Crash An Accident, Say French Investigators
No traces of explosives were found on the remains of French victims from an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the...
Trump Will Work With ‘whoever’ France Elects As President
US President Donald Trump will work with "whoever the people of France decide to elect" as their leader, his...
Kanye West Exits Social Media
Rap superstar Kanye West, long a prolific user of Twitter, has disappeared from social media after months of erratic...
Former Mauritanian Junta Chief Dies of Heart Attack
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, the former head of a military junta who ruled Mauritania from 2005 until 2007, died Friday of a...
Former Burkina Faso President Named UN Burundi Envoy
A former Burkina Faso president, Michel Kafando, has been appointed the new UN envoy for Burundi, where efforts to end...
Simbine Surprises In Diamond League 100m Opener
South Africa's Akani Simbine surprised a world-class sprint field, including Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell and Andre De...
Boko Haram Attack In Chad Kills Nine Troops, 40 Jihadists
Nine Chadian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an army post in the Lake Chad region on Friday, local and...
Suspects In Uganda Police Murder Claim They Were Tortured
Thirteen men accused of involvement in the murder of high-ranking police officer Andrew Kaweesi and two aides appeared...
Will Trump Save the Middle East Peace Process?
As he plans his first foreign trip and visits to Israel and the Palestinian territories, US President Donald Trump...
Obama To Back Healthy Eating At Milan Food Conference
Barack Obama will be the keynote speaker at a food innovation conference this month in Milan, the latest move by the...
‘El Chapo’ Set To Go On Trial In New York In April 2018
A US federal judge ruled Friday that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious...
Iran’s Rouhani Slams Nuclear Deal Saboteurs In Debate
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani criticised conservative opponents for trying to sabotage the nuclear deal with world...
Iceland Begins ‘Thor’ Scheme To Produce Geothermal Energy From Magma
If successful, the experimental project could produce up to 10 times more energy than an existing conventional gas or...
Young Couple Break 300-Year Chinese Village Curse
A stream little more than a metre wide separates them, but for at least three centuries a bitter rivalry pitted two...
Takedown of Underground Pedophile Network Nets 900 Arrests
Nearly 900 suspected pedophiles have been arrested and almost 300 children identified or rescued from their abusers...