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Nigeria’s Buhari Misses Second Cabinet Meeting In A Row
Nigeria's president has missed the last two meetings of his cabinet, a senior minister said on Wednesday, in comments...
Ivanka Trump Draws Line With Father On Syrian Refugees
First Daughter Ivanka Trump is contradicting her father, the US president, insisting that allowing Syrian refugees to...
13 Big Businesses Urge Trump To Stay In Paris Deal
Thirteen big businesses, including oil giant Shell and retailer Walmart, on Wednesday urged US President Donald Trump...
Zurich Classic Unveils New Team Format
The US PGA Tour takes an intriguing twist this week as the Zurich Classic of New Orleans unveils its new two-man team...
Missing Trekkers Found In Nepal After 7 Weeks, 1 Dead
Rescuers on Wednesday found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks...
Hepatitis E Outbreak Kills 25 In Niger Refugee Camp
Bad water and hygiene have led to an epidemic of hepatitis E that has killed 25 people over several months in a refugee...
‘ US Admiral Takes Blame In Carrier To N.Korea Fiasco
The US admiral who ordered an aircraft carrier and other warships toward the Korean Peninsula in a much-hyped...
Oscar-Winning ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Director Dies
Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" who also led Tom Hanks to an Oscar in...
Nigeria Football In $8.2 Million Deal To Pay National Coaches
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday signed a five-year deal worth $8.2 million (7.5 million euros) with...
How Humans Are Ruining Earth From Beyond the Grave
It's not only in life that humans leave their mark on nature. In death, our decomposing corpses alter the chemistry of...
Twitter Gets Lift From Uptick In User Numbers
Twitter shares shot higher Wednesday after its quarterly update showed improving growth in user numbers, offsetting...
20 Killed In Clashes In DR Congo’s Kasai Region
Twenty people died in ethnic clashes last week in the troubled central Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Israel Says It Uncovered Planned Mass Cyber Attacks
Israeli authorities said on Wednesday that they had detected planned cyber attacks against 120 public and private...
China Urges End To US-S.Korea Military Exercises
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged an end to US-South Korean military manoeuvres Wednesday as well as a stop to...
Iraqi Forces Seize Ancient Site of Hatra From IS
Iraqi pro-government forces said Wednesday they had seized the UNESCO-listed ancient site of Hatra from the Islamic...
Saudi Fire Stops ‘rebel Boat Bomb’ From Yemen
The Saudi coast guard fired on an unmanned boat rigged with explosives, thwarting an attack on one of the kingdom's oil...
Bangladesh To Build Hundreds of Mosques With Saudi Cash
Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, an official...
US Warship Fires Warning Flare At Iran Vessel In Gulf
A US warship has fired a warning flare at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards vessel that refused to maintain distance in...
Turkey Says US, Russia Informed of Strikes On Kurd Militia
Turkey informed the United States and Russia before launching strikes against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, the...