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Turkey Says 2,000 Syrian Families Set For Citizenship
Istanbul authorities on Thursday said 2,000 Syrian families in the city could be set for Turkish citizenship but the government...
Read more16 Killed In Three Days of DR Congo Clashes
Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo's army...
Read moreWilder Tests KO Power In Defending Heavyweight Crown
Undefeated World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will learn Saturday if his surgically repaired right hand still has the...
Read morePutin Says Wants To Stabilise Syria’s ‘legitimate’ Power
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow's goal in Syria was to "stabilise the legitimate authority" and strike a...
Read moreSome Dakota Pipeline Protesters Defy Evacuation Deadline
Dozens of protesters remained at a North Dakota camp site on Thursday, refusing to vacate the area where Native Americans...
Read moreTight Security For Africa’s Top Film Festival In Burkina
Burkina Faso is laying on tight security for Africa's top film festival which kicks off Saturday in a nation hit...
Read moreEU Says Trade Pact Approval Rests On Vietnam’s Rights Record
European parliamentarians warned communist Vietnam on Thursday that a failure to improve its human rights record threatens to hinder the...
Read moreNigeria Summons South Africa Ambassador Over Anti-Immigrant Violence
Nigeria on Thursday said it had summoned South Africa's top diplomat to register its fears about a fresh wave of...
Read morePenguins In the Age of Dinos
A giant penguin foot-bone discovered in New Zealand shows that the ancestors of everyone's favourite flightless bird waddled Earth during...
Read moreSixers Send Ilyasova To Hawks For Splitter
Turkish forward Ersan Ilyasova, enjoying a career-best season, was traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Atlanta Hawks for injured...
Read moreIsrael Shuts Jerusalem School Accused of Hamas Links
Israeli police said on Thursday they had closed a private Palestinian school in annexed east Jerusalem, accusing its officials of...
Read moreThe Facts Behind the US-Mexico Fight
Top US and Mexican officials were meeting Thursday in Mexico City over Washington's plans to crack down on illegal immigration...
Read moreBashir Orders Full Aid Access To S. Sudan Famine Areas
President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to famine-hit South Sudan through...
Read moreHong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Sought By Sri Lanka Agents
Sri Lankan refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong have been targeted by agents from their home...
Read moreCroatians Charged Over ‘racial Insult’ To Jamie Foxx
Two Croatian men have been charged with violating public order, a judge said Thursday, after they allegedly racially insulted Oscar-winning...
Read moreAmerican Peterson Fires 62 In Rain To Lead Joburg Open
American Paul Peterson defied torrential rain to fire a first-round 62 in the Joburg Open Thursday before the weather forced...
Read moreUAE Signs Over $5 Bln In Deals At Arms Fair
The United Arab Emirates announced Thursday it signed contracts worth a total of more than $5 billion to purchase weaponry...
Read moreFukushima Operator Eyes Plan To Clean Up Plant
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Thursday it will craft a plan this summer to extract highly...
Read moreWorld Donors Gather In Oslo To Tackle Nigeria Famine
UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions...
Read more‘Africa’s Most Acute Crisis’
An international conference in Oslo on Friday aims to raise $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) to help people affected by...
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