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Gambia President Must Step Down

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the UN Security Council has said....

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Stadium Blasts Kill 29 People

Two explosions near a football stadium in the heart of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and...

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Islamic State Fighters Re-Enter Ancient Palmyra In Syria

A look inside the ruins after they were recaptured from so-called Islamic State in March Islamic State group fighters...

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Explosions At Besiktas Stadium Kill At Least 13 People- Reports

Explosions near a stadium after a football game in Istanbul, Turkey, killed at least 13 people and injured others,...

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YouTube Tackles Unclaimed Music Royalties

Millions of dollars in unclaimed music royalties in the US will be distributed by YouTube following an agreement with...

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African Women’s Champions Nigeria In Fight For ‘welfare’

Nigeria's women's team say they are fighting for their rights as they continue a sit-in protest at a hotel in Abuja...

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Obama Orders Review Into ‘Russian Hacking’ Before US Election

President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into a series of cyber-attacks, blamed on Russia, that shook the US...

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Food Industry Warns of Higher Prices Without EU Workers

The UK faces higher food prices without continued access to EU workers, 30 food and drink associations have warned. In...

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First US Somali Lawmaker Gets ‘Islamophobic Threats’ In Taxi

The first Somali-American lawmaker in the US has said she was subjected to "hateful" anti-Muslim threats from a taxi...

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Kenya Court Halts HIV Data Collection

Patricia Asero Ochieng, who is HIV positive, says the ruling will protect those with the virus from stigmatisation A...

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Ghana Election Commission Website Hit By Cyber Attack

Hackers have targeted the website of Ghana's electoral commission as votes are counted after tightly contested...

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Infantino Ignores My Calls

Ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter has accused successor Gianni Infantino of disrespecting him and says the new head of...

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Boris Johnson’s Saudi ‘proxy Wars’ Comment ‘not UK’s View’

Downing Street has said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comments on Saudi Arabia do not represent "the government's...

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UK Minister Accuses Saudis Over ‘proxy Wars’

Boris Johnson has accused Britain's ally, Saudi Arabia, of engaging in "proxy wars" in the Middle East. The Guardian...

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Aleppo Battle: Victory In City Would Be ‘huge Step’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending the...

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Syria Rebels ‘withdraw From Old City’

Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the...

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African Women’s Champions Nigeria Launch Sit-In Protest

Nigeria’s women’s team have launched a sit-in protest in an Abuja hotel as they seek allowances and bonuses for...

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Many Dead and Dozens of Buildings Collapse

An undersea earthquake off Indonesia’s Aceh province has killed at least 24 people, with dozens feared trapped in...

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EU Negotiator Says ‘time’s Short’ For Reaching Deal

The UK will have to reach a Brexit deal by October 2018, according to the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit. Michel...