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UN Fears Gaza Energy Crisis Could Spark Fresh Violence

The United Nations warned Friday that an energy crisis in the Gaza Strip was severely affecting water supplies and...

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Monsoon Rains Kill At Least 25 In Sri Lanka

Landslides and floods killed at least 25 people and left another 42 missing in Sri Lanka following heavy monsoon rains...

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Last Message To South Korea Ferry Victim

The last messages to a victim of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster were revealed Friday after their mobile phone was...

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Rescue Drill Turns Real As US Coast Guard Finds Missing Tongans

A search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a...

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FDA Working To Discourage Growers Use of Polluted Irrigation Sources

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it is working with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to discourage...

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Rescuers Pull 2,300 Migrants, Two Dead From Mediterranean

Around 2,300 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Thursday and two others were found dead in operations...

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Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief

Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some...

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Expect Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season, US Forecasters Say

The Atlantic ocean could see another above-average hurricane season this year, with 11-17 big storms and as many as...

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Fire Ravages Shops At Nkrumah Circle

Victims of the fire outbreak were seen trying to salvage what they could from the incident More than 15 shops have been...

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Funding Shortfall Hits Starving In NE Nigeria

Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said...

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Afghan Plane Forced To Fly Back After Angry MPs Miss Flight

Supporters of two Afghan MPs who missed a domestic flight from Kabul blocked an airport runway with rocks, forcing the...

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Blows Over ‘missing’ Choppers

Two former National Democratic Congress (NDC) government appointees have denied vehemently that some helicopters...

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Fire Ravages Shops At Nkrumah Circle [Photos]

More than 15 shops have been razed by fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle . Properties, running into thousands of cedis...

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Dead Student From Sunken S. Korea Ferry Identified

A third set of human remains found following the recovery of South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry has been identified as...

International

Trevor Noah On Processing Tragedy On Late-Night

In times when it is easy and understandable to be at a loss for words, late-night television hosts often find...

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Ghana Gas Denies Reports of Missing Helicopters

The management of Ghana Gas has denied media reports suggesting that four helicopters it purchased in 2015 are missing....

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Fuel Tanker Explosion Injures Six In Eastern Region

A fuel tanker has exploded at Nkwanta Number two in the Eastern region injuring six people. The explosion according to...

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Six Injured After Nkwanda Fuel Tanker Explosion

An explosion involving a fuel tanker at Nkwanda Number Two in the Eastern Region has injured six people. The explosion...

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Trump Commits $300 Million To Fight Africa Famine

US President Donald Trump told Pope Francis on Wednesday he was committing more than $300 million (270 million euros)...