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Israel To Reduce Gaza Power, Feeding Fears of Unrest

Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, an...

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Gulf Crisis Threatens Qatar Airways Transit Business

Qatar Airways has made Doha a global hub in just a few years, but barring it from Gulf states' airspace threatens its...

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Merkel’s G20-Africa Meet Aims To Reduce Poverty, Migrant Influx

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the...

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Eight Migrants Die As Boat Sinks Off Libya

At least eight migrants drowned when their Europe-bound boat sank off Libya's coast and at least 100 people are...

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Art Seeks To Heal Wounds In Divided Cyprus

Inside an art gallery on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Selma Bolayir draws a large yellow sun on a...

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Stop Unnecessary Port Charges – Shipping Lines Urged

The Ghana House of Port Agents (GHOPA), a group of importers, has asked shipping companies at the Tema port to bring an...

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Seven Dead Migrants Found In Abandoned Libya Truck

Seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead in an abandoned refrigerator truck near the Libyan capital,...

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Spain Rescues 173 Migrants Crossing Mediterranean In One Day

Spanish coast guards rescued more than 170 migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from northern Africa in four...

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Hundreds Join In Jerusalem ‘SlutWalk’

Hundreds of young Israelis, many wearing just bras and shorts, staged a "SlutWalk" through central Jerusalem on Friday...

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Ghanaians ‘die of Thirst’ In Sahara Desert

Some Ghanaians have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, the Red Cross...

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Over 40, Including Ghanaians, ‘die of Thirst In Sahara Desert’

Survivors say 44 people have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, the...

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Ghanaians, Others ‘die of Thirst’ In Sahara Desert

Survivors say 44 people have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, the...

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Over 40 People ‘die of Thirst’ In Sahara Desert

Survivors say 44 people have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, the...

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44 Migrants, Including Babies, Die In Niger Desert

At least 44 migrants, including women and babies, were found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert of...

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Oil Tanker Fired On Off Yemen

An oil tanker has come under fire off Yemen while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait into the Red Sea,...

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Cape Town Cuts Back To Survive Worst Drought In 100 Years

As Cape Town suffers its worst drought in a century, residents have been told to restrict showers to two minutes and...

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Russian Warship, Sub Fire Cruise Missiles At IS In Syria

A Russian warship and submarine have fired cruise missiles at Islamic State group targets around Palmyra in Syria from...

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Slave Trade To People Trafficking In SE Nigeria

They travel thousands of kilometres across west Africa to get to the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar where small...

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50 Years After Six-Day War, Israeli-Palestinian Divide Widens

Israelis and Palestinians mark 50 years since the Six-Day War next week as the gap between them further widens, with...