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Clashes In Syria Capital After Surprise Rebel Assault

Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebels and jihadists launched a surprise...

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U.S., China Soften Tone, Say To Work Together On North Korea

The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take "a different course", U. S....

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Ghana Armed Forces Resumes Recruitment of Officers

The Ghana Armed Forces has announced that it has resumed with the recruitment of its officers which was put on hold for...

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Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...

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East Legon Police Commander, 3 Men Busted In Gold Fraud

The East Legon Police commander Emmanuel Basintale and three other officers at that station have been arrested for...

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Germany Owes NATO ‘vast Sums’

US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Germany of owing "vast sums of money" to NATO, and said Berlin should pay...

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Hundreds Quit Last Rebel-Held District of Syria’s Homs

Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial...

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UK Troops In Estonia To Deter ‘Russian Aggression’

The first of 800 UK troops being sent to bolster Nato defences in the Baltic have arrived in Estonia. The 120 soldiers...

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US Insists Al-Jinah Raid Targeted Al-Qaeda, Not Mosque

The US has denied hitting a mosque in Syria where activists say dozens of people, mostly civilians, were killed. The...

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Syria Raids Targeted ‘advanced’ Hezbollah Arms

Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most...

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Yemen Migrant Boat Attack Kills At Least 42

Forty-two people have been killed when a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen was fired at from a...

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Police Capo Busted For GHc1.6m Gold Fraud

DSP Emmanuel Basintale, commander in-charge of the East Legon Police Station and six other junior police officers have...

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Iraq Forces Seize Ground In Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces said Friday they had seized ground inside Mosul's Old City, a district expected to see some of the...

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Israel Carries Out Air Strikes Inside Syria

Fighter jets bomb multiple targets, prompting Syrian retaliation with ground-to-air missiles, Israeli army says. The...

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Somali Pirates Release Hijacked Ship and Crew Without Ransom

Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker on Monday have released the ship and its eight Sri Lankan crew members. The...

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Yemen Migrant Boat Attack Killed 31, Says UN

The UN has confirmed the deaths of refugees after reports that 31 Somalis were killed in a helicopter gunship strike on...

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Dozens of Somali Refugees Shot Dead In Red Sea Attack

Dozens of Somali refugees including women and children have been shot dead aboard a boat on the Red Sea, Yemeni...

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Iraq Commander Announces Gains In Mosul Old City

A commander said Friday that Iraqi forces have gained ground from jihadists inside the Old City of Mosul, an area that...

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In Backing Syria’s Assad, Russia Looks To Outdo Iran

In Aleppo, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang shoulder-to-shoulder with those of his Syrian counterpart...