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Pence In Australia To Make Trump Phone Blow-Up ‘ancient History’

US Vice President Mike Pence will try make a disastrous first telephone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull...

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Indian Pair Jailed For Recruiting, Fundraising For IS

Two men accused of fundraising and recruiting for the Islamic State group in India were sentenced to seven years in...

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Arkansas Executes Ledell Lee In First Death Penalty Use In 12 Years

Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first death penalty use in 12 years Lee was convicted of murder and recently told the...

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Our Natural Resources Should Propel Our Development – Dr Manteaw

Dr Steve Manteaw, Co-Chair of the multi-stakeholder committee of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative...

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US Growth Good For Global Economy

The Trump administration's priority is boosting US growth through tax cuts and an overhaul of regulations, and a...

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Israel To Get 3 More F-35 Jets On Sunday

Israel is to take delivery of three more F-35 stealth fighters from the United States on Sunday, adding to two which...

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Richmond Boakye-Yiadom Calls Serbia His Second Home

Striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom has said he feels like he is at home in new club Red Star Belgrade so much so he forgets...

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South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy

Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese...

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Israel Lobbies FIFA As Settlement Showdown Looms

Israel is launching a diplomatic offensive against Palestinian calls for FIFA to impose sanctions over football clubs...

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Fed’s Fischer Says Rate Hikes Unlikely To Roil World Markets

As the global recovery has taken firmer hold, gradual US interest rate increases are unlikely to roil world markets or...

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Bus Crash Kills 44 In Northern India

A bus has swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in a Himalayan region of northern India, killing...

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C.K. Akunnor Open To Black Stars Role

AshGold head coach, C. K. Akunnor, says he is ready to help Kwesi Appiah in the Black Stars team if he is given the...

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We Never Said the Armada Was On Its Way, White House Says

In a face-saving declaration, the White House on Wednesday claimed the president's comments about the carrier strike...

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China Says Tycoon Guo Wengui Wanted By Interpol

China confirmed Wednesday that Interpol has issued a "red notice" for Guo Wengui, a real estate kingpin and outspoken...

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China ‘seriously Concerned’ About Nuclear Threats

North Korea showed off military hardware at a parade in honour of the anniversary of founding father China says it is...

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Pence Vows ‘overwhelming’ Response To North Korea

The United States will counter any North Korean attack with an "overwhelming and effective" response, Vice President...

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US Again Puts Faith In China To Rein In North Korea

After a few days of saber-rattling, US President Donald Trump's administration has reverted to the same North Korea...

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Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...

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Trump’s Threatened ‘armada’ Still Far From N. Korea

An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...