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Rex Tillerson To Push NATO Allies To Pay Up

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson headed to Brussels on Friday to push President Donald Trump's demand for NATO...

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US Embassy In Kabul Fires Six Over Drugs

The dismissal of six employees from the US embassy in Kabul for using or possessing drugs is an embarrassment to...

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High-Tech War Kit Can’t Prevent Civilian Deaths In Iraq

Despite using state-of-the-art weaponry, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq appears unable...

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Japan Kills 333 Whales In Annual Antarctic Hunt

A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the...

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Trump Boosts US Military Authority For In Somalia Fighting

President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist...

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IS Propaganda Team Killed In Iraq Air Strike

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and...

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King Abdullah To Visit White House April 5

Jordan's King Abdullah will visit the White House next week for his second meeting with Donald Trump since the US...

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US Hails Turkey As ‘a Trusted Ally’ In Ankara Talks

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has described Turkey as a trusted ally after meeting its leaders in Ankara. His...

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Road Safety Intensifies Outreach Campaign In Accra Ahead of Easter

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has intensified its public education programme in the Greater Accra Region...

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Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak

Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since...

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Tillerson Visits As Turkey Says Its Syria Campaign Over

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Ankara on Thursday for talks on the Syria conflict, just a day after Turkey...

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US Fed Official Favors 4 Interest Rate Hikes This Year

A US central banker said on Wednesday he favors four increases in the key interest rate this year, one more than...

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Drone Strikes Kill 5 Qaeda Suspects In Yemen

Drone strikes killed five suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said, as the...

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Seoul Approves N.Korea Women’s Hockey Visit

Seoul has granted rival North Korea's women's ice hockey team permission to play in the South next week, the...

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Lionel Messi Slapped With Four Matches Ban

Lionel Messi has been banned for four international matches after insulting an assistant referee in Argentina’s World...

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South Korea Ferry Is Raised From the Sea Floor

Bone fragments recovered from the wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry are from an animal and not human remains, the...

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$2.3bn Lost To Galamsey In 2016

An estimated $2.3billion worth of gold left the shores of Ghana through illicit small-scale mining (galamsey) in 2016,...

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South Korea Ferry Workers Find Human Remains

Bones and shoes belonging to some of the missing victims of a South Korean ferry disaster in 2014 that killed 304...

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Stop Habits That Reduce Productivity

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to desist from hiding behind the cloak of religiosity to...