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Sudan’s Bashir Appoints PM For First Time Since Coup
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a top aide as prime minister, reinstating a post he had...
Jewish Agency Says US Must Punish Anti-Semitic Attackers
Israel's Jewish Agency on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over anti-Semitic threats against American Jewish...
Ethiopian Opposition Leaders Face Coup Charges
Ethiopia's government has charged three prominent opposition activists with inciting riots, destroying property and...
Lesotho Set For Elections As PM Loses Parliament Vote
Lesotho's prime minister lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, deepening the political uncertainty in...
DRC Opposition Leader’s Body To Return Home After Weeks of Wrangling
The body of Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi is to be repatriated next week, several weeks after his...
Israel Soldier Who Shot Palestinian Appeals Conviction
An Israeli soldier sentenced to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant appealed against...
Fillon Refuses To Quit French Election Despite Charges
French centre-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon has said he will fight on, as he announced that a judge was...
Algeria’s Invisible President To Mark 80th Birthday
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has rarely appeared in public since a crippling stroke in 2013, marks his...
Francois Fillon Faces Charges
French centre-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon has said he will fight on, as he announced that a judge was...
New Somali PM Sworn In
He was sworn by Prez of Supreme Court in front of legislators A little more on the opening of the Somali parliament:...
Cambodian Gunman Called ‘Meet To Kill’ Admits To Murdering Kem Ley
An unemployed former Cambodian soldier who calls himself "Meet to Kill" admitted to the brazen murder of a renowned...
In India, A New Banking System To Reach the Masses
At a furniture store outside India's capital, a salesman scans the manager's ID and takes her fingerprint on a...
Donald Trump’s Congress Speech
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS Remarks as prepared for delivery TO THE CONGRESS OF...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership Again
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — drew a blank...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership -- the world's biggest individual prize -- drew a blank once...
Three Wounded By Gunfire As Iraq Forces Disperse Demo
Three people were wounded by gunfire as Iraqi forces dispersed a demonstration Tuesday by students who threw stones at...
Israel Unprepared For Tunnel Threat In 2014 Gaza War
An Israeli state inquiry accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top army brass Tuesday of being unprepared for...
Ethiopian Government Lambasted For Flipping On Political Reform Promise
nternational Rights Group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused the Ethiopian government of turning back on its public...
India Growth Rate Slips To 7% In Q3 After Cash Ban
India's economic growth rate fell to seven percent in the third quarter of the financial year after the controversial...