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Car Bomb Kills At Least 5 In Somalia’s Capital

Blast near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu targeted a security checkpoint with soldiers among the dead. A deadly...

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Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’

An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...

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Uber Chief Remains In Driver’s Seat On Road To Change

Uber chief Travis Kalanick will remain in the driver's seat as the scandal-tainted on-demand ride service tries to plot...

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Japan’s February Trade Surplus Hits Multi-Year High

Japan's trade surplus hit a multi-year high in February, government data showed Wednesday, as exports to China...

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The Billionaires Club Shrank By 283 Last Year

The billionaire population took a hit last year, declining 3.1% from its record high in 2015, according to a report...

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Bill Gates Named the World’s Richest Man Again As Donald Trump Slips To 544

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, while...

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Somalia: 26 ‘starve To Death’ In Drought

At least 26 people have died of starvation in Somalia’s southern region of Jubaland, the government-owned Radio...

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Bill Gates Named the World’s Richest Man Again As Trump Falls To 544

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, while...

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Russia ‘strikes Deal’ With Syrian Kurds To Set Up Base

Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian-Kurdish YPG armed group that...

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Bill Gates Again World’s Richest Man; Trump Slips

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's more than 2,000 billionaires,...

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Happiness Report: Norway Is the Happiest Place On Earth

Norway is the happiest place on Earth, according to a United Nations agency report – toppling neighbour Denmark from...

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Bill Gates Again World’s Richest Man, Trump Slips

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's richest billionaires, while...

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Mass Graves In Central Congo Bear Witness To Growing Violence

The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid display in...

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Malaysia Expects More Arrests In Kim Jong Nam Murder Probe

The police chief did not respond immediately when contacted by Reuters for comment. Malaysian police are expected to...

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President Akufo-Addo Defends Appointing ‘elephant-Size’ Government of 110 Ministers

Ghana’s President has come under fire for appointing an “elephant size” government of 110 ministers. Nana...

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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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Tanzania To Send 500 Doctors To Kenya To Help Cover Strike

Tanzania will send 500 doctors to Kenya to help overcome the effects of a strike in public hospitals, the Tanzanian...

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Tillerson To Face Chinese Ire Over Blame For North Korea Tensions

U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly visit, with...

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Rex Tillerson Begins Tense China Meeting With Wang Li

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Li in Beijing in the final leg of his East...