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International

Ex-Odebrecht Director Links Brazil’s President To Illegal Transfers

A former director of Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht SA told prosecutors that the company made several illegal...

International

Goldman Executive Set To Join Cabinet

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to appoint another Goldman Sachs executive to his administration. Despite...

International

21st Century Fox In Bid Approach For Sky

US media giant 21st Century Fox has made a takeover approach for Sky that values the UK-based satellite broadcaster at...

International

Russia Awards Medals To Dead and Wounded

The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. A...

International

Italian PM Renzi Resigns, President To Consult With Parties

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned on Wednesday after a bruising referendum loss at the weekend, with most...

Top Stories

Long Queues As Ghanaians Vote In Tight Presidential Poll

There are long queues at polling stations in Ghana amid a tight election race between President John Mahama and veteran...

Top Stories

Italy’s Prime Minister Will Step Down On Friday

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will hand in his resignation on Friday, a parliamentary source said, as President...

International

North Korea ‘hacks South’s Military Cyber Command’

South Korea's military cyber command, set up to guard against hacking, appears to have been breached by North Korea,...

International

Heavy Flooding In Thailand Kills 14, Inundates Tourist Isles

Floods in Thailand have killed 14 people and badly affected southern holiday islands as the country heads into the...

International

Islamic State Strikes Back To Slow Iraqi Forces In Mosul

Islamic State fighters retreating in the face of a seven-week Iraqi military assault on their Mosul stronghold have hit...

Politics

Fidel Castro’s Ashes Buried In Santiago de Cuba

Fidel Castro’s ashes have been laid to rest in the Cuban city of Santiago, nine days after his death at 90. Crowds...

International

Winner of Gambia Poll Eyes New Cabinet, Reforms

The winner of Gambia's presidential election told Reuters on Saturday he was keen to form a new cabinet to get cracking...

International

Victims of Colombia Crash Take Final Flights Home To Brazil

Dozens of coffins carrying those killed when a plane flying Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team crashed into a Colombian...

International

‘Unprecedented’ Numbers Face Severe Hunger In South Sudan

Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages - the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time...

International

Duterte Gets Trump White House Invite During ‘animated’ Call

U. S. President-elect Donald Trump invited Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte to the White House next year during a...

Opinion

Yahya Jammeh, What Do You Have Up Your Sleeve?

Can we now talk about Yahya Jammeh? The man who wears the most suspicious smile in the world. A cheery face is the last...

International

U.S. November Payrolls Seen Strong, To Cement Rate Hike Views

U. S. employers likely boosted hiring in November amid growing confidence in the economy, making it almost certain that...

International

Indonesians Rally Against Purnama Over Blasphemy Claims

Tens of thousands of Muslims are rallying in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, against the city's Governor Basuki...

Opinion

Musings Of A Naïve African

Africa or African states largely have reasonable cause to reconsider their membership of the International Criminal...