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Qaeda, IS Focus On Bombs Behind Carry-On Computer Ban

The prohibition on carry-on electronics for certain flights to the US and Britain shows both the Islamic State group...

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Laptop Ban Sparks Ire Among Mideast Travellers

Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to...

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World Water Day: One In Four Children Will Live With Water Scarcity By 2040

One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a...

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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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UN Releases $22 Million To Fight Famine Threat In Somalia

The United Nations has approved an emergency loan of $22 million (20.3 million euros) in a bid to prevent another...

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Laptop, Tablet Bans On Flights

Britain and the US on Tuesday banned laptops and tablet computers from the passenger compartment of flights from...

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Five Dead In Mogadishu Bombing As PM Unveils New Lineup

At least five people were killed when a vehicle laden with explosives blew up in Mogadishu on Tuesday, a local official...

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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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UN Wants Probe Into Refugee Boat Attack Off Yemen

The United Nations called Monday for an inquiry into last week's attack on a boat off Yemen's coast that killed 42...

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Cloaked In Rags and Dust, Somalis Flee Looming Famine

Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern...

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Travel Ban ‘a Deep Wound’ For Iranian Americans

As President Donald Trump battles to reinstate his controversial revised travel ban, one overlooked effect has been the...

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Saudi-Led Coalition Calls For UN To Supervise Yemen Port

The Arab coalition battling rebels in Yemen called Sunday for Hodeida port to be placed under UN supervision, after...

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Somalia Wants Saudi Probe of Refugee Boat Attack

Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali...

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Ghana Among Countries With Most ‘bounced’ US Visa Applications

Ghana is among the countries with the highest United States visa application denial rates, according to the U. S. State...

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Ghana Among Countries With Highest ‘bounced’ US Visa Applications

Ghana is among the countries with the highest United States visa application denial rates, according to the U. S. State...

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Celebrity Social Media Push To Help Somalia Goes Viral

UN says 2.9 million people in Somalia need urgent help "to save or sustain their lives". Campaign to raise $1m to...

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Immigration Judges Headed To 12 U.S. Cities To Speed Deportations

The U. S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to...

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Canada Gives $120 Mn For Famine-Hit Africa, Yemen

Canada's government pledged Can$120 million (US$90 million, 84 million euros) Friday to help relieve food crises in...

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Trump Administration Appeals Block of Revised Travel Ban

The Trump administration on Friday appealed a Maryland court's block of its revised travel ban, aiming to reinstate the...