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Bail Granted To Museveni Critic In ‘buttocks’ Jibe Case
A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri...
Millions of Pakistanis Receive Blasphemy Warning Texts
Millions of Pakistanis have been receiving text messages from the government warning them against sharing "blasphemous"...
Trump’s Firing of FBI Director ‘domestic Matter’
The Kremlin on Wednesday described the firing of the FBI director James Comey by US President Donald Trump as an...
Parents of Chibok Schoolgirls Face Wait To Be Reunited
Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls who were released from Boko Haram captivity after more than three years face a wait to...
NATO Mulls Sending Thousands More Troops To Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that military chiefs wanted a few thousand more troops from the...
Thai Army Hunts Four Over Supermarket Car Bomb
Thailand's military said Wednesday it was hunting four suspects over a large car bomb which wounded more than 60 people...
US Court Orders Spirit Pilots Back To Work After Airport Chaos
Spirit Airlines on Tuesday won a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit against the union representing its pilots,...
Four UN Peacekeepers Killed In Central African Republic
Four UN peacekeepers have been found dead and one remains missing after an attack on a convoy in the Central African...
‘One Refused To Be Released’
The 82 girls were taken to Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after their rescue on Saturday One of the Chibok...
Trump Fires FBI Director Comey
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday made the shock decision to fire his FBI director James Comey, the man who leads...
Tunnel Collapses At US Nuke Site, No Radiation Leak
Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in the US state of Washington were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a storage...
Trump Delays Decision On Paris Climate Deal
President Donald Trump delayed a decision to honor or walk away from the Paris climate accord until he returns from...
US Sees Sharp Fall In Illegal Immigration From Mexico
Illegal immigration across the US-Mexico border fell for the fifth straight month in April as the Trump...
Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal
A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because...
Peacekeeper Killed In Attack In C. Africa
A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were missing following an attack on their convoy in the southeast of...
Italy Gets Google To Pay $335 Million In Tax Arrears
Italy's tax agency confirmed that Google (GOOGL, Tech30) would pay €306 million ($335 million) to cover taxes for the...
Migrants Storm Border Fence From Morocco Into Spain
About 100 African migrants stormed over a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on...
Health of Nigeria’s President Stokes Governance Concerns
President Muhammadu Buhari had warned Nigerians when he returned from nearly two months of medical treatment in London...
Pressure On Shekau, Buhari’s Health Led To Chibok Girls’ Release
Military pressure, in-fighting within Boko Haram and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's health combined to secure...