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IS Fighters In Mosul Provoking Coalition Strikes On Civilians

Islamic State group fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul are holding civilians hostage in buildings and then...

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S.Africa’s Zuma Plots Explosive Sacking of Minister

A plan by South African President Jacob Zuma to sack his respected finance minister threatened Thursday to split the...

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UK Protest Over Nigeria, Ghana Deportations

Seventeen people have been arrested after a protest at Stansted Airport in Essex temporarily halted take-offs and...

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UK Sets Out Plans To Replace All EU Laws

Thousands of EU laws on everything from workers' rights to the environment are to be scrapped or replaced with UK...

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Thai Red Bull Heir Snubs Hit-and-Run Case … Again

The heir to the Red Bull billions on Thursday again snubbed Thai prosecutors over a five-year-old hit-and-run incident...

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Why Ghanaian Coaches Don’t Succeed

Ghana Football Association communications director Ibrahim Sannie Daara says local coaches do not receive the necessary...

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Pot Business Is Smoking Hot In US, Despite Trump

Walk into Brett Vapnik's medicinal marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles and the pungent aroma of pot is good and strong....

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UK Protest Over Ghana, Nigeria Deportations

Seventeen people have been arrested after a protest at Stansted Airport in Essex temporarily halted take-offs and...

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US Diplomat Arrested Over Contacts With Chinese Spies

A US diplomat who allegedly took tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from Chinese intelligence agents was...

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128 Nigerians, Other Migrants Drown In Mediterranean Sea In 21 Days

International Organisation on Migration (IOM), said 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died...

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DR Congo Probes Killing of UN Researchers

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday they have launched a probe into the killing of two UN...

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146 Migrants Feared Missing After Boat Capsizes In Med

About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian man who was...

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Jared Kushner’s Family Firm Ends Investment Talks With China’s Anbang

The company owned by the family of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has ended talks with a...

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Seventeen Arrested After Aircraft Lock-In

Those involved were trying to stop a charter flight which they claim was due to deport people Seventeen people have...

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Pilot Killed In Libya Fighter Jet Crash

A Libyan air force pilot was killed Wednesday as his fighter jet crashed in the east of the country after carrying out...

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Google Translate App Now Unblocked In China

Google on Wednesday made available in China a new version of its translation app that is accessible without...

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Philippines, China To Hold Direct Talks On Sea Row

China and the Philippines will hold direct talks on their maritime dispute in May, Filipino officials said Wednesday,...

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FIFA Probes Ivory Coast, Senegal Crowd Trouble

FIFA said Tuesday it had launched an investigation into incidents which led to the abandonment of a friendly match...

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UN Experts ‘found Dead’ In DR Congo

Two UN experts who were missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been found dead, officials say. The bodies of...