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UN’s Troubled Syria Peace Talks Restart In Geneva

UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva on Thursday, with little hope of a breakthrough and the emboldened regime...

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Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District

Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for...

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Indian MP Admits Hitting Air Steward 25 Times With Slipper

An Indian politician brazenly admitted on Thursday that he hit a steward on an Air India flight 25 times with his...

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Japanese Nationalist Claims Cash From Abe As Scandal Deepens

A controversial nationalist educator said under oath Thursday he had received a donation for his school from Japanese...

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Southee Out, de Kock In Doubt For Third Test

New Zealand and South Africa were both hit by injuries Thursday, two days from the start of the third Test, with Tim...

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Trump Lobbies Congress On Eve of Key Health Care Vote

US President Donald Trump's much-vaunted negotiating skills were put to the test Wednesday as he held last-ditch talks...

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US Military Helping Op To Seize Strategic Dam Near Syria’s Raqa

The US military provided air and artillery support -- and transported local forces -- in an offensive for a vitally...

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UN Struggles To Raise Funds To Avert Famine In Somalia

The United Nations has raised less than a third of the funding needed to prevent famine in Somalia, a spokesman said...

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UN Chief Heads To Arab Summit After Row Over Israel ‘apartheid’ Report

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the...

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US Spy Agencies Monitored Trump Team Communications

US spy agencies scooped up the communications of members of Donald Trump's presidential transition team late last year,...

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500 St. Charles SHS Students Sent Home Over Fire Disaster

Students of the St. Charles Mini Seminary Senior High School at Tamale in the Northern region have been ordered to go...

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UBS Charges Customers To Deposit Euros

The annual 0.6% charge will take affect from May. Swiss bank UBS will start charging customers who deposit more than a...

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St Charles Students Sent Home After Fire Disaster

Scores of students of the St Charles Mini Seminary Senior High School at Tamale in the Northern region have been...

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South Africa FA Unconcerned About Match-Fixing Scandal

The South African Football Association is not worried about concerns that they may be implicated in a match-fixing...

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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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Boko Haram Crisis: Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after...

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China Steps Up Security For South Korea World Cup Qualifier

Chinese authorities have stepped up security for Thursday's tense World Cup qualifier against South Korea, whose fans...

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Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after...

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Chicago Sexual Assault Streamed Live On Facebook

US police are searching for five or six men or boys involved in sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in Chicago and...