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How It Happened, Casualty Toll, Other Details…

The Kintampo waterfall accident in the Brong Ahafo Region appears to be the most tragic in the country since the dawn...

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Turkey’s Erdogan Accuses Merkel of Using ‘Nazi Measures’ Against Turks

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel of using 'Nazi measures' as a...

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Community In Chaotic Jakarta Goes Green To Fight Eviction

Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil...

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FBI Director To Testify On Russia Ties, Alleged Wiretap

The directors of the FBI and NSA are to give keenly awaited testimony before Congress Monday on what ties President...

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4 Die In Bomb Attack Attempt

a woman and her two children died while eight others sustained injuries The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed...

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Fierce Fighting On Outskirts of Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces backed by helicopter strikes engaged in heavy fighting with jihadists on the outskirts of the Old City on...

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Trump Did Not Refuse To Shake Merkel’s Hand

Donald Trump's spokesman has denied that the US president refused to shake hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

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Four Dead In NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing

Four people were killed on Saturday evening when suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village on the outskirts of...

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Driver Detained After White House ‘bomb Scare’

One person is in custody after a car drove up to a White House checkpoint on Saturday night, the US Secret Service has...

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Man Fatally Wounded By Deputy; Family Says Facebook Live Captured Chaos

(CNN)Authorities in Tennessee are investigating the shooting death of an unarmed man by sheriff's deputies, the...

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White House Security Boosted After Arrest

The US Secret Service bolstered security at the White House after a man was arrested after making threats at one its...

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East Libyan Forces Claim Victory In Southwest Benghazi

Khalifa Haftar's east Libyan forces have claimed capture of the final holdout of hardline armed forces in the southwest...

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Thousands of Kurds Protest Against Turkey’s Erdogan In Frankfurt Leftright 10/10leftright

"The Europeans should hear us, empathize with our suffering and help us Around 9,000 Kurdish supporters demonstrated in...

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Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...

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IS Claims Bangladesh Bombing, Police Kill Militant

The Islamic State Group claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bomb attack on a Bangladesh security forces camp,...

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Rare Protest In Angola As 200 March For Abortion Rights

About 200 demonstrators protested under heavy police surveillance in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday against a...

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Central Africa’s Transition To Peace Still Elusive

With a spike in militia killings, a deepening humanitarian crisis and the army still in shambles, the Central African...

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Iraq Forces Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the mosque where the...

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Nigeria Certifies Fanta, Sprite Safe For Consumption

The Federal Ministry of Health yesterday put the controversy over the status of Fanta and Sprite to rest. The ministry...