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Chinese Man Arrested In Botswana Over Donkey Skin Trade
A Chinese man alleged to be involved in Botswana's illegal donkey skin trade has been arrested after being found with...
Paralympic Athlete Passes On
Paralympic athlete, Abdullah Hayayei, has died while preparing for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in...
Cambodia Bans Overseas Exports of Coastal Sand
Cambodia has outlawed sand exports from a coastal region where it has been primarily funnelled in huge quantities to...
Japan’s NHK Sorry Over Hitler T-Shirt
A former internet tycoon who wore a Hitler T-shirt on a talkshow sparked anger in Japan, with the broadcaster forced to...
China Under Pressure To Free Ailing Nobel Laureate
China faced sustained international pressure on Thursday to let cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo seek...
China Says Trade With N.Korea Up 10.5% In First Half
China's first-half trade with North Korea rose 10.5 percent year-on-year, Chinese officials said Thursday, as the US...
Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram
A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,...
American Airlines Ends Codeshare Deals With Qatar, Etihad
American Airlines said Wednesday it is ending its codeshare relationships with Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways as part...
Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast...
Gunmen Kidnap Afghan Bus Passengers, Killing At Least Seven
Afghan authorities on Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven passengers kidnapped by gunmen in the...
Kremlin Denies Reaching Out To Trump Jr. Via Developer
The Kremlin has denied reaching out to a Moscow-based property developer and his son who arranged a meeting between a...
Germany Says Ready To Treat China’s Liu Xiaobo
Germany said Wednesday it was ready to treat terminally ill Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, and urged Beijing to let...
Sri Lankan Navy Rescues Elephant Washed Out To Sea
Sri Lanka's navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said...
Topless Protesters Disrupt Woody Allen Concert In Germany
Topless activists interrupted a concert by Woody Allen in Germany, calling for an end to the "culture of silence"...
Nigerian VP Back In Abuja After Buhari Meeting
Nigeria's vice-president has returned from a whistlestop trip to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London and...
Nigeria’s Acting President Meets Ailing Buhari In London
Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the acting head of government, was in London on Tuesday to meet with President...
US Court Blocks Exxon From Forcing Payment From Venezuela
A US appeals court rejected an effort by ExxonMobil Tuesday to enforce a $188 million judgment against Venezuela for...
Two Ex-Rebel Leaders Jailed In I. Coast Over Pay Protest
Two former rebel leaders in Ivory Coast were jailed Tuesday after the ex-fighters obstructed a road into the central...
Up To 50,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqa
Up to 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the Syrian jihadist stronghold of Raqa, the UN said Tuesday, warning that...